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Stanley Martin Szelest (February 11, 1942 – January 20, 1991) was an American musician from Buffalo, New York, known for founding an influential blues band in the 1950s and 1960s, Stan and the Ravens, and later as a keyboardist with Ronnie Hawkins and, briefly, with The Band.
Jan 22, 1991 · Stan Szelest, a rock pianist who toured with Neil Young, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash, died on Sunday. He was 48 years old. Mr. Szelest was in Woodstock recording an album with Levon Helm,...
May 17, 2024 · Stan Szelest, the Buffalo-born Memphis blues rock 'n' roll piano player who has been called the "grandfather" of rock 'n' roll, died Sunday (Jan. 20, 1991) in Woodstock. He was 48.
Dec 6, 2022 · By Elmer Ploetz. Editor. For Jim Beishline, the links between The Band and Buffalo are pretty clear — and they run through Stan Szelest. Beishline is Richard Manuel in Buffalo’s version of The Band for The Last Waltz, playing the role of the man who replaced Szelest in the Hawks, Ronnie Hawkin’s backing band that went on to become The Band.
By the end of 1990 Szelest became a member of the reunited Band, as they were getting ready to record for CBS, writing songs, recording, and rehearsing with Garth Hudson in Woodstock. In January 1991, Stan Szelest died of a heart attack at the age of 48. Some of his electric piano work can be heard on the Band album Jericho, where he also co ...
Jan 23, 1991 · ROCK DEAN STAN SZELEST ALWAYS SHUNNED SPOTLIGHT. By Dale Anderson. Jan 23, 1991. EVER SINCE I heard the news of his fatal heart attack Sunday in Kingston, I've wondered what would be an...
Apr 5, 2019 · Jane Vasey/Stan Szelest: Two Hands of the Piano Gods. Piano players grudgingly have a natural affection and admiration for one another; especially those that have mastered an idiom. Reaching...
