Classic Rock

RIP

John Drake

January 1, 1947 – August 29, 2021

Reacting to the news that his former band-mate in the Amboy Dukes, also that group’s forerunner the Lourds, lead singer John Brake (also known as Drake), had succumbed to cancer at the age of 74, Ted Nugent wrote on Facebook: “John had the Motown mojo! God rest his soul!” The Amboy Dukes released seven albums before Nugent went solo in

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