Noted Session Bassist Bob Birch is dead. Self inflicted gunshot wound...

[Cooley Hurd]

Damn...

http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/15/elton-john-band-member-commits-suicide-dead-dies/

Robert Wayne Birch, a bass guitarist who played with Elton John and Billy Joel among many other huge artists, is dead after apparently having shot and killed himself this morning ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... Birch was found around the corner from his home, dead from a gunshot wound to the head. We're told all signs point to a self-inflicted wound.

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Birch has been playing with Elton John since 1992, and was also involved in the biggest single of all time, "Candle in the Wind 1997."

Birch has also performed with legends like Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Cher, Sting, The Backstreet Boys, The Spice Girls, Clint Black and many others.

[upi402]

1. Bummer

Remember when Jaco Pastorious went?
Some session players have incredible legacies.

[panader0]

2. Sad about Birch

But seriously "A Candle in the Wind" is the biggest single of all time?

[Cooley Hurd]

3. One of the end-results of Princess Diana's death was that EJ retooled an existing song...

...and made gobs of $$ off of it.