Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues THP 1959

Warrant - Uncle Tom's Cabin

Deaths in the Music World

The death of Amy Winehouse was one of the big news stories this summer, another musician dying at the age of 27. (Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and others all died at age 27 as well). In the past two weeks, two other musicians have left this world who did not garner the attention that Winehouse's death did. On August 7, Marshall Grant, bassist for Johnny Cash's original back up band The Tennessee Two, passed away at the age of 83. He was instrumental in helping to establish Cash's distinctive sound. Grant is on the left of Cash in the picture below, with the upright bass.

On August 11, Jani Lane, lead singer for Warrant (in the middle of the picture below), was found dead in a motel room in California. Although the butt of many jokes, Warrant was one of the biggest hair metal acts of the 80s and a band I grew up listening to. One of my favorite Warrant songs is "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Both of these artists will be remembered for their contributions to music and will be missed.