Tawl Ross
Appearance
Lucius "Tawl" Ross | |
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Birth name | Lucius Ross |
Born | Wagram, North Carolina, U.S. | October 5, 1948
Died | January 3, 2024 | (aged 75)
Genres | |
Instrument | Guitar |
Years active | Late 1960s-early 1970s, mid 1990s |
Labels | Westbound, Coconut Grove |
Lucius "Tawl" Ross (October 5, 1948 – January 3, 2024) was an American musician. He was the rhythm guitarist for Funkadelic from 1968 to 1971, and played on their first three albums.[1] He left the band in 1971 soon after a debilitating experience with LSD,[2][3] which is reported to have resulted in brain damage.[4] He moved back home to North Carolina and dropped out of the music scene, but resurfaced in 1995 after a nearly 25-year absence to release a solo album, a.k.a. Detrimental Vasoline - Giant Shirley, issued by Coconut Grove Records under the name Tal Ross.[5]
Ross died on January 3, 2024, at the age of 75. His death was reported on the official Facebook page of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Funkadelic | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ Bowman, Rob (1996). Liner notes to Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan – 12th September 1971.
- ^ Bowman, Rob (1992). Liner notes to Music For Your Mother.
- ^ "Funk's Death Trip". PopMatters. 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "Tal Ross - Giant Shirley". Light In The Attic Records. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "Rest in eternal and total peace, Parliament-Funkadelic rhythm guitarist Lucius Tal (Tawl) Ross (October 5th, 1948-January 3rd, 2024)! Bring forth the Eulogy and Light! Fly On!". George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic on Facebook. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- The Motherpage - review of a.k.a. Detrimental Vasoline.
Categories:
- 1948 births
- 2024 deaths
- People from Scotland County, North Carolina
- African-American guitarists
- American funk guitarists
- American male guitarists
- P-Funk members
- Psychedelic soul musicians
- 20th-century American guitarists
- American soul guitarists
- American rhythm and blues guitarists
- American rhythm guitarists
- American guitarist stubs