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Michael Ray Wilhelm (March 18, 1942 – May 14, 2019) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the influential Bay Area band the Charlatans, who have been widely credited as starting the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic scene during the 1960s.
May 16, 2019 · Mike Wilhelm, the co-founder and lead guitar player of the pioneering San Francisco psychedelic rock outfit the Charlatans, who also played with the bands the Flamin’ Groovies and Loose Gravel,...
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Mike Wilhelm, who died in 2019, was a pioneer of San Francisco psychedelic rock scene in the 1960s. He played with the Charlatans, Loose Gravel and Flamin' Groovies, and influenced many musicians with his distinctive finger-picking style.
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May 22, 2019 · Mike Wilhelm, who has died of cancer aged 77, held a special place in the history of American rock and the development of the musical strands of Americana – and was even cited by the Grateful...
That musician, Mike Wilhelm, was already a fixture on the local scene for several years, as a member of the pioneering band the Charlatans. He’d later join another local band of great renown, the Flamin’ Groovies, and played with several others over the years. Wilhelm died May 14, 2019, of cancer, in San Francisco. He was 77.
March 18, 1942 in Los Angeles, CA. Died. May 14, 2019 in San Francisco, CA. Genre. Pop/Rock. Styles. Blues-Rock, Psychedelic/Garage, Roots Rock. Member Of. The Charlatans, Flamin' Groovies. Mike Wilhelm Biography by Richie Unterberger. Mike Wilhelm was an important member of two San Francisco Bay Area groups, in two different decades.
Real Name: Michael Ray Wilhelm. Profile: US blues, rock and country vocalist and guitarist. Born in Los Angeles on 18 March 1942. Died on 14 May 2019. Best known as one of the founding members of San Francisco's first psychedelic rock group, The Charlatans (2). Sites:
