Bobby Keys

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Bobby Keys (2009)

Robert Henry "Bobby" Keys (born December 18, 1943 in Slaton , Texas , † December 2, 2014 in Franklin , Tennessee ) was an American musician . He was a saxophonist for the Rolling Stones for many years .

Live and act

The band leader and saxophonist King Curtis exerted an early influence on Keys' musical career . Keys befriended Buddy Holly as a teenager and played with him for a short time. He also accompanied Bobby Vee and toured with artists such as Little Anthony , Little Eva , Major Lance , Billy Stewart and Freddy Cannon on Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars Tour .

Keys first heard the Rolling Stones in 1964 when they covered Holly's Not Fade Away , and was initially less than enthusiastic. He met Mick Jagger again in the late 1960s and became a close friend of Keith Richards . Together with Jim Price , Keys was one of the coveted studio musicians at that time. At the invitation of Jimmy Miller , the producer of Let It Bleed , he recorded the saxophone solo on Live With Me . He made a significant contribution to the sound of the band in the years that Sticky Fingers , Exile on Main St. and Goats Head Soup were created. Keys made his most famous musical contribution with the saxophone solo for Brown Sugar .

The regular appearances with the Stones ended after he missed an appearance on their European tour in 1973. Keys went to American clubs for a few years as Mr. Brown Sugar , but also played with Joe Cocker , George Harrison , Ringo Starr , John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band . B. in the piece Power to the People.

After a few guest appearances in the Stones Keith Richards him in 1989 took to the Steel Wheels - tour back to the band. Before the tour, Keys played in Keith Richards' solo band, the X-Pensive Winos , of which he was a member on both of their tours. Since the Steel Wheels tour, Bobby Keys has been a permanent member of the Rolling Stones tour band again and was on all subsequent tours until his death ( Voodoo Lounge , Bridges to Babylon , No Security , Forty Licks , A Bigger Bang , 50 & Counting ... and 14 on Fire) . In 2001 he played on Carl Carlton's first solo album and on the accompanying tour. During the 14-on-Fire- tour of the Rolling Stones (2014) Keys member of the band, but was for health reasons no longer attend the performances in Australia and New Zealand in October and November. Karl Denson was then hired as the second saxophonist for this stage.

Keys died on December 2, 2014, at the age of 70 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. According to keyboardist Michael Webb , who played in Bobby Keys' band The Suffering Bastards , Keys had suffered from cancer and impending liver failure.

Trivia

  • Bobby Keys and Keith Richards were born on the same day.
  • Keys' most famous film scene is probably the excerpt from a (never officially published) tour documentary around 1972/73, in which he and Keith Richards together throw a television set from a hotel room, which smashes in the hotel courtyard.

Discography

  • The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., Goats Head Soup, Emotional Rescue, Stripped
  • Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
  • George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
  • John Lennon: Some Time in New York City, Walls and Bridges, Rock 'n' Roll
  • Keith Richards: Talk Is Cheap, Live at the Hollywood Palladium
  • Ringo Starr: Ringo, Goodnight Vienna
  • Ron Wood: 1234, Gimme Some Neck, Mahoney's Last Stand
  • Audience: Lunch
  • BB King: BB King in London
  • Barbra Streisand: Barbra Joan Streisand
  • Carly Simon: No Secrets, Hotcakes
  • Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' roll
  • Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: On Tour with Eric Clapton
  • Donovan: Cosmic Wheels
  • Dr. John: The Sun, Moon & Herbs
  • Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton
  • The Faces: Long Player
  • Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson, Pussy Cats
  • Humble Pie: Rock On
  • Joe Ely: Lord of the Highway
  • John Hiatt: Beneath this Gruff Exterior
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  • Keith Moon: Two Sides of the Moon
  • Leo Sayer: Endless Flight
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd: Second Helping
  • Marvin Gaye: Let's Get It On (deluxe edition)
  • Renée Geyer: Renée Geyer (portrait)
  • Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions
  • The Crickets: Double Exposure
  • Yoko Ono: Fly

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Keith Richards: Life (Phoenix) 2011, p. 168-171. Bobby Keys describes his encounter with the Stones here.
  2. ↑ Keith Richards Remembers the 'Hidden Genius' of Bobby Keys . Rolling Stone , December 4, 2014 (accessed December 7, 2014)
  3. ↑ Bruce Weber: Bobby Keys, saxophonist for Rolling Stones, Dies at 70. In: nytimes.com. December 2, 2014, accessed December 5, 2014 .
  4. ^ Rolling Stones saxophonist Bobby Keys Dies at 70. In: nashvillescene.com. December 2, 2014, accessed December 5, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Keys, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keys, Robert Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Slaton , Texas , USA
DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 2014
Place of death Franklin , Tennessee , USA