The 333 Best Pop Songs of the 2000s: #214

#214: "A Lot of Good Ones Gone" (2002) - Peter Wolf

Christmas is over
And we have gotten fat
Please let's now recall the ghosts of Christmas past

J. Geils' singer feels
The passing of the time
Please to hear the sweet soul and his mournful rhymes

R.I.P. 2008:

Jody Reynolds – fifties' singer/guitarist/one-hit wonder for the marvelous "Endless Sleep"
Earl Palmer – seminal soul drummer (Professor Longhair, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Ritchie Valens, and oh-so-many others)
Buddy Miles – jazz/fusion drummer
Jeff Healey – blues guitarist
Isaac Hayes - Stax/Volt songwriter; soul singer
Danny Federici – Springsteen keyboardist
Al Wilson – soul singer
Eddy Arnold – country music singer
Jerry Reed - countery music singer/songwriter
Bo Diddley - progenitor of rock and roll/creator of the Bo-Diddley beat
Norman Whitfield – psychedelic soul songwriter & producer
Jimmy Carl Black – Zappa/Captain Beefheart drummer
Mitch Mitchell - phenomenal Hendrix drummer
Eartha Kitt - jazz singer
Richard Wright – keyboardist for Pink Floyd
Edie Adams – Broadway singer
LeRoi Moore – Dave Matthews Band saxophonist
Nathaniel Mayer - soul singer
Danny Dill - songwriter ("Long Black Veil", "Detroit City")
Nick Reynolds - Kingston Trio singer
John Stewart - Kingston Trio singer
Mike Smith - lead singer of the Dave Clark Five
Israel Cachao Lopez – pioneering Cuban bass player, seminal in inventing the mambo
Earle Hagan - composer ("The Andy Griffith Show")
Jerry Wexler - Atlantic records (Aretha Franklin; Led Zeppelin) producer/head honcho
Larry Levine - producer, often worked with Phil Spector

Odetta - '60s folk singer

and several other musicians that I'm sure I've overlooked...this one's for you.