# Who was this musician?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 4, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-musician/617800 "2012-04-04T11:56:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-musician/617800/1 "2012-04-04T11:56:08Z")

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I’m trying to remember the name of this deceased musician. Excuse me if I get some details wrong. He was either in a 60’s or 70’s band. He later worked in the computer/electronics industry. While on a business trip, he went missing. Years later, his body and van were found near a river. A segment on “Unsolved Mysteries” was done on him.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-musician/617800/2 "2012-04-04T12:43:09Z")

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I think you’re thinking of [this guy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Taylor_Kramer) from **Iron Butterfly**.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-musician/617800/3 "2012-04-04T12:51:55Z")

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Iron Butterfly, Michael Jackson’s brother, FTL communications.  
This is an April Fool’s thing, right?