Category: People Who Died

RIP Nokie Edwards of The Ventures

   (Nokie in red) Nokie Edwards was Lead Guitarist for the legendary group The Ventures for nearly 60 years!  He and his group influenced nearly everyone who has picked up a guitar since 1961.  As a tribute we present their tough version of the Hawaii 5-0 theme.  It has a dynamite video, too. (For more on …

Friday on My Mind

Song of the Friday: The Easybeats – Friday on My Mind Australian Band The Easybeats had a worldwide hit in 1967 with the raucous, rave-up Friday on My Mind. It is definitely one of our favorite Friday Anthems.  So Crank It, It’s Friday! Note: The band’s chief song writing team, George Young and Harry Vanda, went …

RIP Tom Rapp

Tom Rapp founder of ’60’s Psychedelic Folk band Peals Before Swine passed away recently at age 70.   We at Infinite Jones always found his voice a bit of an un-acquired taste but, his ambitious, baroque take on Folk Pop was very influential.  He quit music in the early seventies to become an esteemed Civil Rights …

RIP Character Actor / Musician Mickey Jones

You will probably recognize this guy even if you are not sure from where.  He appeared in many television and movie roles, quite often as a Biker.  What we at Infinite Jones were surprised to find out was that he had a previous career as a drummer in the ’60’s.  He was a member of …

People Who Died 2017 version

A tribute to a few of the people who died last year, leaving out some of the bigger names who deserve tributes of their own. Note: The song is Pass Away by Chuck Berry (who, of course, also passed away in 2017) from his 1979 album Rock It.   —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–