Musician

Carmen M. Grago, a computer software consultant and musician who was a founder of the rock band Charlie Don't Surf, died Sunday in a hit-and-run automobile accident in Capitol Heights. The former Parkville resident was 44. Mr. Grago, who lived in Waldorf, had parked his car on the shoulder of Interstate 495 when it was struck in the rear by another automobile, state police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other driver fled on foot and was being sought yesterday. Mr. Grago was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and moved to the Parkville area with his family in the 1960s.

Anthony Pasquale "Tony" D'Eugenio, a musician and former deli owner whose booming laugh and Italian cold-cut hoagies were a fixture in downtown Westminster, died Wednesday at Sinai Hospital after complications from heart-valve surgery. He was 65 and lived in Westminster. In addition to running the Giulianova Groceria at 11 E. Main St., which he sold last year, Mr. D'Eugenio had been a working musician since childhood. He specialized in slide trombone but was able to play almost anything, except piano and drums, said his wife of 26 years, the former Marilyn Kay Jordan.

Three years ago, Lloyd Marcus quit his day job as a graphic designer at WJZ-TV to chase his dream of being a musician. He almost lost his house in Pumphrey, but he kept chasing the dream.Now, with the release of his second CD, "Hello Baltimore," and a cassette, "Ravens," that he has submitted to the city's NFL team, he says things are looking up."I know I have what it takes, but it's just getting that right thing to click," said Marcus, 47, a fedora-wearing troubadour whose style ranges from pop to R&B to country.

Edward Goldstein was trying to save a few bucks Monday by shopping at a West Belvedere Avenue thrift store. But when he left the store, the professional musician found the rear window of his Oldsmobile van broken and his $10,000 tuba missing."

Tony DeFontes was the kind of musician most bands wanted. A bassist, he could easily groove a jazz or blues number, then go immediately into a rock 'n' roll or western swing set.Mr. DeFontes seemed to have "been born with a bass in his hands," for he played each chord for all it was worth, friends and former band colleagues said.Mr. DeFontes, 40, a resident of Roland Park, died Sept. 3 of undetermined causes at his North Baltimore home. He was a popular local musician who played throughout the region with several Baltimore bands.

Alan B. Muhlada, a retired computer specialist, died of cancer Oct. 9 at his Crownsville home. He was 61. Born in Detroit, he graduated in 1962 from Hamtramck High School in Hamtramck, Mich. He joined the Navy in 1963 and served during the Vietnam War. He was discharged in 1967. Mr. Muhlada went to work for IBM in Detroit in 1967 as a customer engineer, fixing computers. He stayed with the company until 1970, when he began a longtime technology career with the federal government. After working for the Internal Revenue Service in Detroit, he was transferred in 1974 to Maryland to work for the Social Security Administration.

He plays a Stratocaster guitar like Buddy Holly, and he sings like Bob Dylan.Spotlight, please, on Richard L. Taylor, a 38-year-old musician recently honored by Maryland Musician magazine for the No. 1 Mid-Atlantic Album of 1990."

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announced yesterday that a Russian musician considered among the best conductors in the world will be its next music director.Yuri Temirkanov, who is director and principal conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, replaces David Zinman, the symphony's longtime director, who announced last fall that he will resign in June. Temirkanov, 59, will take on his directing responsibilities in the 1999-2000 season, and will begin conducting in 2000. In the interim, the symphony will have no principal conductor but instead will rely on visiting artists.

Maggie Sansone, a hammered dulcimer virtuoso, is more than a musician, a music teacher, a performer and a recording artist.She is also a label -- and a growing one at that.Since starting an independent record label in 1984 to showcase her work, she has put out six of her albums on cassette and compact disc. This month, Maggie's Music released another artist's work."I saw the potential (of starting a record label) and thought it would bea great way to get the music out to the world," says Sansone, 42, ofEastport.

Guy Graham Babylon, a Grammy Award-winning musician and former New Windsor resident, who was a keyboardist with Elton John's band for more than 20 years, died of arrhythmia Sept. 2 at Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 52. Mr. Babylon, who had been a member of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club when in high school and still enjoyed competitive swimming, was stricken while swimming and was pronounced dead later at the nearby hospital. Elton John, who was unable to attend Mr. Babylon's funeral that was held Sept.