The RIP thread

David Kaffinetti (David Kaff) former keyboard player with Rare Bird and also 'Viv Savage' keyboard player with Spinal Tap died age 79 on July 11th. Although probably best known for his appearance in the Spinal Tap movie, surely his part in penning the first progressive 'Hit single', Sympathy, those early Charisma label Rare Bird albums and the 'twin keyboard' band format has to be acknowledged. RIP Dave.

RIP David L. Hamilton, aged 74, keyboardist and co-founder of Pavlov’s Dog.

Lewian wrote: Dave Cousins thread: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135231 In general, I believe that laudable prog musicians should have their own RIP thread, rather than only be mentioned in the long RIP thread.

Funny enough, I believe the opposite. This thread is pinned and will be here for reference, whereas the separate "laudable" posts get 3 or 4 posts and then disappear forever.

RIP My Hero Dave Cousins and Now I know how it feels to be old , out in the cold

A real shame - legendary musician. RIP.

RIP to Dave Cousins of the Strawbs. https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/strawbs-founder-and-singer-dave-cousins-has-died-aged-80

What a shock

Being right by the United States, Quebec has an unusual wealth of prog influence in its musical catalogue, even the more mainstream stuff. We recently lost Jean-Pierre Ferland, who had Tony Levin play bass for his Jaune album, and our other big names like Claude Dubois and Robert Charlebois are getting older too.

As you know, those are irreplaceable artists that had the chance to flourish due to the eccentricity of the time. Fiori is not just un musicien parmi tant d'autres.

Bonne Saint Jean, I'll be spending the night listening to those great three albums.

Edited by GhostPony750 - June 24 2025 at 20:14

Serge Fiori lead guitarist/ vocalist of Canadian French progressive rock band harmonium just passed away.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Fiori

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/quebec-singer-songwriter-serge-fiori-dies-at-73/

The Dark Elf wrote: RIP guitarist Mick Ralphs at 81. Co-founder of both Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.

This one hits a bit. I saw the original Bad Company at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles probably around 1999-2000. Also admired the guitar work he did with Mott. I think we will be seeing a lot of our favorite rock and rollers passing, in there 80s now.   Just the way it’s gonna be for a while. RIP

In three days we lost two of music's greatest legends. Yikes. I'm gonna be spending the rest of the week wondering who's going next. Sly Stone is the very spirit of funk in mortal form, and Brian Wilson was as innovative in pop as Paul McCartney.