Tuesday, August 16, 2011

RIP: AKIRA 'JOE' YAMANAKA

1946 - August 7, 2011. Lead singer of the Flower Travellin' Band who formed in 1968, broke up in 1973, reformed in 2007. A band I actually learned about last year and started listening to. A good rocking band with influences of Cream & Jefferson Airplane. Interestingly, Joe took over as lead singer of the Wailers after Bob Marley's death in 1980 and stayed with them for 5 years.
So now you and Bob can sing duets, that would be interesting, no?
Rock on Joe, rock on...
(ps: Joe's the one with the 'fro)

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