Tawl Ross
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Lucius "Tawl" Ross (October 5, 1948 – January 3, 2024) was an American musician. He was the rhythm guitarist for Funkadelic from 1968 to 1971, and played on their first three albums.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He left the band in 1971 soon after a debilitating experience with LSD,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> which is reported to have resulted in brain damage.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He moved back home to North Carolina and dropped out of the music scene, but resurfaced in 1995 after a nearly 25-year absence to release a solo album, a.k.a. Detrimental Vasoline - Giant Shirley, issued by Coconut Grove Records under the name Tal Ross.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ross died on January 3, 2024, at the age of 75. His death was reported on the official Facebook page of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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- The Motherpage - review of a.k.a. Detrimental Vasoline.
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