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fletcher

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RIP Bob Babbitt
#998235 - 16/07/12 09:33 PM

Another one of those weeks it seems. RIP.

Man this guy played with everyone from George Clinton to Frank Sinatra. He also played bass on those infamous Hendrix albums produced by Alan Douglas - Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning - where the bass and drum parts were re-done. I always liked them even though they were hated by the purists.

http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2012/07/16/bob-babbitt-famed-popular-mu sic-bassist-dies-at-age-74/

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#998293 - 17/07/12 07:49 AM

I must admit I'd never heard of him before, but now I've looked him up I realise that I'd heard him many times.

We're losing too much talent from the world.

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fletcher

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#998482 - 17/07/12 11:09 PM

Yes it's a shame people like him aren't more well known. If I can point to a great film "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" (sure some people here will know it) you will see some good interviews with Bob. Look out for one one where he relates how on the night Martin Luther King was killed, the band smuggled him out of danger, saving his life. Being white and in the black neighbourhood at the time. He starts crying as he tells that tale. The things guys from that era went through, not just music but everything else. Things are better now right?

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#998495 - 18/07/12 05:17 AM

Very, very sad news.

Just this sunday I thought I'd watch 'Standing in the shadows..'.
Didn't find the time that day, but will now make time.
In fact everybody should see this film, these guys are the real heroes in music, yet all of them remained almost unknown to the general public for all of their lives.
Whatching the movie makes me sad everytime, these guys remained real gentlemen, very polite very humble but they should have gotten way more credit than they got.

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#998601 - 18/07/12 08:38 PM

Just heard the news. He was a real hardworker. Played on over 200 top 40 songs i think.

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