The Last Bass Outpost
Main Forums => The Bass Zone => Topic started by: Basvarken on March 25, 2022, 09:39:42 AM
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Bert Ruiter, former bass player of Dutch bands Focus and Earth & Fire has passed away at age 75 yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV-X-5CcfYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJ3svgcHz8
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Rob, don't hide his greatest hit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iK5e76auJA
I always liked the pop/reggae feel of it, it was incredibly catchy.
Here with an Ibanez Musician:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BofZ-8X2fG0
Rust in vrede.
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Haha, you're right.
I did put the link to the YouTube video in my post first.
But when I saw Jerney (Bert's wife) and her awkward dance moves in that blue catsuit, I decided not to post it. Didn't want to posthumously embarrass Bert ;-)
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I had no idea she was his wife. Bassists do get lucky. What embarrassment? Earth & Fire were generally more prog than pop, they were milking their freak hit in 1980, the ABBAesque uni-colored catsuits and boiler suits she wore were attention-grabbing on TV, she could sing and, yes, I'm sure the late Bert won't mind some heartfelt male co-appreciation, his widow has a nice butt! Nothing wrong with that.
And given that Weekend was a (massive) hit 42 years ago, it looks like Jerney and Bert were a good match. My condolences to her.
(https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000NDk2vXsoxek/fit=1000x750/20120618-252.jpg)
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RIP Bert Ruiter
Bert Ruiter wasn't on this album, but the second Focus album somehow ended up in my record collection many years ago. I have no idea where that came from. Probably from a former band member or maybe from my sister. However, it is Earth and Fire that I'm much more familiar with, although I don't have any of their albums or CDs. When you're going through You Tube videos and see Jerney Kaagman, it's hard not to notice. I just now looked through my record collection, and the Focus album is still there.