Jim
Mesi, Dave Stewart, Paul deLay, Don Campbell & Paul Jones - Early
1980's
Paul
deLay Band
Portland,
Oregon
1980's
Members
John
Bistline ~ Bass
Clair
Bruce ~ Keyboards
Don
Campbell ~ Bass
Fred
Coyner ~ Bass
Peter
Dammann ~ Guitar
Paul
DeLay ~ Harp, Vocals
Tippy
Hammond ~ Keyboards
Kent
Henry ~ Guitar
Paul
Jones ~ Drums
Bob
Lyons ~ Drums
Cris
Mercer ~ Saxophone
Jim
Mesi ~ Guitar
Jeff
Minick ~ Drums
Louis
Pain ~ Keyboards
Dave
Stewart ~ Keyboards
Don
Thomas ~ Bass
Dover
Weinberg ~ Keyboards
In
Memory of
Clair
Bruce
Paul
DeLay
Kent
Henry
The
Oregonian
Thursday March
19,
2009, 6:17 AM
Kent
Henry
Plischke, a blues guitarist and singer who recorded with the bands
Steppenwolf
and Blues Image under the name Kent Henry, died Wednesday in Portland,
his caregiver said. He was 60.
He was easy
going,
and he was a humble man, said Patty J. Hill, 56, who cared for Plischke
at her Southeast Portland home. He once gave a gold record away because
he didn't want to look like he was bragging.
Plischke was
born
on April 5, 1948 in Hollywood, Calif., Hill said. He joined his first
band,
The Lost Souls, when he was 14 years old.
In 1969 he
played
on the album Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends which featured guitarists
Jimmy
Page and Jeff Beck, bass player Noel Redding and drummer John Bonham.
Plischke
provided
guitar solos on the Blues Image song Ride Captain Ride, a hit that
peaked
at No. 4 on the Billboard Music Chart in June of 1970.
Plischke joined
Steppenwolf
in 1971, and toured with the band through 1972, playing lead guitar on
hits such as Born to be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride. He also played on
their
1971 studio album For Ladies Only.
Plischke moved
to
Southwest Portland in the early 1980s, Hill said. He replaced local
blues
musician Jim Mesi in the Paul deLay Blues Band and worked for 15 years
as a technician at Apple Music at 225 S.W. First Ave., where he met and
briefly dated Hill.
Hill took
Plischke
in for emergency surgery about 2 a.m. this morning. He was given a
sedative
but died before surgery could begin.
A public
service
is planned from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Omega Funeral Home at 223 S.E.
122nd Avenue in Portland.
-- Michael
Russell
