Yesterday, we lost two amazing performers. Both Helen Reddy and Mac Davis were 78 years old. Their genres were different, but they were powerful in their own ways. Reddy was best known for her anthemic “I Am Woman,” but she was also an actor (she was in the original “Pete’s Dragon” as well as several other films). Davis was a noted singer-songwriter (“In The Ghetto” and “A Little Less Conversation” were just two of his works).
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Sharon E. Cathcart 
One more. Frank Rocco passed last night… the original bass player for Tower of Power.
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I know the cliche is that these things always happen in threes … but still.
I feel very blessed to have seen Tower of Power perform live just once. They were amazing.
May Mr. Rocco rest in power.
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When I was in college at SJSU, they were almost like the house band. We saw them every couple of weeks. Down here we’ve started yet another version of RIP. Return if possible.
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Watching Scotty Grow-Mac Davis.Tragic to lose 2 nice ones.
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That was a good one. I also liked “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me.”
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Helen got a lot of flak for singing what everyone thought was a radical feminist anthem, but she said later that it was never intended as one. My favorite song of hers was “Angie Baby,” and she did a pretty good cover of “Delta Dawn.”
Mac Davis also wrote “I Believe In Music,” which was a good song, too.
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