Issue Articles — Obituaries
Obituary: Eddie Bo (1930-2009)
Still mourning the unexpected deaths of Snooks Eaglin and Antoinette K-Doe, the New Orleans music community suffered yet another bitter blow on March 17 with the sudden passing of Eddie […]
Obituary: Antoinette K-Doe, The Mother-in-Law’s Mother
[Early Mardi Gras morning, Antoinette K-Doe passed away after a heart attack. Since editor Alex Rawls wrote about Antoinette and the Mother-in-Law Lounge in our January issue, we felt we’d […]
Obituary: Snooks Eaglin (1936-2009)
Hours before this issue of OffBeat shipped, we learned that Snooks Eaglin passed away on February 18. This is a sad loss, as one of the city’s most idiosyncratic musical […]
Obituary: Senator Jones (1934-2008)
One of the last New Orleans independent R&B producers/record label owners, Senator Jones, died at his home in Raymond, Mississippi on or about November 28 from an apparent heart attack. […]
Obituary: Luderin Darbone (1913-2008)
[The Lost Bayou Ramblers performed a number of tributes to the Hackberry Ramblers including one at this year’s Jazz Fest. These turned out to be the last gigs for the […]
Obituary: Michael P. Smith (1937-2008)
Michael P. Smith, a renowned photographer who helped spearhead the New Orleans cultural awakening of the 1960s and 1970s, died at home after a long illness on September 26. He […]
Obituary: George Davis (1938-2008)
Renowned New Orleans session musician, composer, and label owner George Davis died September 10, 2008, from heart failure at Lilburn, Georgia. He was 70. “He was my mentor and the […]
Obituary: Earl Palmer (1924-2008)
Earl Palmer, the most influential and reportedly the most recorded drummer of the 20th Century, died September 19 at his home in Los Angeles, after a lengthy illness. He was […]
Obituary: Nathan “Bionik Brown” Woods (1976-2008)
In 2002, I met one of the most prolific New Orleans musicians that I have ever had the pleasure of working with. I was the DJ for Money Mike at […]
Obituary: Jerry Wexler (1917-2008)
“I love OffBeat,” legendary record producer and executive Jerry Wexler rasped in heavy New Yorkese over the phone several years ago to OffBeat management. “But can’t cha do something about […]
