Legendary guitarist, founding member of the Dictators and Del-Lords, Scott “Top Ten”, Kempner died on November 29th. He was 69 years old, he was suffering from dementia and he was staying at a nursing home.
In 1972 along with Andy Shernoff and Ross Friedman (later on Ross “The Boss”) they formed The Dictators in New York.
Andy Shernoff, said, “Scott was one of the greats, the best buddy a boy could ever want. We bonded over rock ‘n’ roll and we laughed about everything. We had a million inside jokes that nobody understood. I watched him grow from a guy running his SG guitar through his home stereo in his bedroom to playing Marshall amps cranked on stages around the world. His songs and music will speak for themselves. His glorious memory will remain with me forever and I will cherish it.”
