大消息,我最喜愛的鼓手之一的Cozy Powell,於4月初因車禍喪生了.....
以下消息來自英國BBc新聞,大家一起來哀悼死紀念他....
Tuesday, April 7, 1998 Published at 06:39 GMT 07:39 UK
UK
Drummer Cozy Powell is dead
Music industry colleagues and fans have paid tribute to the rock
drummer, Cozy Powell, who has died aged 50.
The drummer, whose real name was Colin Powell, was killed in a car
crash.
According to reports, his Saab 9000 crashed into central reservation
barriers on the M4 outside Bristol.
Cozy Powell was a legend in rock circles - his career reading like a
roll-call of Seventies supergroups.
The drummer was a member of Black Sabbath,Rainbow, Whitesnake, the
Michael Schenker Group and the ELP spin-off Emerson, Lake & Powell.
He also appeared with Donovan, The Who's Roger Daltrey, Gary Moore
and Queen's Brian May.
However, his membership of most bands was more like a brief guest
slot, rather than a long term commitment.
Headlining on his own, his Dance With The Devil single made it to
number three in the UK charts in 1973.
Recently, he had made a comeback with Peter Green, a founder member
of Fleetwood Mac.
His musical career began in 1965 as a member of The Sorcerers. By
1971 he had established an enviable reputation that saw him linking
up with guitarist Jeff Beck.
He soon formed his own band, Bedlam, but within two years he was
enjoying solo success with his hit single Dance with the Devil.
Other hits included The Man In Black, reaching number 18 and with his
band, Cozy Powell's Hammer, he released Na Na Na, which climbed to
number 10.
This last project split in 1975 and he spent three months indulging
in one of his biggest loves, fast cars.
He devoted this spell to motor racing before joining Rainbow and
playing on four albums before leaving in 1980.
Later he joined the Michael Schenker Group and had a short tenure
with Whitesnake.
By the 1990s he was playing with and producing Black Sabbath and in
1991, he turned up on Comic Relief's No 1 single, The Stonk, with
comedians Hale & Pace.
Since then Powell has joined Brian May on a Jimi Hendrix tribute
album, and supported Peter Green on his comeback tour.
In past months his sessions have included stints with Glenn Tipton
of Judas Priest and Brian May's new album.
He was recently reportedly working with guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen.
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