Gregg Foreman obit

The Delta 72 Frontman Gregg Foreman Dies at 53

The rocker played with artists like Cat Power, Lucinda Williams, Linda Perry and more 

He was not on the list.

DJ and musician Gregg Foreman, the former frontman of alternative group The Delta 72, has died. He was 53.

Foreman died on Tuesday, April 21, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. His cause of death was deferred.

The multi-instrumentalist was fresh off a run of shows with Cat Power, including a stop at New York City’s Webster Hall in March, and recently posted to Instagram that his new band was mixing and recording their first EP.

Friends and collaborators paid tribute to Foreman on Instagram, with actress Juliette Lewis commenting on a post that she thanked him “for sharing your gifts with us and your humor and kindness.”

Cold Cave's Wesley Eisold also shared a tribute post, writing that he’d met Foreman in 2000.

“For better or for worse, he lived a life that others only claim to have lived and he was one of one,” wrote Eisold. “His love for music was as genuine as the pain he harbored. Wishing you peace Gregg, for all of eternity, heavenly sounds and cosmic rhythms.”

Foreman said in a 2000 interview with Ink 19 that seeing the movie Purple Rain had inspired him to pick up the guitar, and that his music taste was inspired by his parents — his mom, a former Motown intern, loved soul, while his dad favored country rock.

Over the years, he played with a number of artists including The Gossip, Beth Ditto, Lucinda Williams, Jesse Malin, Linda Perry and more.

With The Delta 72, he released three studio albums between 1994 and 2001.

In one of his final Instagram posts, Foreman shared a touching note on New Year’s Day in which he said he’d been trying to “live in presence every day.”

“My main daily course of action is; to help myself heal, find self love and help others not feel alone,” he wrote. “With everyday, I ask the universe to; relieve me of the bondage of self, (which can be a prison between my ears and a malady of the spirit), if that makes sense? So I can get out of my own way to a part of all there is & help others!”