Rick Davies, founder and lead singer of the British rock band Supertramp, died on Saturday at the age of 81. He had been suffering from the Kaler’s disease, a form of bone marrow cancer. The band reports this on Monday an explanation On Facebook.
As a child, Davies (born in the English city of Swindon, 1944) liked to listen to Drummin ‘man From the American jazz drummer Gene Krupa, writes Supertramp, followed by a “lifelong passion” for jazz, blues and rock ‘n’nroll. And: Davies “” Soulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer became the heartbeat of the sound of the band. “
In the sixties, Davies met the Dutch-Swiss millionaire Stanley August Miesegaes, who wanted to invest in him if he founded his own bond. Davies felt for that offer and placed a call in the British Music Weekblad Melodyafter which he came into contact with singer Roger Hodgson, who joined the group, writes The Guardian. Not long after, the band was renamed super tramp. Hodgson continued solo in 1983.
After previous albums as Crime of the century and Just in The Quietest Moments Got the rock band fits really success with the sixth studio album Breakfast in America. Supertramp sold more than eighteen million copies and won two Grammy Awards in 1980 for ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best Pop performance by a duo or group’.
Popular in the Netherlands
“Although the British group of super tramp in its own country and in America has a well -known name, there is no country in the world where she enjoys such a popularity as here,” wrote NRC Handelsblad In 1977 when 25,000 people approached concerts in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. But, the reviewer concluded: “The disadvantage of Supertramp is that everything is going to look too much alike. The music goes into one ear and the other. Except for a haze of atmosphere, there is little hanging.”
In 2015, Supertramp was forced a European concert tour because of a major cancer treatment from Davies. And recently band members from Supertramp got the same time about royalties. For example, Hodgson and Davies, who managed the royalties, were sued by three band members. Davies Koos for Schicken, Hodgson only tacked when an American judge obliged him last month to compensate the band members for three songs.
Because he was no longer able to tour with super tramp because of the bone marrow cancer, Davies performed with friends in the Swindon hometown as Ricky and the Rockets. Davies leaves his wife Sue Davies, the manager of Supertramp, behind.