Boz Burrell Has Died
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Topic: Boz Burrell Has Died
Posted By: SidSmith
Subject: Boz Burrell Has Died
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 15:00
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Hi there folks we're in the middle of setting up http://www.dgmlive.com/archive.htm?artist=1&show=1109 - a tribute page to Boz Burrell singer and bassist with King Crimson, who died yesterday. The page also features a remix of Ladies of the Road which was done for the Frame By Frame boxset but was unused. It would be great if you could leave some of your thoughts, memories and observations about Boz over there as well as here. Also there's http://www.dgmlive.com/news.htm?entry=566 - a news update about Boz's death which clarifies the earlier sketchy post when the news first broke ------------- Sid Smith http://www.dgmlive.com - http://www.dgmlive.com http://sidsmith.blogspot.com/ - http://sidsmith.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 15:04
Oh, that's sad news. Boz Burell was my favourite KC singer!  |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 15:10
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Very sad news indeed. Islands is one of my favorite King Crimson albums. I really enjoy Boz's bass and vocal contributions. RIP! ------------- 
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Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 15:21
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This is sad news, I must agree with other posters, that he was my favorite KC singer.
This makes Islands a more poignant album. Everyone should listen to Islands this weekend just as we all listned to Wish You Were Here when Syd Barret passed away.
RIP
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 15:21
 Sad to hear. He seems not to have suffered, though.
I wonder how old he was.
Rest In Peace. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 15:25
I just checked and he was born in 1946, which means he passed away at 60. Far too young. -------------
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Peter Rideout wrote:Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 15:31
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Not heard Islands yet but his passing is saddening to me, no one should die that young. RIP |
Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:08
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Very sad.... Does that make him the first KC member to die? |
Posted By: Vodkagunblast
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:14
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I just got a copy of Islands yesterday, and enjoyed it for the first time without knowing this. Wow...
Much sadness. He sounded most excellent. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:16
| Sad news. Islands was the first King Crimson album I heard, and what a great introduction it was. |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:27
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Sad indeed. But Islands remains my less favorite KC album, however. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:28
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Bass player Boz Burrell was a member of one of my favourite rock bands "Bad Company" with Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke and Mick Ralphs (Mott the Hoople), and managed by Peter Grant - formed from the ashes of Free they made some great albums - "Bad Company" 1974 debut,( included rock classic "Can't Get Enough"), "Straight Shooter", "Run With the Pack", "Burnin Sky","Rough Diamonds" and "Desolation Angels". Very sad he's gone to the GGITS.
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 18:07
| Very sad news. I will always remember his Bad Company years. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 20:15
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Very sad news. Island is my favorite KC album and his singing was very emotional on Island (song). Lets hope he's on a better place now. Earth, stream and tree return to the sea Waves sweep sand from my island, from me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 20:21
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Never liked the Islands album, but he did a good job there though. RIP Boz! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 21:38
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This is bizarre, but I was listening to The 'Original' Bad Co. Anthology when I ran across this thread.
Rest easy Boz.....
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 23:02
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Whoa. Very sad indeed. Rest easy.
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 23:23
What?...what the f**k, c´mon, another progger dies?¿ A Crimson man has fallen...sad news
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 05:17
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OH sh*t!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 05:18
dropping like flies
More remebered for his Bad Company days, where he stood not a chance against Paul rodgers in the vocals dept. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: the icon of sin
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 08:30
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Damn, why is everyone dying...Moerlen, Dean, Barrett, now Boz.
I'm not happy with this.
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 10:51
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Not my favourite singer or bassit in KC... But definitely a very defining person for a specific moment in KC's history. The "Islands" album isn't one of my all-time KC faves either, but still I recognize a peculiar, moving beauty contained in it.
Burrell's passing means yet another sorry loss for the world of prog.
REST IN PEACE, BOZ!!!
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 10:53
well said.... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Dennis
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 11:47
Icon, your question of why? You are wise to like prog at such a young age. But with all youth, the idea of mortality hasn't really set in yet. As you age, this sad reality of life will sink in. People get old, sick and eventually the body wears out and we die (duh!  ), that's why. Scary?, it can be, but reality. And you are unique in the fact that most of your prog idols are much older than yourself, some 40 years older. Most people these days that are your age listen to pop garbage from artists only a few years older than themselves. I was lucky, because when I was your age, psychedelia and prog was the happening thing, and I was exposed to great music. You are also unique to have not followed the horrible mainstream path of pathetic pop music. You are wise to have gone out of the way to research and enjoy more artistic and much more interesting music. Remember and honor the legacy of these old prog school musicians. I'm not happy that these great musicians have left our world sooner than I'd like, but their good work and place in prog history is assured. I used to think Boz was the worst musician King Crimson ever had. But since listening to many of the "live" KC Collector's Club releases with him on it, I changed my mind. Even though in his heart of hearts he was a rocker (Bad Co. proves it), his contributions to King Crimson were admirable. May he R.I.P.The old sage- Dennis (52 years young) ------------- "Day dawns dark, it now numbers infinity" |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 11:58
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This is sad news indeed. I don't have Islands, but I shall try and get a copy soon. Requiscat in pace Boz Burrell. -------------   
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 12:05
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Every individuals death is a tragedy, but I never respected his contribution to KING CRIMSON. I guess he fitted better in the other bands he was into. I'm still sorry to hear this news, and I'm sorry for his family and his friends. |
Posted By: Benjamin_Breeg
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 14:02
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Bad bad news u.u' Rest in Peace ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Dream_Thief_/?chartstyle=Geldropdown2"> 
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 18:12
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Some of his highlights as a KC member is his solid performance in tracks such as 'The Letters' and 'Cirkus', as registered in the official bootlegs that were released by DGM in the early 2000's. He should have been the lead singer in the "Lizard" album. I never got to listen to a live rendition of the beautiful, eerie 'Islands' ballad, but there he reveals his softer side as a vocalist, something unusual for an Englishman who had a deep kick for wild, raw American R'n'B.
Kind regards.
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Posted By: Schizoid Man
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 00:08
Very true and nicely put thoughts and observations Dennis.
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Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 06:45
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Sad news, R.I.P. Boz.
I listened to 'Islands' earlier this weekend. Bad Company's debut will follow later on. -------------  |
Posted By: hebrius
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 08:35
Well I love the 70's albuns by KC, but I need to say that 'Islands' is the only one I dislike... Even 'Lizard' an album with an absent guitar (and I love this instrument) is a great work for me, but 'Islands'...
But, I'm really sad, because I like BAD COMPANY very much, and have all the Boz albuns with them.
Rest in peace Boz... You made a good job with these great bands...
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 13:10
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Recently i've been buying KC live albums, and my most two recent (Earthbound, Ladies Of The Road) featured Mr. Burrell. Always thought his voice had something special in it that made him different from all the other KC singers. Not my favorite, but still quite good.
Way too young.
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Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 16:39
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That's sad. He was the second best KC-singer IMHO. A unique and very english singing-style, and it suited "Islands" perfectly. ------------- 
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Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 16:56
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Wow another hit to the prog community. Why is everyone dying?!?
Islands was my first KC album. R.I.P. ------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Posted By: Mad Bass Player
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 22:16
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Sad news... Rest In Peace, Boz ------------- "Mister Fripp, your music is quite different than everything else out there. In one word, how would you describe it?" "Progressive.... yeah, that's it..." |
Posted By: crpearson2004
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 10:07
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His vocal performance on the song "Islands" will alway have piece of me inside. RIP ------------- 
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Posted By: Ridge
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 16:09
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Just read this today and it's very sad news indeed! I will be listening to Islands as a tribute to this good man. R.I.P. Boz. ------------- Discipline is never an end in it self, only a means to an end. |
Posted By: moebius
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 22:07
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Don´t forget his scat singing in earthbound... he made king crimson more blues than ever...
thanks for that
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 22:10
 ...Oh, no!
I guess we're coming on that time, eh folks? Within a decade or two, many greats will pass on.
I always thought Islands was underrated by many people. It's a very mellow, beautiful album. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: September 27 2006 at 11:32
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Sad - and I was playing Islands only this morning (tho' in truth I find it the least impressive KC album)
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Posted By: akin
Date Posted: September 27 2006 at 12:34
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Sad news. Islands is my favourite KC album along with Lizard. R.I.P. |
Posted By: Bilek
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 09:58
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^^ like above, for some time Islands had been my fave King Crimson piece along with Lizard (later I learnt to appreciate Court more and more...)
RIP
btw, does anyone know it was Fripp who taught Boz to play bass?? very interesting. Though I have tendency to take everything on the internet with a pinch of salt; this is proven by two sources: AMG and wikipedia http://www.answers.com/Boz%20Burrell - http://www.answers.com/Boz%20Burrell also see wikipedia entry for King Crimson: http://www.answers.com/topic/king-crimson#Wikipedia - http://www.answers.com/topic/king-crimson#Wikipedia
(I haven't heard Bad Company, btw) ------------- Listen to Turkish psych/prog; you won't regret: Baris Manco,Erkin Koray,Cem Karaca,Mogollar,3 Hürel,Selda,Edip Akbayram,Fikret Kizilok,Ersen (and Dadaslar) (but stick with the '70's, and 'early 80's!) |
Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 07:40
A great band playing in the sky today: Moerlen on drums, Dean on sax, Barrett on guitar & vocals, Boz on bass & vocals. Great singer, great bassist. Bon voyage, Boz. ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |