Franny Beecher, RIP

[GA Russell]

Bill Haley's guitarist Franny Beecher has passed away at 92.

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-passings-20140226,0,7392830.story#axzz2uIHEuOOX

[Big Beat Steve]

RIP.

Another one gone.

His stage presence up until a very advanced age with the JOdimars/COmets lineup that toured Euope often during the past 20+ years was quite a sight to see.

BTW, Benny Goodman fans wil have noted him as "Francis Beecher" in the lineup of quite a few late 40s sessions by the big and small bands.