OBITUARIES
The traditional starting theme. It had been almost 7 months since the previous gathering, which must be the longest gap for some time between events. As a result, there was a huge list of 37 notables who had passed in that time, but, in the interests of time, we narrowed it down to just 8 tracks to play, with the emphasis on artistes who had never appeared before at Headbangs:
| Doris Day | Medley | |
| Peter Tork | Monkees | Steppin' Stone |
| Scott (Engel) Walker | Jackie/No Regrets | |
| Malcolm John Rebennack, aka Dr. John | Such a night | |
| Mark Hollis | Talk Talk | Life's what you make it |
| Dick Dale | Misirlou | |
| Roky Erickson | 13th Floor Elevators | You're gonna miss me |
| Gary Duncan | Quicksilver Messenger Service | Mona |
Here are the others who we didn't have time to play a tune in memory of:
| Joe Osborn | Session bass - part of Wrecking Crew |
| Norman Gimbel | Lyric writer of "Girl from Ipanema", numerous TV themes (e.g. "Happy Days") and "Killing me softly with his song", which was inspired by his girlfriend Lori's experience of seeing Don McLean (before American Pie). Lori Lieberman recorded the song - it wasn't a hit, but Roberta Flack heard it on a plane and covered it. |
| George Klein | DJ/Elvis' Memphis Mafia |
| Cadet (Blaine Johnson) | Rapper |
| Andre Previn | Pianist/composer/arranger/conductor |
| Keith Flint | Prodigy |
| Jacques Loussier | Pianist/composer - Hamlet advert |
| Gerry Stickells ("Mr. Grumpy") | Road manager to the stars, including Hendrix & Queen |
| Hal Blaine | Drummer with Wrecking Crew |
| Ranking Roger | Beat |
| Her's (Stephen Fitzpatrick & Audun Laading) | |
| Nipsey Hussle | Rapper |
| Shawn Smith | Seattle alt/indie musician/composer - Brad and other bands |
| Johnny Hutchinson | Big Three drummer - he turned down the Beatles and Ringo got the job |
| Paul Raymond | Guitar/keyboards Plastic Penny/Chicken Shack/Savoy Brown/UFO/MSG |
| Les Reed | Songwriter |
| Boon Gould | Guitar - Level 42 |
| Susan Beschta | Lead singer of punk band Erasers, then a federal judge |
| Freddie Starr | Comedian/impressionist and former singer with the Midnighters and Freddie Starr and the Delmonts, winning Opportunity Knocks with the latter band |
| Jake Black, aka The Very Reverend Dr D Wayne Love | Lead singer of Alabama 3, the group who composed the Sopranos theme tune |
| Leon Redbone | Singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and voice actor |
| Philomena Lynott | Phil's mother and home to troubled rock stars, including the Sex Pistols |
| Elliot Roberts | David Geffen's original partner - manager to many of the 70's West Coast scene - Neil Young especially |
| Dave Bartholomew | Fats Domino's co-writer and bandleader |
| Duncan Lamont | Scottish jazz saxophonist/trumpet player - played with Sinatra, Bennett, Crosby, Basie, McCartney etc |
| Alan Rogan | Pete Townsend's "guitar tech" |
| João Gilberto | Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist - "Father of Bossa Nova" - Girl from Ipanema |
| Johnny Clegg, OBE | White, middle class Brit who adopted and integrated into Zulu culture and supported the Free Mandela movement |
| Art Neville | Neville Brothers/Meters |
SEPTUAGENARIANS
As with the Obituaries, there was bound to be a huge number of artistes who had passed their 70th birthdays in the last 7 months. We managed to feature 17 of them in 13 tracks, with two "double-ups" and one "triple-up". This time, the Headbangers had to rank the tracks played and these were the results:
| 1 | Zal Cleminson | Delilah | 109 |
| 2 | Mike Shrieve | Soul sacrifice | 91 |
| 3 | Jerry Harrison | Take me to the river | 90 |
| 4 | Alan Lancaster & Francis Rossi | Mystery Song | 88 |
| 5 | Dave Greenfield | No more heroes | 82 |
| 6 | Roger Taylor | Flash | 73 |
| 7 | Nick Lowe | I love the sound of breaking glass | 63 |
| 8 | Jim Lea | Coz I luv you | 61 |
| 9 | John Illsley | Lady writer | 60 |
| 10 | John Oates | She's gone | 53 |
| 11 | Richard Thompson | Meet on the ledge | 49 |
| 12 | Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman & Alan White | Roundabout | 48 |
| 13 | Dusty Hill & Frank Beard | Cheap sunglasses | 45 |
Those Septuagenarians who didn't make the cut were:
| Ross Valory | Bass with Journey |
| Mike Batt | Producer, writer etc - Wombles & many more |
| Nigel Olsson | Elton John's drummer |
| Lyn Paul | New Seekers |
| Lynda Laurence | Replaced Cindy Birdsong in Supremes |
| Trevor Burton | Move guitar |
| Bill Payne | Pianist - co-founded Little Feat |
| Eddie Money | US singer/songwriter |
| Ric Ocasek | Cars' lead singer |
| Bob Ezrin | Canadian producer - Lou Reed etc |
| Lene Lovich | Singer |
| Dana Gillespie | Actress/singer - stage shows |
| David Robinson | Cars' drummer |
| Sonja Kristina | Curved Air singer |
| John Miles | |
| Herb Murrell | Stylistics |
| Billy Joel | |
| Larry Wallis | Blodwyn Pig/Pink Fairies/Motorhead/UFO guitar + solo |
| Hank Williams, Jr. | Son of/father of |
| Mike Levine | Bass/keyboards with Canadian band Triumph |
| Dennis Locorriere | Dr. Hook vocalist |
| Lionel Richie | |
| Larry Junstrom | Bass - founder member of Lynryd Skynryd |
| Gary Moffet | Guitar - April Wine |
| Alan Osmond | Eldest of 7 singing siblings (2 older brothers were hearing impaired) |
| Andy Scott | Lead guitar - Sweet |
| John Farnham | Australian singer |
| Trevor Horn | Buggles/Producer - FGtH etc |
| Geezer Butler | Black Sabbath bass |
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