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Herbie Flowers
Flowers in 2013
Background information
Birth name
Brian Keith Flowers
Born
(1938-05-19) 19 May 1938 (age 85) Isleworth, Middlesex, England
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Electric bass
double bass
tuba
Years active
1956–present
Musical artist
Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky.
Flowers has contributed to recordings by Elton John (Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water), Camel (tuba on Nude), David Bowie (Space Oddity, Diamond Dogs), Lou Reed (Transformer, including the prominent bass line of "Walk on the Wild Side"), Melanie (Candles in the Rain), Roy Harper (Bullinamingvase), David Essex (Rock On), Al Kooper (New York City (You're a Woman)), Bryan Ferry (The Bride Stripped Bare), Harry Nilsson (Nilsson Schmilsson, Son of Schmilsson), Cat Stevens (New Masters, Foreigner), Paul McCartney (Give My Regards to Broad Street), George Harrison (Somewhere in England, Gone Troppo, Brainwashed) and Ringo Starr (Stop and Smell the Roses). He also played bass on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.[1]
By the end of the 1970s, Flowers had played bass on an estimated 500 hit recordings.[2]
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 474. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^"Herbie Flowers at ARTISTdirect.com – Free Herbie Flowers Music Videos, Downloads, News, biography, MP3, Lyrics and More". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of...
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