Acoustic Sounds News

Henry Townsend 1909-2006

Henry Townsend, the legendary bluesman from St. Louis, died Sunday, September 24 near Grafton, Wisconsin, where he helped to shape history on the famed Paramount Records label 75 years prior. He was 96.

Roger Greene 1952-2006

Roger Greene listened mostly at 33 1/3 RPM, but he lived at 78. The 35-year veteran of the Hi-Fi business died Wednesday, March 1 at his home in Duluth, Minnesota. He had battled Leukemia since September 2004. Roger would have been 54 March 13.

Harry 'Big Daddy' Hypolite

"I've never come out to the front to do my thing. I'm just doing mine now. I don't want to be no rich guy. I just want to live comfortable. That's all. And to love people and to have people to love you."

Harry Hypolite, the natural-born entertainer who in the last several years had finally tasted life as an in-demand bandleader, died Wednesday, June 22, the result of a car crash near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was 68.

George Butler 1936-2005

The great bluesman George "Wild Child" Butler died Tuesday, March 1 in a Windsor, Ontario hospital, the result of a pulmonary embolism. He was 68.

Remembering David Baker

A world-class recording engineer and close friend to Acoustic Sounds and Blue Heaven Studios, David Baker died Tuesday night, July 13 in his sleep. Baker, 58, was on a job in Rochester, NY when he passed.