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Dave Greenfield RIP

CharltonMadrid
CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
in Not Sports Related
Sad news for fans of The Stranglers - their great keyboard player has passed away from Coronavirus. RIP.
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  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    That is sad. RIP 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    Just seen that.  Blimey he was a talent.  The keyboards on some of the Stranglers classics are iconic.

    RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,147
    RIP
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Wow, how shocking.
    Tremendous musician who elevated the Stranglers sound beyond the punky/new wave template into something special.
    RIP
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,006
    edited May 2020
    I only saw them again last year at Brixton.
    Quite gutted about this.
    RIP Dave.
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    That Golden Brown keyboard riff will live forever.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    edited May 2020
    RIP
    I hope he’s on a beach looking at a peach somewhere 
  • WestSussexAddick
    WestSussexAddick Posts: 1,219
    This is just so sad. Seen the Stranglers on numerous occasions and what a keyboard wizard Dave Greenfield was. Another victim of this horrendous virus. RIP DG.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,790
    CharltonMadrid said:
    That Golden Brown keyboard riff will live forever.
    Not to mention No More Heroes too

    RIP
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 914
    My favourite band, seen them countless times. Gutted.

    RIP
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  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,107
    edited May 2020
    Had a long chat with him late last year as we stood watching a punk band he was friends with in a small audience in Bedford Esquires. A very down to earth musical genius and a top bloke who didn't let fame get to him. RIP Dave.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    Addick Addict said:
    CharltonMadrid said:
    That Golden Brown keyboard riff will live forever.
    Not to mention No More Heroes too

    RIP
    Favorite intro ever for me... but then it was my time.
  • Mrkinski
    Mrkinski Posts: 957
    I will be playing the first 5 albums loud tonight. My favourite keyboard player, from ‘my’ band. RIP demon of the keyboards.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    RIP what a great talent, saw them numerous times back in the day 
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,856
    RIP
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    RIP, his brilliant keyboard playing really elevated them above their contemporaries
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    Just listening to Hanging Around. Sublime keyboards.

    RIP.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,960
    Gutted. Loved his keyboard work. RIP. 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,223
    RIP
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    edited May 2020
    Am very sorry to learn of this. The Stranglers have a large and varied body of work and Greenfield's keyboards were central to it. I much enjoyed his playing - especially on the Hammond organ. I shall listen tonight to his eerie synthesisers on The Raven.  R.I.P.
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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    So sad to read this.....RIP Sir
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,210
    First 'punk' album I bought was Rattus. Seen The Stranglers so many times and have tickets for UEA later this year. RIP Dave Greenfield. No more heroes anymore.
  • bertpalmer
    bertpalmer Posts: 1,774
    RIP
  • StubleyAddick
    StubleyAddick Posts: 2,552
    edited May 2020
    Ah, Dave. 

    Fly straight, you legend.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EXMXuJ3ivg


  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Gutted.

    Another hero gone to the great gig in the sky. 96 tears to be shed tonight.

    RIP
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,840
    Gutted...the original Stranglers were probably my favourite ever band, Hugh Cornwell said today that Daves Keyboards were what set them apart, I think that really nails it.
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,256
    edited May 2020
    I was planning to travel to Valencia with a couple of mates for the 4ever Valencia festival, which the Stranglers were headlining. No concert, and now much worse, no Dave.
    Played their albums constantly as a teen, and still do - Dreamtime is one I always go back to, but Dave made their music stand out from beginning to end.
    RIP Dave. Fly high.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,154
    Such sad news. RIP
  • PemburyAddick
    PemburyAddick Posts: 506
    soapy_jones said:
    Addick Addict said:
    CharltonMadrid said:
    That Golden Brown keyboard riff will live forever.
    Not to mention No More Heroes too

    RIP
    Favorite intro ever for me... but then it was my time.
    Mine too. RIP

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