Music is the Doctor #34 Sounds of 2015 & Remember the Fallen

The last Music is the Doctor of 2015 and it's time to recall some of the tunes that have been a little special for me and also a spotlight on those Musicians, Songwriters and Legends who have passed out of this world throughout the year.

On The Playlist

Boom Shaka Boom - Chris Spedding.

Nearest Thing To Hip - The Waterboys.

Tenth Avenue Freezeout (Tower Theater 31/12/75) - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

Blackbirds - Gretchen Peters.

Lord, If I Ever Needed Someone (ft. Mavis Staples) - Van Morrison.

High Blood Pressure - Boz Scaggs.

Down Down (Live at The Roundhouse) - Status Quo.

Lions of Charing Cross Road - The Blow Monkeys.

Shifting - Wire.

Wall of Grace - Graham Parker and the Rumour.

The Traveling Kind - Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell.

Pageant Material (Live at Farm Aid) - Kacey Musgraves.

Beatnik Walking - Richard Thompson.

Speed Trap Town - Jason Isbell.

Man Plans, God Laughs - Public Enemy.

Born To Play Guitar - Buddy Guy.

Glorious You - Frank Turner.

Take A Picture of This - Don Henley.

Shake It Off - Ryan Adams.

Jesus is the Rock that Keeps Me Rollin' (Live) - Darlene Love.

Tomorrow Seems So Far Away - Walter Trout.

You Know It's Dark When Atheists Start To Pray - Jesse Malin.

Walk Away - Michael Monroe.

Traveler - Chris Stapleton

The Fallen

Rest In Peace

Andrae Crouch - Gospel Singer January 8th.

Steve Strange -  Visage February 12th.*

Andy Fraser - Drummer of Free 16th March.

Percy Sledge - Soul Singer 14th April.

Ben E. King - Soul Singer 30th April.

B.B.King - King of the Blues 14th May.*

Chris Squire - Bassist Yes 28th June.

Ernie Maresca - Songwriter (The Wanderer/ Donna the Prima Donna).

Rico Rodriguez - Trombonist 4th September.*

Bryn Merrick - Bassist The Damned 12th September.*

Carey Lander - Camera Obscura 11th October.

Steve McKay - Saxophone The Stooges 11th October.*

 Allen Tousaint - New Orleans Legend 10th November.
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - Drums Motörhead 11th November.*

P.F. Sloan - Songwriter (Eve of Destruction) 15th November.

Kelvin Knight - Drummer Delta 5 2nd December.*

Scott Weiland - Stone Temple Pilots/Velvbet Revolver 3rd December.

Gareth Mortimer - Racing Cars 17th December.

Steve Wright - The Easybeats 27th December.

Lemmy Kilmister - Motörhead Bassist and all round Legend 28th December.*

John "JB" Bradbury - Drummer The Specials 29th December.*

*track on The Playlist

Of course there were many more and to those now mentioned we offer our heartfelt thanks for their service to music over the years.