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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsRIP Jerry Corbetta, Lead Singer for Sugarloaf ("Green Eyed Lady")
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Jerry Corbetta of Sugarloaf, best known for their 1970 smash, Green-Eyed Lady, died on Sept. 16 in Denver. He was 68.
Hed been diagnosed with Picks disease, which slowly destroys the nerve cells in the brain similarly to Alzheimers disease. The condition forced him into retirement upon diagnosis in 2009.
Originally a drummer, where he gained fame around Denver as a child, he switched to keyboards in his teen years, serving in a couple of bands with guitarist Bob Webber, one of which became the Moonrakers and cut four singles in the mid-60s. The second, Chocolate Hair, featured Corbetta, Webber and another ex-Moonraker, bassist Bob Raymond. They eventually picked up drummer Bob MacVittie and got signed to Liberty Records.
But before their debut could be released, the label requested the band change their name due to the potential for Chocolate Hair to be seen as racially insensitive. They decided to honor their Colorado roots and name themselves after Sugarloaf Mountain, which is near Boulder, Colo.
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RIP Jerry Corbetta, Lead Singer for Sugarloaf ("Green Eyed Lady") (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Sep 2016
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. Rest in peace
Green-Eyed Lady was a great song.
Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)2. RIP. The first concert I ever attended was Sugarloaf, Dr.
Hook and the Medicine Show and Rare Earth.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)3. Sugarloaf brings back some good memories.
Sounds like an absolutely horrible disease.
I loved the band's sense of humor.