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| birth_name = Francis Joseph Chithalen<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1967|11|17}}<br />
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| origin = Canada<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|05|01|1967|11|17}}<br />
| death_place = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]<br />
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[funk music|funk]]<br />
| occupation = Guitarist<br />
| instrument = [[Bass guitar]]<br />
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| associated_acts = [[Weeping Tile (band)|Weeping Tile]], [[The Mahones]], Bucket, Wild Blues Yonder<br />
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'''Francis Joseph (Joe) Chithalen''' (November 17, 1967 – May 1, 1999) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] musician. He was a [[bass guitar|bassist]] for a number of bands in the [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]] music scene of the 1990s, most notably [[Weeping Tile (band)|Weeping Tile]], [[The Mahones]], Bucket, and Wild Blues Yonder.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
On May 1, 1999, Chithalen died in [[Amsterdam]] shortly after a Mahones concert, said to be from ingesting food containing [[peanut]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Chris |date=2019-05-01 |title=20 years gone: The legacy of Joe Chithalen – Kingston News |url=https://www.kingstonist.com/culture/20-years-gone-the-legacy-of-joe-chithalen/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Kingstonist News - 100% local, independent news in Kingston, ON |language=en-US}}</ref> His former Weeping Tile bandmate [[Sarah Harmer]] wrote "You Were Here", the title track from her 2000 [[You Were Here|solo album]], in memory of Chithalen.<br />
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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 (like members of [[The Tragically Hip]]), family and past bandmates (including the late Wally High). The Library loans instruments to aspiring musicians who can't afford them.<ref name=":0" /> Some of Chithalen's own bass guitars and other stringed instruments sit in the lending Library, and are occasionally loaned out for performances.<br />
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[[Category:Canadian rock bass guitarists]]<br />
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