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Cage first met the New Riders on 1970’s cross-Canadian Festival Express Tour, and was subsequently recruited to replace Jerry Garcia in the band.

Said the band in a statement, “Andy was our brother. We made a lot of great noise and art together. We had a few drinks. We traveled the world.”

The trio, along with performers such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, is largely credited with helping to spark a folk music revival during the ’50s-’60s.

Wilson was known for inventing and popularizing a ‘psychedelic’ font around 1966 that made the letters look like they were moving or melting.

The New Orleans native began his career as a saxophonist. He later became a vocalist and scored his only top 10 hit with the classic dance number.

The group’s biggest hit, 1966’s ‘Walk Away Renee,” was written by a band member who became infatuated with the girlfriend of another.

“Sleepy existed in a Gulf Coast world where the hard-driving ’50s rock and roll mixed with classic country never went away,” said a fellow musician.

Unlike most of the San Francisco area bands of the ’60s, the Flamin’ Groovies specialized in straight-ahead no-frills rock ‘n’ roll, sans psychedelic jams.

The Canadian singer scored four top 10 hits in the U.S. in a brief period. Another hit, “The Way I Walk,” was later covered by the Cramps and Robert Gordon.

The longtime exec headed 3 major labels and was instrumental in the careers of some of music’s biggest names. He capped his career by interviewing legends