Posted by themusicsover.com on September 11, 2009
Jamie Cohen
June 1, 1953 - September 11, 2008
Jamie Cohen was a one-time A&R man at Columbia Records and EMI Records, though he began his career in the mid ’70s as a product manager at A&M Records. He was also a musician. Cohen died of a heart attack at the age of 55.
Thanks to Craig Rosen Number1Albums for the info.
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Posted by themusicsover.com on June 28, 2009
Tom Wilkes
July 30, 1939 – June 28, 2009

Photo by Fritz Drumm
One of the many unsung heroes of popular music, Tom Wilkes was a desinger who created the covers for, among others, Janis Joplin’s Pearl, the Rolling Stones’ Beggar’s Banquet, Neil Young’s Harvest, and the London Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Tommy, for which he won a Grammy. Throughout his career, Wilkes was the art director for the Monterey Pop Festival, A&M Records and ABC Records. Wilkes passed away in his home at the age of 69. Cause of death not immediately released.
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Posted by themusicsover.com on June 1, 2009
Alton Kelley
June 17, 1940 – June 1, 2008

Alton Kelley, was a graphic artist who created some of the most iconic images in rock history. Along with partner, Stanley Mouse, Kelly created the “skull and roses” logo for the Grateful Dead. He was also designed or co-designed album covers or posters for such acts as Steve Miller Band, Journey, Jimi Hendrix, Big Brother & The Holding Company, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. He helped launch concert poster as a legitimate art form. Alton Kelley died after a long struggle with osteoporosis at the age of 67.

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Posted by themusicsover.com on March 25, 2009
Jeremy Michael Ward
May 5, 1976 – May 25, 2003

Member of the 27 Club
Jeremy Michael Ward was the sound technician and vocal operator for The Mars Volta and for the dub outfit De Facto. He created many of the soundscapes heard on The Mars Volta’s album De-Loused in the Comatorium. Jeremy, aside from his role in The Mars Volta and De Facto, was a talented guitar player, as well as an artist (working mostly in pen and ink). He was found dead in his Los Angeles home by his roommate on the evening of Sunday, May 25, 2003 of an apparent heroin overdose. He was 27 years old at the time, and his death came less than a month before the release of De-Loused in the Comatorium. A journal Jeremy found while working in the repossession business in Los Angeles served as a source of inspiration for The Mars Volta’s album Frances the Mute. Ward also coined the term “amputechture,” which served as the title of The Mars Volta’s third LP. He was the cousin of At the Drive-In and Sparta member Jim Ward, and brother of El Paso punk rock bassist Jered Ward. Ward’s death was the impetus for The Mars Volta members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez to quit using opioids. – From wikipedia
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Posted by themusicsover.com on November 17, 2008
Guy Peellaert
1934 – November 17, 2008
Belgian pop artist Guy Peellaert, whose work includes album covers for the Rolling Stones and David Bowie and posters for films such as “Taxi Driver,” has died, his agent said Wednesday. Peellaert died Monday in Paris aged 74 after a long illness, Noemie Mainguet said. He designed album covers for several rock stars, including “Diamond Dogs” for David Bowie and “It’s only Rock and Roll” for the Rolling Stones. He also created the posters for the Wim Wender films “The Wings of Desire” and “Paris, Texas,” for Martin Scorcese’s “Taxi Driver” and for Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts”. The Brussels-born artist, whose work has been featured in major exhibitions in various cities across the world, was one of the first cartoonists to embrace the Pop Art movement that began in the late 1950s. In 1972, he provided the surreal pictures for the book “Rock Dreams,” written by Nik Cohn, a fantasy tribute to the greats of rock and roll music. – Agence France-Presse
Thanks fot Craig Rosen at Number1Albums for the info.
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