12-03-2014, 02:41 PM
(12-02-2014, 07:58 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Sad music news...It's pretty amazing that Bobby lated as long as he did... He did more smack than Keith.
Saxophonist Bobby Keys died today at his home in Tennessee. He was 70 and had been ill since earlier this year when he had to drop out of touring with The Rolling Stones.
He played sax for a lot of artists, but most notably several tracks for The Stones. He's the big man behind the awesome sax on "Brown Sugar".
Here's Bobby blowing "Brown Sugar" with The Suffering Bastards a couple of years back.
Great live version of the song. That's Jackie Greene on vocals -- the rest of the bastards: Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites), Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes), Robert Kearns (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Michael Webb (John Fogerty, Poco), and Chark Kinsolving (Mike Farris, Spoonful).
RIP Bobby Keys.