flyfisher Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Sad news. [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10415297.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_a...ts/10415297.stm[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Oh that's a shame. Tasteful player with a lovely thumpy sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Another great and totally under rated bassist. Sad loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Its been quite the week for bad news hasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathy Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 RIP As part of the Kinks he had a massive influence on rock music as we know it. I didn't realise just how much they had done until I got the Kinks best of CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohpnyn Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Awww, no way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Flippin heck. They are dropping like flies recently. We always play you really got me and all day of the night and they always go down a storm in the 2nd set. Strangley, he is in the bass tabs section of Guitar and Bass mag this month and it mentions that he was the first guy to own a Ricky 4001 (I think) in the UK and then Chris Squire and the others followed. RIP buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='jezzaboy' post='877768' date='Jun 25 2010, 09:07 PM']Flippin heck. They are dropping like flies recently. We always play you really got me and all day of the night and they always go down a storm in the 2nd set.[/quote] Me and our guitarist often end up jamming on Sunny Afternoon, Waterloo Sunset, Dedicated Follower..., All Of My Friends... etc. when we should be working on our own songs. There are so many great tunes in their catalogue, and I love his little double-time runs he stuck in on the bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongo Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Another ones goes down...how many has that been this year? Damn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 [quote name='jezzaboy' post='877768' date='Jun 25 2010, 09:07 PM']Flippin heck. They are dropping like flies recently. We always play you really got me and all day of the night and they always go down a storm in the 2nd set. Strangley, he is in the bass tabs section of Guitar and Bass mag this month and it mentions that he was the first guy to own a Ricky 4001 (I think) in the UK and then Chris Squire and the others followed. RIP buddy[/quote] Yip one of the first 4 to own the Export 1999 Rick bass in the UK - the others being The Ox, Chris Squire and Donovan (no, not Jason) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 According to Dave Davies: 'We drew lots to see who would play bass guitar and Pete lost'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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