from Jerry Cole’s MySpace profile:
Our dear friend JERRY COLE died Wednesday night at his home in Corona, California. Funeral services are still pending but a public memorial is also being planned for the near future. Jerry’s wife Gale was with him when he suffered a massive heart attack. Jerry was 68 years old and is survived by Gale and their daughters, Monique and Katrina, and son, Cane. Jerry’s other son, Keith, died just a year earlier at the age of 28.
from Answers.com
Throughout the ’60s and , guitarist/songwriter Jerry Cole worked with some of the most prominent talents in rock’n'roll, including Them, the Beach Boys, the Byrds, and as a session man in Phil Spector’s “Wrecking Crew.” With his own group the Spacemen, Cole released four albums of space-age surf music in just over two years, beginning with 1963′s Outer Limits. As the ’60s progressed, Cole worked on sessions for the Byrds’ “Mr. Tambourine Man”/”I Knew I’d Want You” single and Them’s 1965 self-titled album. He teamed up with Roger McGuinn again in 1972 for McGuinn’s debut solo record, and session work with Roger Miller, Chuck Howard and Susie Allanson sent him in a country-rock direction. Cole’s work with the Spacemen was collected in the 1999 Sundazed compilation Power Surf! The Best of Jerry Cole & His Spacemen. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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Sure glad I got to share performances on stage with Jerry Cole and Mike Vernon March 2006 in Austin, TX. Thanks Jerry for all your guitar licks that made me want to make a “corner lamp stand” out of my guitar. George Tomsco – Fireballs
…even moreso important…hope that evening we spent in Austin conversing about the Lord in our lives and about Christ’s salvation will not return void.
I am very sad to hear about Jerry.
He became a good friend when I met him at Pete’s Music. He did acknowlege that God had given him a gift and I am glad he will get a chance to play in The Lords heavenly band. Crank it up Jerry. God likes it loud. Thanks for the encouragement George.