Michael Stanley Gee graduated from Rocky River High School[1] in 1966. He's remembered by Holly Gleason. It was always baseball caps and tennis shoes more than glitter. He was born in Indianapolis on Thursday, January 1, 2004, to Tony and Kathleen (Rogers) Stanley. your email below for our complimentary daily grief messages. (66 years old). He was the one guy, who, if there was ever a fundraiser, I knew I could always call him and say, Could you just come by and he would never say no. When you sell out Blossom (four) nights in a row, you dont have to be that accessible, but he was. Laughing, I explained, I was trying to understand what it was you do that left everyone so unraveled I was studying you.. Stanley will be buried in a private ceremony at Lake View Cemetery. Both as a solo artist and with the Michael Stanley Band (MSB), his brand of heartland rock was popular in Cleveland, Ohio, and around the American Midwest in the 1970s and 1980s. Fans knew every word to Strike Up the Band, Lets Get the Show on the Road, Midwest Midnight, Nothings Gonna Change My Mind and Rosewood Bitters.. The timing was awful because Stanleys wife, Libby, had recently given birth to twin daughters, Sarah and Anna. That body of work will prove to be without equal. Michael Stanley (born Michael Stanley Gee; March 25, 1948 March 5, 2021) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, radio and television personality. Hed been produced by the biggest rock producers of the day in Don Gehman, Mutt Lange and Bill Szymczyk and toured with the Eagles, REO Speedwagon, Fleetwood Mac. It was all so odd, finally, I agreed to come watch, knowing there was no review to be filed, no harm to be done. In a 2014 interview, Michael talked about the struggles. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Michael P. Stanley of Smithfield, Rhode Island, who passed away on June 30, 2022, at the age of 64, leaving to mourn family and friends. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Obituary MIchael Stanley Hardin, 66, passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2022 at Hillcreek Manor. His annual two-weekend stands at an old-school Akron supper club yielded Live In Tangiers, an unplugged consideration of MSB and early solo albums. Planting will take place in Spring of the following year. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017, the same year that his third wife, Denise, died of lung cancer. Obituaries and In Memoriams Publications. "My Town" has been played by the Ohio State University Marching Band since 1986. Curiosity was a fundamental part of his being. He released about sixteen more albums on Razor & Tie or his own label, Line Level. To say Stanley was part of Clevelands fabric is anything but a clich; It was the home he never left, and a place the man dubbed the Cuyahoga Messiah by Last Call Cleveland, carried with him whenever hed tour the country to play heartland rock hits such as He Cant Love You, Lover, Falling in Love Again and My Town., I had three pretty good, separate careers with music, the television, the radio, Stanley told The Plain Dealer in 2019, before receiving the Cleveland Arts Prize Lifetime Achievement Award. Leverage your professional network, and get hired. Michael Stanley's music career spanned five decades. Youve never seen anything like it.. He was the husband of Jan Hagwood Cocke. Sisters Mary (John) Groshak, Mabel (Matt) Procyk, Ann (Nick) Stupnisky, brothers Stanley in infancy, Thomas Charney, Russel and Martha Charney and . Death notices, which include information about when and where a person . David Spero, who was introduced to Stanley via Joe Walsh, managed Stanley throughout the 70s, including a major label deal with Epic Records. We will remember him forever. The cause of death was. CLEVELAND (WJW) Devastating news for music fans in Cleveland. Stanley's death leaves a "gaping hole in a city where he was a. Somehow I believed he would have insight into how to survive the bottom falling out. Echovita Inc is a registered trademark. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. He earned degree in Sociology and Comparative Religion, but music was where his heart was. No service will be held. Gleason is the author of the 2018 Belmont Book Award winner Woman Walk the Line and is at work on the forthcoming Prine on Prine.. To remember that? [3] Its first song, "Rosewood Bitters," would become a lifetime fixture in Stanley's shows and was later recorded by Walsh in 1985. I think hes probably one of our countrys most underappreciated writers in that kind of Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen school of storytelling, said Spero, who ate lunch with Stanley almost every second Friday. He knew what we were thinking, feeling, the reality of how it felt being the great unseen and never-heralded. He was the man who cast AOR rockers like Midwest Midnight, Lets Get the Show on The Road, Strike Up the Band and Our Town, anthems from a town that was cast off and mocked, into a world where he never quite attained national stardom. Over 96 years of experience. Evan was a student at Mississinewa High School and was a member of . If you look back at any writers body of work, you usually find a common theme or two that theyve been trying to hone, Stanley -- who suffered a heart attack in 1991 and also battled subsequent prostate cancer and a quadruple bypass -- told The Plain Dealer in 2012. Michael Kent Stanley May 7, 1952 - August 8, 2022 IN THE CARE OF Elton Black & Son Funeral Home Michael Kent Stanley, age 70, of White Lake, passed away Monday, August 8, 2022, at his home. Note: These are general guidelines; some florists may not be able to operate within these timelines. Published by The Journal on Feb. 28, 2023. Michael thought someone threw something at him and was like, Who the hell did that? The band dissolved in 1987 with a series of 12 farewell shows at the Front Row Theater in Highland Heights, Ohio (suburban Cleveland) during the 198687 holiday season. He clerked for the Honorable Anne X. Alpern and was a partner at Berkman, Ruslander, Pohl, Lieber and Engel before purchasing Fairman Wallpaper from his in-laws George and Ruth Fairman. He was 72 years old. Its pretty rocked out. Stanley's second solo album, Friends and Legends, released later in 1973 on MCA Records, was again produced by Szymczyk and included support from members of Barnstorm and Stephen Stills' Manassas, among others: Walsh, Vitale, Kenny Passarelli, Paul Harris, Joe Lala, Al Perkins, David Sanborn, Dan Fogelberg, and Richie Furay, with J. Geils contributing to the production.[4]. Stanley Cordell Michael Sr, Marine, USMC, 66, of Dove Creek, died 2/14/2023, at his residence, Born 8/9/1956. I was like, Damn, Bob (Seger) sure busted out. We are sad to announce that on February 24, 2023, at the age of 66, Stanley Michael Black of Etters, Pennsylvania passed away. You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or by planting a memorial tree in the memory of Michael Anthony Stanley, 2023 Bladen-Gaskins Funeral Home & Cremation. Hes remembered by Holly Gleason. February 3rd, 1928 - February 23rd, 2023. Leverage your professional network, and get hired. As 1999 turned to 2000, I began a blind email friendship with him. Michael recalled what is was like back then, The Agora held like 800 to 900 people, and for one show we put in 2,500.. Write your message of sympathy today. And when he challenged me to come see his current band play Dont you wanna know? I resisted the urge to demure for fear of what happens to once great bands when they gear down to the nostalgia laps. He was 66. Nicknamed MSB by their fans, the band set several attendance records at Cleveland area venues including a record 20,320 at the Richfield Coliseum on July 20, 1979,[5] and a record 40,529 for two Coliseum concerts on December 31, 1981, and January 1, 1982. In Cleveland, especially, Stanley was an artist who felt every bit as important as Detroits Bob Seger, Indianas John Mellencamp and even Jerseys Bruce Springsteen, who also captured working class lives, loves and disappointments with an authenticity as gritty as it was charged. Ohio, U.S., Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007. Acknowledging his health issues, Stanley told the Beacon Journal in 2017: It gets your attention and reinforces the point that its all pretty finite at this point. KRAMER, James Michael, 68, died Wednesday (March 1, 2023). Live Nations Michael Belkin, whose father managed Stanley for more than 40 years, recalled that affection was part of a unique two-way relationship between the artist and his fans. Echovita Inc is a registered trademark. The obituary or death notice will be found on page 2B. We would like to offer our sincere support to anyone coping with grief. Visitation one hour prior to services (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm). He loved his family and friends who would agree that he was the life of a party. He put it in songs. The Sceptors gave way to the Establishments and the Tree Stumps at Hiram College, which Stanley attended on a baseball scholarship. All obituaries should be submitted through your funeral home of choice. He was the promise of rock n roll delivered. In 1990, he joined WNCX-FM as the drive-time disc jockey from 3 to 7 p.m. Twice divorced, Stanley continued to perform with acts such as The Ghost Poets, the Resonators, the Midlife Chryslers andMichael Stanley & Friends. He was born August 16,. Beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at Ascension St. Mary's Medical Center. Prepare a personalized obituary for someone you loved.. August 31, 1957 - Michael Stanley didnt just see me that night, of course. Interment New Light Cemetery. He believed in rock n roll. About Us; Locations; Contact . Call us for pre-planned funeral services! Janice E. Berry, 97, formerly of Duncansville, passed away Monday at Homewood at Martinsburg, surrounded by loving family members. I came from another band (Circus) that was big into satin; I said to Michael, Am I gonna have to wear anything? He said, I dont give a s*** what you wear. But then when it was over, he kept on believing. You know, he said, it just felt like it needed to be done.. Order by 3:00PMThe day before. Write your message of sympathy today. Our online Ontario obituaries help families honor and pay tribute to the loved ones they've lost. That was the magic. Facebook gives people the power. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. Mind you, this was more than two decades prior. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 16th 2023 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the John's.