THE BEAST

Molly Hatchet Lead Singer Phil McCormack Dead at 58 April 27, 2019 – No cause of death has been released yet but one U.S. Radio station reported that it looked like a heart attack. Molly Hatchet has had three main lead singers and they're now all dead. Original vocalist Danny Joe Brown who sang the hit “Flirtin' With Disaster' died in 2005, his replacement for a while Jimmy Farrar died in 2018 and now Phil McCormack is gone. He had been in the band since 1996. There's been a lot of changes in the band with many of them dying. original guitarist Duane Roland passed in 2006, original drummer Bruce Crump died in 2015, bassist Banner Thomas in April 2017 and there's more. Most music fans will know the band via, the aforementioned, "Flirtin' With Disaster", "Whiskey Man" and "Gator Country.” - by John Beaudin VISIT OUR ALBUM AND BOOK PICK AT THE ROCK HISTORY BOOK STOR https://www.amazon.com/shop/rockhistorymusic HELP SUPPORT ROCK HISTORY MUSIC..CHECK OUT OUR STORE FOR T-SHIRTS, MUGS ETC https://teespring.com/stores/rock-history-music-store?page=1 We have 4 active YouTube Channels featuring John Beaudin Subscribe to this (RockHistoryMusic) Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChUv5CZuAuh08DfHA8klNSA?view_as=subscriber “RockHistoryBook” -Top 10 Rock & Pop Hit Lists https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKUUfqq_iuwk63pZEUOTIQ “RockHistoryCanada” – Interviews & Current Music News From Top Canadian Acts. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpz17zDi5ShOVQBiNZV8xA “Nail Sheet” – More on the Pop Music Side plus TV & Movie News​ & Interviews. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCym2UeR9FWDLty6UaVbbX7w/featured John Beaudin has been in major market radio (Edmonton, Vancouver & Calgary) for 35 years and a music journalist since 1989. He graduated from Broadcasting school as a newsman so he would have the skills to write about the artists that inspired him since he bought his first album, “Madman Across The Water” by Elton John as a teen. In the '80s Beaudin was the host of the syndicated radio show “The Cross Canada Report” which had two versions (Rock and A/C). Beaudin was also asked to be a judge at the Juno Awards (Canada's answer to the Grammys) Twice. He has anchored every position in radio including morning and afternoon drive and was a Program and Music Director for The Breeze and California 103 in Calgary. He currently hosts the popular Lovesongs at QM-FM in Vancouver and on iHeartRadio. To Follow John Beaudin's posts on all subjects https://www.facebook.com/JohnBeaudinBroadcaster/ To Follow John's “Rock News” only posts FACEBOOK  https://www.facebook.com/rockhistorybook John Beaudin Official Website  http://www.johnbeaudin.com TWITTER for Rock History Music  https://twitter.com/rockhistorybook TWITTER for John https://twitter.com/johnbeaudin Heading West by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license () Artist: http://audionautix.com/