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Keith Godchaux
Keith Godchaux (1948-1980) was the Grateful Dead's pianist from October 1971 to February 1979, joining after Donna Jean Godchaux introduced him to Jerry Garcia. He played on From the Mars Hotel through Shakedown Street and died in a car accident in July 1980.
Leon Wilkeson
Leon Wilkeson (Leon Russell Wilkeson, 1952-2001) was the bass guitarist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972, survived the 1977 plane crash, rejoined the 1987 reunion, and died of natural causes aged 49; nicknamed the Mad Hatter.
LeRoi Moore
LeRoi Moore (LeRoi Holloway Moore, 1961–2008), American saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band; also known as Roi or Gary Lee Moore; classically trained multi-reed player, DMB arranger and co-writer who died in 2008 from ATV accident complications.
Michael Allman
Michael Allman (born 1966) is an American blues and Southern rock singer, eldest son of Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band; albums Blues Travels Fast, Hard Labor Creek, Creature of Habit; leads the Michael Allman Band.
Michael Houser
Michael "Mikey" Houser (1962–2002), American guitarist, singer, and co-founder of Widespread Panic in Athens, Georgia; namesake of the band via his "Panic" nickname; died of pancreatic cancer after final show July 2, 2002; solo albums Door Harp and Sandbox.
Michael Shrieve
Michael Shrieve (born 1949) is an American drummer, original drummer of Santana (1969-1974) famous for his Woodstock "Soul Sacrifice" solo, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and pioneer of electronic percussion.
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart (born 1943, Brooklyn, as Michael Steven Hartman) is the Grateful Dead's second drummer, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and founder of Planet Drum, whose 1991 album won the first Grammy for Best World Music Album.
Mike Gordon
Mike Gordon (Michael Eliot Gordon, born 1965) is the Phish bassist and co-founder, nicknamed Cactus; also a solo artist (Flying Games, OGOGO), Leo Kottke collaborator, filmmaker, and flow-state researcher. Not Gordon Graceffo, Colton Gordon, or Tanner Gordon.
Oteil Burbridge
Oteil Burbridge (born 1964, Washington, D.C.) is an American six-string bassist of the Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Dead & Company, a two-time Grammy winner, and leader of Oteil & Friends.
Phil Lesh
Phil Lesh (Philip Chapman Lesh, 1940-2024), founding bassist of the Grateful Dead, classically trained under Luciano Berio, lead-style bass player, composer of "Box of Rain" and "Unbroken Chain," later of Phil Lesh and Friends.
Rich Robinson
Rich Robinson (born 1969, Atlanta) is the Black Crowes' lead guitarist and co-founder with brother Chris, writer of their guitar parts including She Talks to Angels, a solo artist, Magpie Salute member, and open-tuning specialist.
Rickey Medlocke
Rickey Medlocke (Rickey Lynn Green), born 1950, American Southern rock guitarist and singer, Blackfoot frontman ('Train, Train', 'Highway Song') and Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer 1970-1972, guitarist since 1996.
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1945-1973), American blues singer, organist, and harmonica player; co-founder and original frontman of the Grateful Dead, who urged the band to go electric, wrote "Operator" and "The Stranger," and died at 27 of alcohol-related illness.
Ronnie Hammond
Ronnie Hammond (Ronald William Hammond, 1950-2011) was the lead singer of the Atlanta Rhythm Section from 1972, voicing hits like So Into You and Champagne Jam before retiring in 2001.
Ronnie Van Zant
Ronnie Van Zant, Lynyrd Skynyrd founding lead singer and songwriter from Jacksonville, Florida; wrote and sang Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama; died in the October 20, 1977 Mississippi plane crash that ended the original band.
Steve Gaines
Steve Gaines (1949-1977) was an Oklahoma-born guitarist, singer, and songwriter for Lynyrd Skynyrd, replacing Ed King in 1976; he co-wrote Street Survivors and died in the 1977 plane crash.
Steve Morse
Steve Morse (Steven J. Morse, born 1954) is an American guitarist of the Dixie Dregs, Kansas, Deep Purple (1994–2022), Flying Colors, and the Steve Morse Band; five-time Guitar Player winner, seven Grammy nominations, Triangulation (2025).
Tim Lefebvre
Tim Lefebvre is an American bassist from Foxboro, Massachusetts, known for David Bowie's Blackstar (2016), the Tedeschi Trucks Band from 2013 to 2018, and more than 700 recordings.
Tim Reynolds
Tim Reynolds (born 1957, Wiesbaden, Germany) is an American guitarist, TR3 founder, and Dave Matthews Band lead guitarist since 2008, known for acoustic virtuosity, Live at Luther College, and solo albums like Stream.
Tom Johnston (musician)
Tom Johnston (Charles Thomas Johnston, born 1948, Visalia, California) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, founding member and primary early songwriter of the Doobie Brothers, writer of "Listen to the Music" and "China Grove," distinct from the Delta bluesman Tommy Johnson and the composer Tom Johnson.
Toy Caldwell
Toy Talmadge Caldwell Jr. (1947–1993), Spartanburg Southern rock guitarist, co-founder, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter of the Marshall Tucker Band; thumb-picking stylist, Vietnam Marine veteran, solo album Toy Caldwell.
Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist, founding member of Phish (formed 1983 at the University of Vermont). Also leads Trey Anastasio Band, Oysterhead, orchestral works like Petrichor, and Fare Thee Well 2015.
Vinnie Colaiuta
Vinnie Colaiuta (Vincent Peter Colaiuta, b. 1956, Pennsylvania) is an American session and touring drummer; Frank Zappa's drummer from 1978, Sting's from 1990, and winner of the 2010 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes (born 1960, Asheville, North Carolina) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter of the Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule founder, and solo artist behind Man In Motion and Million Voices Whisper.