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Asa Brebner, the American guitarist, singer, and songwriter for The Modern Lovers has died at the age of 65. When Greg “Curly” Keranen left the band in 1977, he was replaced by Brebner (who would go on to play on The Modern Lovers Live (1978) and Back in Your Life (1979).
Keranen came back and left again (!) in 1984, so the mid-80s Modern Lovers had Asa Brebner rejoining for the tour and recording from 1985-1988.
According to vanyaland.com: “Brebner was credited as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, cartoonist, author, and producer, and in addition to The Chartbusters and his own solo efforts, also played in bands like The Modern Lovers, Mickey Clean & the Mezz, The Grey Boys, The Family Jewels, The Naked I’s, and Asa Brebner’s Idle Hands. No cause of death has been made public.”
For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.
March (25)
[10 Mar 2019] Asa Brebner (American guitarist, singer and songwriter for The Modern Lovers), 65
[09 Mar 2019] Aťka Janoušková (Czech actress, voice actress and singer for Amadeus), 88
[08 Mar 2019] George Neikrug (American cellist), 100
[08 Mar 2019] Eddie Taylor Jr. (American blues singer and guitarist), 46, heart failure
[08 Mar 2019] Michael Gielen (Austrian conductor), 91
[06 Mar 2019] Carlitos Rolán (Argentine singer and band leader), 78, kidney failure
[06 Mar 2019] James Dapogny (American jazz musicologist and pianist), 78
[06 Mar 2019] Mike Grose (British bassist for Queen)
[06 Mar 2019] Oleg Kudryavtzev (Russian drummer), 42
[06 Mar 2019] Kayoko Moriyama (Japanese singer and actress), 78
[06 Mar 2019] Charlie Panigoniak (Canadian Inuktitut singer and guitarist), 72
[05 Mar 2019] Annie Brazil (Filipino jazz singer), 85, pneumonia
[05 Mar 2019] Jacques Loussier (French pianist and composer), 84
[05 Mar 2019] Doru Popovici (Romanian composer, musicologist, writer and concert manager), 87
[05 Mar 2019] Sara Romweber (American rock drummer for Let's Active), 55, brain tumor
[04 Mar 2019] Anthony Ríos (Dominican actor and singer-songwriter), 68
[04 Mar 2019] Keith Flint (English singer for The Prodigy), 49, suicide
[04 Mar 2019] Leo de Castro (New Zealand singer and guitarist), 70
[03 Mar 2019] Ger Cusack (Irish singer), 77
[03 Mar 2019] Peter Hurford (British organist and composer), 88, Alzheimer's disease
[03 Mar 2019] János Koós (Hungarian singer, parodist and actor), 81
[02 Mar 2019] Eduardo Vázquez (Argentine DJ and musician), 37, suicide
[02 Mar 2019] Janice Freeman (American singer for The Voice), 33, blood clot
[01 Mar 2019] Stephan Ellis (American rock bassist for Survivor), 69
[01 Mar 2019] Paul Williams (English singer for Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Juicy Lucy), 78
According to vanyaland.com: “Brebner was credited as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, cartoonist, author, and producer, and in addition to The Chartbusters and his own solo efforts, also played in bands like The Modern Lovers, Mickey Clean & the Mezz, The Grey Boys, The Family Jewels, The Naked I’s, and Asa Brebner’s Idle Hands. No cause of death has been made public.”
For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.
March (25)
