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Origin
  
Canada

Role
  
Musician

Occupation(s)
  
Guitarist

Instruments
  
Bass guitar

Genres
  
Rock music, Punk rock

Name
  
Joe Chithalen


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Birth name
  
Francis Joseph Chithalen

Born
  
November 17, 1967 (
1967-11-17
)

Associated acts
  
Weeping Tile, The Mahones, Bucket, Wild Blues Yonder

Died
  
May 1, 1999, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Albums
  
Draggin' the Days, The Hellfire Club Sessions

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Music group
  
The Mahones (1990 – 1999)

January Song - live at Joe's M.I.L.L.


Francis Joseph (Joe) Chithalen (November 17, 1967 – May 1, 1999) was a Canadian musician. He was a bassist for a number of bands in the Kingston music scene of the 1990s, most notably Weeping Tile, The Mahones, Bucket, and Wild Blues Yonder.

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On May 1, 1999, Chithalen died in Amsterdam shortly after a Mahones concert, said to be from ingesting food containing peanuts. His former Weeping Tile bandmate Sarah Harmer wrote "You Were Here", the title track from her 2000 solo album, in memory of Chithalen.

After his death, The Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Lending Library (JOE'S M.I.L.L.) was established in Kingston, Ontario by some of his friends, family and past bandmates (including the late Wally High). The Library loans instruments to aspiring musicians who can't afford them. Some of Chithalen's own bass guitars and other stringed instruments sit in the lending Library, and are occasionally loaned out for performances.

References

Joe Chithalen Wikipedia


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