Those Who Have Taken Their Final Taxi In 2009

A decade comes to an end and in 2009 that end came to several celebrities as well. We lost several entertainers during 2009’s infamous ‘summer of death’ as names like Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Mays, David Carradine, Ed McMahon all died within days of each other. Of that lot one name shocked the public the most: Michael Jackson. In his short life of 50 years Jackson helped shape popular music and culture. From his early years with the Jackson 5 to his solo career he maintained the title ‘King of Pop.’ Other deaths without warnings for the year included actress Natasha Richardson, David Carradine, and of course Brittany Murphy.

Jack Ellory- Played On Beatles Song “Fool On The Hill”

With all the Beatles blitz one musician who played with the Beatles will not be hearing himself on the new remastered CD. That would be Jack Ellory who for more than 30 years was a leading flautist and session musician. Ellory recently took his Final Taxi at the age of 89.

PODCAST: It’s Been A Bad Week For Musical Artists – 5 Dead

DOWNLOAD MP3 Podcast: The Final Taxi has made 5 trips this week with people with musical talent. 1.Paul Davis- American singer and songwriter who recorded such songs as “Cool Nights,” “65 Love Affair,” “Sweet Life,” and “I Go Crazy.” 2. Brian Davidson – Drummer and songwriter for the 60′s band The Nice- the forerunner of [...]

The Most Listened To Unknown Musician In Rock- Chuck Day

It’s funny how when you listen to music you may never know who is playing with the name musician. Many times a popular artist will have session musicians come in and play on a song. Session musicians are musicians available for hire, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit [...]

A Rock & Soul Legend or a Villain? – Ike Turner

When you think of early rock and roll who do you think of? Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly or even Bill Haley and his Comets might be a few names you come up. The shame is that the name of Ike Turner does not pop up for most people. But Ike Turner is credited by many [...]