- Willie Mitchell
- Jay Reatard
- Kate McGarrigle
- Doug Fieger of the Knack
- Mark Linkous, a.k.a. Sparklehorse
- Jim Marshall
- Pete Quaife of the Kinks
- Tuli Kupferberg
- Solomon Burke
- Teena Marie
It will also always be sad to me that on Christmas day last year I excused myself from my family dinner to write Vic Chesnutt’s obituary.