Vinnie DeFrancis passes September 8th.
From Steve Wilson on Fb, 8/09/17: My dear friend and fellow musician Vinnie Defrancis passed on Sept. 8th. There will be a musical memorial at The Westminster Brewing Company, 7655 W. 108th Ave., Broomfield, CO. Date to be announced soon.
Come join us & many of Vinnie’s musician friends for a celebration of Vinnie’s life. If you have some fond stories of Vinnie’s please post here
Playing music with Vinnie for the last 10 years has been a real honor. Not only the quality of the music but, also the quality of the man. The stories, the jokes, the political satire. Some of my fondest memories was the 4 of us (Vinnie, Rick, Camillo & I) sitting around the table before practice, bull shitting about the days events. Many times 4 different points of view, but all understood and appreciated the various views. That’s what I call Brothers. Thank you Vinnie, Rick & Camillo.
From Camillo Coogan: Today the world lost one the greatest mentors, musicians, humorists, fathers, luthier, well spoken , humble , sarcastic, ornery, brilliant , funny, fun loving, sweet, good looking, and good hearted souls that I’ve every had the honor of knowing. Our beloved Vinnie Defrancis passed peacefully today due a tough and hard fight battle against pulmonary and other complications. He will undoubtedly will be missed by us all.
We will be having a musical benefit/ memorial on October 14th – details will be posted soon.
Respectfully written by Camillo Coogan
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IN MEMORIAM – SHANE EAGEN
Friends on Facebook Honor Drummer Shane Eagen. No other info available at this time.
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Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths… September 2017
12: Riem de Wolff, 74, Dutch-Indonesian singer (The Blue Diamonds); Siegfried Köhler, 94, German conductor (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Royal Swedish Opera); Jessi Zazu, 28, American musician (Those Darlins), cervical cancer.
11: Virgil Howe, 41, British drummer (Little Barrie).
10: Xavier Atencio, 98, American animator, lyricist and Imagineer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion); Luigi Maria Burruano, 68, Italian cabaret, theatre, television and film actor (One Hundred Steps, The Return of Cagliostro, Baarìa).
9: Michael Friedman, 41, American composer and lyricist (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), complications from AIDS.
8: Vinnie Defrancis; Troy Gentry, 50, American country music singer (Montgomery Gentry), helicopter crash; Josh Schwartz, 45, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Beachwood Sparks, John Cale), ALS (death announced on this day); Nina Seregina, 61, Russian piano teacher; Don Williams, 78, American Hall of Fame country music singer (“Tulsa Time”, “I Believe in You”, “You’re My Best Friend”) and songwriter, emphysema.
6: Derek Bourgeois, 75, English composer.
5: Leo Cuypers (nl), 69, Dutch jazz pianist and composer; Holger Czukay, 79, German musician (Can); Rick Stevens, 77, American R&B singer (Tower of Power), liver cancer.