R&B guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins, a veteran of James Brown's J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic and his younger brother William "Bootsy" Collins' Rubber Band, died of cancer last Friday at his home ...

Songwriter-guitarist Marv Tarplin, who contributed to major hits by the Miracles, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, died Sept. 30 of unknown causes in Las Vegas. He was 70. Born in Atlanta, Tarplin ...

Several Waco musicians called me this afternoon to tell me that longtime Waco rhythm-and-blues guitarist George Spratt had died Sunday. Funeral service arrangements are pending at Dorsey-Keatts ...

Earl King, the prolific songwriter and guitarist responsible for some of the most enduring and idiosyncratic compositions in the history of R&B, died Thursday from diabetes-related complications, The ...

They may be two of the most influential notes in funk-rock history: the soaring, plaintive start to guitarist Eddie Hazel's legendary solo in Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain." The song, an audacious, ...

Leon Thomas is well aware that R&B is not the first style of music that comes to mind when the guitar takes the lead. Now, as a member of the 2025 Fender Next class, the 32-year-old is excited to ...

D'Wayne Wiggins, one of founders of R&B sensation Tony! Toni! Toné!, whose songs included '90s hits "If I Had No Loot" and "Feels Good," has died of bladder cancer on March 7, his family announced ...

Eddie Jones, a soul singer and guitarist who spent more than five decades as a mainstay of Black stages and musical celebrations in Washington, died Nov. 28 in his home in the District. He was 69. His ...

NEW ORLEANS — Earl King, the songwriter and guitarist responsible for some of the most enduring and idiosyncratic compositions in R&B;, has died. He was 69. King died Thursday from complications ...