Singer Theryl DeClouet, born in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans, passed away on July 15 at age 66.

Up until Galactic (he appeared on Galactic’s first four studio albums), DeClouet’s musical career had been rocky. He had fallen prey to hard drug addiction at an early age. He managed to ground himself in New Orleans and by early 1970 formed the Lyrics, an R&B vocal gro...