Electric Light Orchestra keyboardist Richard Tandy has died on the age of 76.
Bandleader Jeff Lynne confirmed the information in a quick assertion paying tribute to his musical associate. “It’s with nice unhappiness that I share the information of the passing of my longtime collaborator and expensive buddy Richard Tandy,” he wrote. “He was a outstanding musician and buddy and I’ll cherish the lifetime of reminiscences we had collectively. Sending all my like to Sheila and the Tandy household.”
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Richard Tandy’s Life and Profession
Born in 1948 in Birmingham, England, Tandy met future ELO drummer Bev Bevan whereas attending Moseley Faculty. The 2 first labored collectively within the Move — which included future ELO members Lynne and Roy Wooden — when Tandy contributed keyboards to the band’s chart-topping 1968 hit “Blackberry Approach.” Tandy additionally served because the Transfer’s touring keyboardist and, later, touring bassist as Trevor Burton recovered from a shoulder damage.
In 1970, Wooden, Lynne and Bevan shaped ELO, with Tandy quickly becoming a member of on bass. When Lynne grew to become the group’s chief following Wooden’s departure, Tandy switched to keyboards, a place he would preserve for the remainder of his time with the band throughout its quite a few tenures. His huge arsenal of devices included the piano, Minimoog, Clarinet, Wurlitzer electrical piano and Mellotron, amongst others. Tandy performed on each ELO album from 1973’s ELO 2 by 1986’s Balance of Power, after which the group disbanded. He additionally made visitor contributions on 2001’s Zoom and 2019’s From Out of Nowhere, which had been basically Lynne solo ventures.
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“In the beginning, I most likely did a lot of the keyboards, however as recording methods modified and synthesizers and electronics got here into the image, Jeff did an increasing number of,” Tandy advised the ELO fanzine Gentle! “By the point we received to Stability of Energy, the same old method was to have a stack of keyboards within the management room, and me and Jeff taking part in alongside to a drum monitor, and Bev including his issues later.”
Outdoors of ELO, Tandy additionally shaped the Tandy Morgan Band with ELO stay associates Dave Morgan and Martin Smith, releasing the idea album Earthrise in 1985.
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