centerfold of peter steele from 1985 playgirl magazine

Solo on “'I'’m In the Mood For Love'” at a 1949 recording session in Sweden. In 1948 he recorded his first session for Blue Note Records, the first in a long recording career that took off after playing a James Moody was an American jazz saxophone and flute player and long-time close associate of Dizzy Gillespie. Van Vliet died in 2010 after many years of suffering from multiple sclerosis. Trout Mask Replica (1969), Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970), Mirror Man (1971), The Spotlight Kid (1972), Clear Spot (1973), Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974),īluejeans & Moonbeams (1974), Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978), Doc at the Radar Station (1980) and Ice Cream for Crow (1982).Īfter leaving the music business, he concentrated on his other art, painting. He recorded 12 albums between 19 with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Magic Band. Including 'Competition Coupe' and 'Banzai Pipeline.' They appeared in the films 'Surf Party' (1964) and 'Speedy Gonzales' (1965).Īfter the group disbanded in the late 1960s, Demmon became a successful teacher in Coronado, California and was the director of the award-winning Coronado High School Marching Band.Ĭaptain Beefheart (Born Don Glen Vliet, but better known by his stage name) was an experimental Avant-garde rock musician and friend of Frank Zappa. The Astronauts released six more albums, with singles The Astronauts released their first album in 1963 and scored a hit with the song 'Baja' (composed by Lee Hazelwood).

Other members of the Blue Notes have left us: Teddy Pendergrass died in early 2010, Lawrence Brown died in 2008 and Harold Melvin died in 1997.īob Demmon (born Robert Graham Demmon) was a guitarist and member of the 1960s surf-rock band The Astronauts from Boulder, Colorado. Wilson died on December 26, 2010, at the age of 64, due to complications from a stroke and heart attack.

Notable covers include Simply Red's recording of 'If You Don't Know Me By Now' and Thelma Houston's disco hit with 'Don't Leave Me This Way.' Songs such as 'If You Don't Know Me By Now', 'The Love I Lost', 'Wake Up Everybody' and 'Don't Leave Me This Way' defined the sound. Wilson was a member of what's called the 'classic' Blue Notes line-up that included Teddy Pendergrass, and that signed with Philadelphia International in 1972, beginning a four-year string of rhythm-and-blues classics that defined the Philadelphia sound. She was a protégée of the late funk artist Rick James.īernie Wilson, baritone vocalist and one of the last-standing members of the classic lineup for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, has died at a New Jersey hospital. Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer, songwriter and producer.

Centerfold of peter steele from 1985 playgirl magazine