Frequent Rolling Stones saxophonist Bobby Keys died today at age 70.
Rolling Stones Saxophonist Bobby Keys Dead At 70
Frequent Rolling Stones saxophonist Bobby Keys died today at age 70.
Rolling Stones Saxophonist Bobby Keys Dead At 70
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
He also was iirc a member of Delaney & Bonnie (Bramlett) & Friends along with Clapton and Bobby Whitlock (who was also in Derek & The Dominoes).
RIP Bobby K
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
RIP Bobby. Always dug your playing.
Regards,
Jon
RIP you magnificent bastard. That solo in Brown Sugar is pure gold.
Tough year for the Stones, two significant losses in their family.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Just a matter of time.Originally Posted by Jerjo
Nice baritone solo from Bobby on this tune:
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
I knew he had been sick and didn't play on the latest round of Stones shows in Australia. Perhaps the best sideman after Ian Stewart the band has ever had.
Bill
She'll be standing on the bar soon
With a fish head and a harpoon
and a fake beard plastered on her brow.
She'll be standing on the bar soon
With a fish head and a harpoon
and a fake beard plastered on her brow.
What astounds me: He couldn't read a note.
True, almost all of what he played on was "feel" music, and his feel for blues and R&B was second to none, but still. He was a high-profile sideman, and most of those guys can read like crazy - they have to. The guy must have had an amazing ear for jumping on something right as it was happening, for translating verbal directions into notes, or for hearing someone sing or play a line and getting it immediately.
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