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By Patrick Doyle | December 2, 2014
Bobby Keys, the larger-than-life saxophone player who toured with the Rolling Stones for more than 45 years and played on studio classics like "Brown Sugar" and "Live With Me," has passed away. He was 70.
"If you believe in the magic of rock & roll, which I devoutly do, it isn't in the individual," Keys told Rolling Stone in 2012. "Ive played in bands with A-team players around, but unless they can play together, it doesnt do any good."
"The Rolling Stones are devastated by the loss of their very dear friend and legendary saxophone player, Bobby Keys," the band said in a statement. "Bobby made a unique musical contribution to the band since the 1960s. He will be greatly missed."
I have lost the largest pal in the world and I can't express the sense of sadness I feel, although Bobby would tell me to cheer up," Stones guitarist Keith Richards said in a statement. "My condolences to all that knew him and his love of music.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rolling-stones-saxophonist-bobby-keys-dead-at-70-20141202#ixzz3Klq7yRIW
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Another legend for The Great Band in the Sky. RIP, Bobby.
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)One of the best sax solos in Rock right here.
abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)He had a lot of friends here in NM, and we're all gonna miss him.
Kali
(55,008 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)any word
Kali
(55,008 posts)but I don't actually do that very often.
abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)Or allegedly.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Friend me on FB
abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)Just happened to check in with DU to see if there were any threads about him. True, I no longer post on DU. Made exceptions for this and for letting Guitarman's DU friends know of his passing this fall.
olddots
(10,237 posts)He could play anything and it would rock plus he excelled in the key of E which most sax players don't like .
abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)Of course if you're gonna be a rock and roll sax player (and especially with the Stones) you don't have much choice but to be fluent in E.
Sweet Freedom
(3,995 posts)I will miss him.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)And he looks so healthy in it.But the wild life finally caught up with him; it was cirrhosis....
I'm bummed ,as there's a get together tonight in Albq of some of his many friends here, and I'm not in town. But he sure packed one hell of a lot of living into 70 years. For a man who lived to make music, have more fun than one human should be allowed, and raise some serious hell along the way, he sure succeeded wildly.I'll be thinking of him on his birthday next week too, as well as of his wife,Holly, son Jesse and brother Darrell.
It's both a total fluke, and a great honor, to have been able to call him a friend.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Check your PM
abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)BTW, there are a couple of pics of Bobby and I on my fb page Dec 2nd and 3rd.