Marshall Lytle, RIP

[GA Russell]

Comets bassist and Hall of Famer Marshall Lytle has died at age 79.

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0529/Marshall-Lytle-dies-leaves-Rock-Around-the-Clock-legacy

[Big Beat Steve]

What a pity.

Saw him several times from 1990 through approx. 2005 when he was on tour with the re-formed Comets, and it was always an incredible act, considering the average age of the musicians. And Marshall Lytle and Joey D'Ambrosia always were the ones who really pulled it along despite their age even at a time when Frannie Beecher and (the late) Johnny Grande were already economising their efforts and Dick Richards very much was on his last legs by the standards of stage strain.

Thanks for great shows, Marshall, and you will be missed even by the much younger and the really young 'uns in the Rockin' Scene!

Edited May 31, 2013 by Big Beat Steve