I got to move on, I never seem to slow down.

RIP Boz Burrell, erstwhile vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, 1971-72 and mainstay of Bad Company died of a heart attack on 21 September aged 60.

Obit from the Bass Centre

Born 1st August 1946 in Lincoln, Boz started his musical career in the early 60s as a vocalist having reasonable success in ‘The Boz People’. He only moved to bass out of necessity in 1971 whilst in King Crimson, being taught ‘on the hoof’ by Robert Fripp during which time he quickly established his unique style of playing.

After Crimson Boz became a founder member Bad Company in 1973 and during the next ten years established a huge following as a rock supergroup, touring the world. After splitting in ’83, the band reformed several times with Boz anchoring the bottom end in late 80s and 90s outings. Boz also found time to work with blues legend Alvin Lee and also form ‘The Celtic Groove Connection’ with Scottish vocalist Tam Lee amongst other projects. A great jazz enthusiast with a brilliant fingerboard technique, Boz was probably the first bassist to incorporate the fretless bass to such effect in rock music, and there’s no better example of this than in Bad Co’s 1974 smash hit ‘Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love’: remember that glissando!

He will be fondly remembered and sadly missed.

RIP Boz

I got to move on, I never seem to slow down.

RIP Boz Burrell, erstwhile vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, 1971-72 and mainstay of Bad Company died of a heart attack on 21 September aged 60.

Obit from the Bass Centre

Born 1st August 1946 in Lincoln, Boz started his musical career in the early 60s as a vocalist having reasonable success in ‘The Boz People’. He only moved to bass out of necessity in 1971 whilst in King Crimson, being taught ‘on the hoof’ by Robert Fripp during which time he quickly established his unique style of playing.

After Crimson Boz became a founder member Bad Company in 1973 and during the next ten years established a huge following as a rock supergroup, touring the world. After splitting in ’83, the band reformed several times with Boz anchoring the bottom end in late 80s and 90s outings. Boz also found time to work with blues legend Alvin Lee and also form ‘The Celtic Groove Connection’ with Scottish vocalist Tam Lee amongst other projects. A great jazz enthusiast with a brilliant fingerboard technique, Boz was probably the first bassist to incorporate the fretless bass to such effect in rock music, and there’s no better example of this than in Bad Co’s 1974 smash hit ‘Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love’: remember that glissando!

He will be fondly remembered and sadly missed.

RIP Boz