Dan Hicks, 74, Sweetened the ‘Sixties Rock Scene with Reinhardt-Inspired Hot Swing
Russ Tarby
March 1, 2016
For nearly 50 years, Arkansas-born Dan Hicks picked guitar and sang songs that cleverly blended the best of American music styles. Hicks died Feb. 6,
Richard “Mush” Mushlitz of the Salty Dogs has passed
Lew Shaw
March 1, 2016
RICHARD “Mush” MUSHLITZ, 86, on Jan. 20 in Newburgh, Indiana. The banjo-playing co-founder of The Salty Dogs when he was an undergraduate at Purdue University.
Ragtimer Glenn Jenks has died
Lew Shaw
March 1, 2016
GLENN JENKS, 69, on Jan. 21 in Camden, Maine. As a teen studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and went on to graduate
Arthur’s Tavern Pianist William Dunham has died
Lew Shaw
March 1, 2016
WILLIAM DUNHAM, 88, on Jan. 11 in New York City. Organized one of the early traditional jazz bands, the Grove Street Stompers, that performed Monday
