Way too many wonderful and gifted musicians are gone now.
I was very lucky in my life that I got to spend time and work with most of the greatest musicians in my lifetime.
Some of them are dead now. The first one that I worked with that died was Ray Charles. I worked with him in the 90s. I was numb for a while when I learned he died. Then I couldn't stop shaking and crying.
Photography is a very personal thing for me and when someone I know or worked with dies, it takes a part of me.
The deaths of some who I've worked with that hit me the worst were Aretha Franklin, BB King, Tom Petty and Chris Cornell.
The next decade will be hard on us who grew up in the 60 and 70s. Our music heroes will be dying.
I have worked with Sir Paul McCartney, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page a hand full of times. I will handle their deaths the same way I handled John Lennon's death. Which took me a very long time. I never got the chance to work with John Lennon.
Karen Carpenter. Probably one of the most beautiful singing voices to exist within my lifetime. Sadly, her life was short. She died in 1983, at the age of 32, from complications stemming form the anorexia that had afflicted her earlier in her life.