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Soul singer Freddie Hughes died last week from complications in part due to Covid-19. His pal Alec Palao fondly remembers the man with the high-reaching, eminently soulful voice.

It is with much regret that I have to report the loss of Margaret Lewis, aka Maggie Warwick, a great champion of Louisiana music, who died on March 29.

Northern California 60s legend Gary Lee Yoder, of The Oxford Circle, Kak and Blue Cheer, passed away this weekend from numerous health complications. His friend Alec Palao remembers one of the coolest rockers around.

It was with great regret that we learned of the sudden death of Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, bass player extraordinaire, at the tragically early age of 70. He was the very archetype of the solid, deep-in-the-groove bass players, always on the button with the rhythm and punching on the accents perfectly. In Booker T and The MGs he meshed with Al Jackson’s sparse drum patterns, forming the bridge to Steve Cropper’s chopping guitar phrasing and allowing Booker T Jones Hammond to float on top, together making up the most perfect instrumental group ever to have laid down a groove - and what a groove. 

News of the death of New Orleans great Fats Domino at the age of 89 has left all at Ace who grew up with his great Imperial 45s and albums truly saddened. Even with the inevitable realisation that nobody lives forever, it’s never easy to say goodbye to someone whose music has always been part of your life, and whose records did so much to influence your future record buying habits.