ZUM TOD DES MUSIKERS UND SÄNGERS RAY THOMAS (MOODY BLUES)

Der am 29. Dezember 1941 in Stourport-on-Severn (Worcestershire) geborene britische Flötist, Sänger und Songwriter Ray Thomas (Bild) ist am 4. Januar 2018 in Surrey gestorben. Er war zusammen mit Mike Pinder Gründer der Gruppe Moody Blues.

Foto: Nationaal Archief, 1970 – http://www.gahetna.nl/over-ons/open-data / CC BY-SA 3.0 NL – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ray_Thomas.jpg

‚We are deeply shocked‘: Moody Blues star Ray Thomas dies suddenly aged 76

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/moody-blues-star-ray-thomas-11812149

Although the band’s roots lay in the blues, their 1964 hit «Go Now» was a foretaste of the lush, orchestral sound that came to be called progressive rock.

Their 1967 album «Days of Future Passed» is a prog-rock landmark, and Thomas’s flute solo on the single «Nights in White Satin» one of its defining moments.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/07/moody-blues-singer-ray-thomas-dies-at-76

Multi-instrumentalist contributed to all of Rock Hall-inducted prog rock band’s albums until 2002 retirement

Moody Blues bassist John Lodge tweeted Sunday, «Ray and I have been on this magical journey through life together since we were 14… two young kids from Birmingham who reached for the stars…and we made it together. El Riot you will always be by my side.» Thomas and Lodge played together in their band El Riot and the Rebels in the early Sixties. 

Daniel Kreps

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ray-thomas-moody-blues-flautist-and-founder-dead-at-76-w515092

Ray Thomas is, along with Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, Men at Work’s Greg Ham, and Mel Collins and Ian McDonald of King Crimson, one of a handful of well-known flute players in rock music — the main difference is that he was there first, as a founding member of the Moody Blues in the early ’60s, and as a singer and songwriter within the band.

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ray-thomas-mn0000414144/biography

Videos:

THE MOODY BLUES – R.I.P. RAY THOMAS – LEGEND OF A MIND (TIMOTHY LEARY’S DEAD) – 1968

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=331&v=A-r209RPsvQ

The Moody Blues – Twilight Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=-10Le5Y6WmI

Ray Thomas – For My Lady

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjZuXY9iy8E

The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin, 1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8

The Moody Blues – Nights in White Satin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjUqfRrWwcM

Mehr:

http://raythomas.co.uk/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thomas