Como todos sabéis a estas alturas, el legendario bajista de
Booker T. and the MGs, Donald "Duck" Dunn, murió hace un par de días cuando se encontraba de gira por Japón. La lista de artistas con los que trabajó también es extensa (
Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam &Dave, Albert King, Clapton, Dylan, Fogerty, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, Neil Young...) y las reacciones en el mundo de la música no se han hecho esperar:
Duff
McKagan
RIP 'Duck' Dunn. An innovator on the bass. A sweet and kind man. You
shall be missed.
Charlie Daniels
Sure sorry to hear about Duck Dunn's passing Condolences to Steve
and all his family. He was a bass player's bass player.
Peter
Frampton
So sad to hear of bass player Duck Dunn's passing in Tokyo. He wrote
the book on R&B bass playing. My thoughts are with his family.
RIP
Flea
Wow, duck Dunn passed.. What a deep pocket that dude had, so glad I
got to see him play, beautiful bass player we'll be listening to
forever
Tom Petty
Legendary Donald "Duck" Dunn, bassist and friend of Tom Petty and
the Heartbreakers, passed away in Tokyo today. He will be dearly
missed."
Booker T. Jones
My good friend and bass player, Donald “Duck” Dunn has passed away
this morning in Tokyo. He was in the company of good friends Eddie Floyd and
Steve Cropper. My daughter Cicely called to tell me the news. Steve said he died
in his sleep.
I am struck deeply by Duck’s death, have just begun to shed
tears over Levon Helm, Andrew Love, and Chris Ethridge. And I must here mention
that we have also lost Skip Pitts – (guitar on “It’s Your Thing” and
“Shaft”).
God is calling names in the music world. He gave us these
treasures and now he is taking them back. Duck was too close to me for me to at
this point realize the full implications of his passing. I’m just trying to pray
for those who were closer to him – his wife June, and his son Mike, and his
brothers and sister.
I can’t imagine not being able to hear Duck laugh
and curse, but I’m thankful I got to spend time and make music with him. His
intensity was incomparable. Everyone loved him. None more than Otis
Redding.
Of all the “departures” of the past 30 days, this one is the
hardest and most crushing for me. It was totally unexpected, and I’ve rarely had
tears come so quickly. I’ve always believed that every closing door opens
another, and this one will have some good effect too, somewhere down the
line
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