Deaths (Obituaries) – Page 313

Blues Music Cafe Au Go Go Deaths (Obituaries) Kalb, Danny Pop and Rock Music The Blues Project (Music Group)

Danny Kalb, Guitarist Who Gave Blues-Rock an Edge, Dies at 80

His 1960s band, the Blues Project, won a following with a driving, experimental approach to traditional material that was anything but purist.

By Jon Pareles

Advertising and Marketing Art Deaths (Obituaries) Esquire (Magazine) Lois, George Mad Men (TV Program) Magazines Nineteen Hundred Sixties

George Lois, 91, Who Brought the Counterculture to Advertising, Dies

He became well known for the covers he designed for Esquire magazine, many of them wordless critiques of American society.

By Robert D. McFadden

Beatles, The Deaths (Obituaries) Fans (Persons) Pop and Rock Music Radio Rudy, Ed (1929-2022)

Ed Rudy, Chronicler of the Beatles’ First Trip to America, Dies at 93

He sent reports about the Fab Four’s travels to radio stations in February 1964. Then he turned the material into an album that rose to No. 20 on the Billboard chart.

By Richard Sandomir

Clash, The Deaths (Obituaries) England Guitars Levene, Keith (1957-2022) Lydon, John Pop and Rock Music Public Image Ltd Sex Pistols (Music Group)

Keith Levene, Public Image Ltd.’s Buzz-Saw Guitarist, Dies at 65

Considered a post-punk pioneer, he was also a founding member of the Clash but left before it became one of the biggest bands of its era.

By Alex Williams