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Blues and jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter Big Joe Duskin dies aged 86 in Avondale, Ohio, USA. Suffering from diabetes, his death spared him the indignity of having both legs amputated.
The second day of the two-day Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California, USA, draws a crowd of 30,000 fans to see Kenny Chesney, Brooks And Dunn, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Jason Aldean, Gary Allan, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Pat Green and Sugarland.
Jazz clarinettist Alvin Batiste dies in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. In a long career, he was revered as a sideman with Ray Charles, Cannonball Adderley and others.
Chicago-blues style harmonica player Carey Bell dies of heart failure, aged 70, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.