Hey Indie Nation,

Just saw this on, of all places, The Huff Post:

Grammy Award-winning blues legend Koko Taylor has died (6/3) in her hometown of Chicago as a result of complications following recent gastrointestinal surgery. She was 80. Taylor's most recent CD, 2007's Old School (Alligator), was nominated for a Grammy as were eight of her total of nine Alligator albums. In 1997, she was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame and in 1999 received the Blues Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award.

I also meant to post the sad news of Jay Bennett (formerly of Wilco) passing last week and forgot: 

The former Wilco singer-songwriter and guitarist/keyboardist died in his sleep early Sunday morning (5/25) in Urbana, Illinois where he was running a recording studio. Bennett was 45. Cause of death is not yet known. He joined the celebrated Chicago band just before the release of their 1996 second album Being There. Bennett shared songwriting credits on nearly all the tracks on the band's 1999 Summerteeth album and played on both of Wilco's Mermaid Avenue albums with Billy Bragg. He left Wilco in 2001 after heated tensions during the recording of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.