Rick Buckler - RIP

[TheGreek]

Sad news...I'm sure that he was a big part of the lives of many here..

A loss at the age of 69...a mere lad...

[oldslapper]

RIP Rick. Great drummer. Him and Foxton carried Wellers’ songs. IMO.
 

I remember recording at his studio back in the day. 

[Chezz55]

29 minutes ago, oldslapper said:

RIP Rick. Great drummer. Him and Foxton carried Wellers’ songs. IMO.

Agree 100%.

[TheGreek]

Two man powerhouse....

[pst62]

R.I.P. Rick Buckler. I saw The Jam at Bridlington Spa in 1979, They were great! I still had the much too small and tattered bright yellow T-shirt up until a year or so ago.

[Beedster]

It feels like a whole new generation of musicians have reached 'that age'. We've seen a lot of 60's and early-mid 70's pass on, but I still see bands like The Jam and their contemporaries as young men because I'm the same age. God bless the human brain and it's denial circuitry.

 

RIP Rick, you were a largely unsung hero of some of the most powerful songs and albums ever recorded. I didn't always like The Jam's music, and I doubt I'm alone. But I doubt anyone who's serious about music and culture could deny its quality, its honesty, its impact, and its importance 🙏

[silverfoxnik]

Yep - sad news... Gone too soon. 😞

 

Always liked The Jam ; much more than most of Weller's solo output.

 

Buckler was a very good drummer and he formed a great bass/drums unit with Bruce Foxton, and a very powerful musical trio with Weller ...

 

Personally, I can't agree with the sentiment that they carried Weller's songs, many of which are absolute classics and follow down that line of great British songwriters from Ray Davies, to Pete Townshend, right through to Blur etc, etc. 

 

The main thing for me is that, together, they were just a great young band that was definitely more than the sum of the parts.. 

 

I met him once in the late 80s.. He owned a studio in the Liverpool Road / Angel area of London IIRC, and he showed me and my band mates around the place as we were potentially going to use it.

 

Seemed like a fairly decent bloke too..

 

RIP. 

[oakforest5961]

For those interested or who didn’t know, he wrote several books about The Jam. I read “That’s Entertainment; My Life in The Jam”, published 2015, and I remember it as being a good read.