19 years ago: Remembering Dee Murray

Hornisse · January 15, 2011, 08:18:18 PM

What a tasteful player he was. Died much too young at 45! R.I.P. Dee.

TBird1958 · January 15, 2011, 11:45:40 PM

Absolutely a brilliant player!

I really really admire his playing on "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

R.I.P. Dee.

godofthunder · January 17, 2011, 05:44:24 AM

Quote from: TBird1958 on January 15, 2011, 11:45:40 PM

Absolutely a brilliant player!

I really really admire his playing on "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

R.I.P. Dee.

45 ouch I didn't realize he was that young

I have to agree with Mark, brilliant player!

leftybass · January 17, 2011, 07:51:11 AM

He was THE player who got me interested in playing bass. I was and continue to be a huge fan.
Thanks for the tribute, Hornisse.

Highlander · January 19, 2011, 02:21:39 PM

Yellow Brick Road was amongst the first 10 LP's I owned - a great player - hard to think he's been gone so long... RIP

leftybass · January 19, 2011, 02:30:17 PM

Right?
"Don't Shoot Me..." was the first LP I ever bought.

Hornisse · January 19, 2011, 04:20:30 PM

It was a thrill to hold his Steinberger bass Ronn. I remember my sister coming home with the 45 record of Crocodile Rock when it came out.

Aussie Mark · January 19, 2011, 04:42:29 PM

Yellow Brick Road was the first ever LP I bought. And the Classic Albums DVD episode of that album is the best in the series. Dee was a great player, for sure.

Highlander · January 19, 2011, 04:50:26 PM

My first "tape" was Billion Dollar Babies, then (1st LP) Muscle Of Love, followed by On The Border (Eagles) and Captain Fantastic... played CFATBDC to absolute death...

and an earlier tune...

OldManC · January 19, 2011, 05:39:59 PM

I'm kinda freaking out at that number. Has it really been that long?

Dee's bass lines were as important to my learning what a bass player does as McCartney's or any other's. The music I listened to as a kid taught me more about playing than anything I've listened to since. It's what made me want to play bass in the first place and will always hold that place at the top for me.

uwe · January 19, 2011, 06:36:31 PM

A (largely forgotten) talent. I always found a similarity between his and John Deacon's playing, another unsung hero.

Lightyear · January 19, 2011, 07:03:50 PM

He was big influence on me as a kid as well as I was just starting to play. I really love the old albums the best. RIP Dee.

On a somewhat related note Elton and his partner adopted a son that was born on Christmas day this last year. The little guy has like six first and middle name but what I thoughtt was very cool was that one of his names was Levon!

leftybass · January 20, 2011, 06:25:17 AM

Quote from: Hörnisse on January 19, 2011, 04:20:30 PM
It was a thrill to hold his Steinberger bass Ronn.

I know what ya mean, thought you wouldn't mind me posting you pic with said bass.

leftybass · January 20, 2011, 06:27:31 AM

Quote from: Lightyear on January 19, 2011, 07:03:50 PM...one of his names was Levon!

We're working on a second child, and if we get pregnant, and if it's a boy we're naming him Levon. Part for the EJ song, and part for Levon Helm, another hero of mine.

uwe · January 20, 2011, 07:14:01 AM

With an idiosynchratic "stumbling" kick drum technique!