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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.
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, died on Tuesday, May 14 at a hospital in San Francisco. He was 77.
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...
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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.
Early years: 1964–1965. Formed in mid-1964 by amateur avant-garde musician George Hunter and music major Richard Olsen, the earliest lineup of the Charlatans featured Hunter on autoharp and vocals, and Olsen on bass and vocals, along with Mike Wilhelm ( lead guitar, vocals), Mike Ferguson ( piano / keyboards, vocals), and Sam Linde ( drums ).
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, died on Tuesday, May 14 at a hospital in San Francisco. He was 77. The cause was complications from cancer, said his wife, Ana Maria Wilhelm.
May 22, 2019 · Michael Ray Wilhelm, guitarist, singer and songwriter, born 18 March 1942, died 14 May 2019. The game-changing guitarist was a member of one of the first psychedelic bands, The Charlatans.
