Rick Davies, the Supertramp vocalist and songwriter behind a few of the British rock band’s greatest identified hits resembling “Goodbye Stranger” and “My Kind Of Lady,” has died on the age of 81, the band mentioned on Monday.
Davies handed away on Saturday after a greater than a decade-long battle with a number of myeloma, a kind of blood most cancers.
“As co-writer, along with partner Roger Hodgson, he was the voice and pianist behind Supertramp’s most iconic songs, leaving an indelible mark on rock music history,” an announcement from Supertramp mentioned. “His soulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer became the heartbeat of the band’s sound.”
Born in Swindon, southwest England, in 1944, Davies grew up with a love of jazz, blues and the piano, and helped kind Supertramp in 1970 after putting {a magazine} advert in search of musicians.
The group’s Grammy-winning 1979 album “Breakfast in America” made them one of many period’s cultural touchstones, mixing parts of traditional rock and pop and successful reward from Rolling Stone journal, which referred to as the work “textbook-perfect.”
Davies, who additionally performed the keyboards and harmonica, carried the band ahead after Hodgson’s departure in 1983 however disbanded the group by the top of the last decade.
“Beyond the stage, Rick was known for his warmth, resilience, and devotion to his wife Sue, with whom he shared over five decades,” the band mentioned of their assertion.
“Rick’s music and legacy continue to inspire many and bear testament to the fact that great songs never die, they live on.”
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