The voice and keys of Supertramp

Rick DaviesBig Song Singer and Founding Partner of the Great British Progressive Rock Group Super trampHe passed away after a ten -year war with a multiple myelom, with a bone marrow cancer that forced Supertramp to cancel a European tour. He was 81 years old.

As a joint writer with the partner Roger HodgsonDavies was the voice and pianist of Supertramp’s iconic songs. The classic staff, which lasted from 1973 to 1983, was subjected to a large number of personnel changes and Davies became the only consistent member.

Group won fame worldwide for smart and sarcastic songs ‘Bloody Right’– ‘Goodbye foreign’– ‘My kind of lady’– ‘Cannonball’ And ‘I beg you’.

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Davies was born on July 22, 1944, Swindon, a mother who was a hairdresser in the UK and a father who was a merchant sailor.

According to his mother: “The only thing he was good at school was music.”

At the age of eight, Davies’ parents gave him a second -hand radiogram from a previous owner with some albums. Davies heard and fell in love Again‘S ‘Drummin’ man ‘.

Davies sang the song “Shoot like a lightning”.

“I should have played 2,000 times,” Added. “That was that.”

This led to a lifetime love for rock’s rolls, rhythms and blues.

A family -friendly Davies made a makeshift drum set from a biscuit tin and did not take long to join British Railways Personnel Association and Jubilee Band As a tramp

In an interview in 2022, Davies said:

“When I was a child, I heard drums walking on the street in England when there was a kind of passage ceremony, and it was the most fantastic voice for me.”

He continued to embrace the keyboards and turned out to be a genius by teaching to play all kinds of complex melodies.

Davies who want to create an exciting and progressive group Melody manufacturer In August 1969, he met Roger Hodgson, a magazine and criminal partner.

Initially, he didn’t look very promising. The two men had very few common points. Davies was in the past, Hodgson was brought up in luxury British public schools. However, two were relative souls. Unfortunately, after a few fertile months as the named father, they became a super tramp at the beginning of the new decade.

The name of the group came from a book called 1908 Autobiography of a super tram By Galce Author William Henry Davies.

Supertramp was greatly successful in the rock/album -oriented rock circuit for adults up to the mid -1970s and reached its commercial summits in 1979. Breakfast in America Album that gives the top ten international hits ‘Take a long way home’– ‘Daydreamer’ And ‘Logical Song’.

As of 2007, Supertramp’s album sales exceeded 60 million.

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They did not produce music genres that encouraged the rebellions or shredded the stadiums, but quietly, he put the scars of Supertramp.

Michael Hannmusic writer Guardianin question:

Supertramp was one of the series of British groups of the 70s that seemed entirely under its own conditions, never something or anything, like a little 10cc: was a pop group or a poppy art group? And like 10cc, which was roots in the 60s Beat explosion, they had to find the way to this sound. The first two albums are a low and overwhelming program; They only found their ways in the crime of 1974 in the century.

Supertramp did not seem like a remote rock band. They were not depicted on the album covers. Their TV appearances were clear and interviews were not remarkable: “Since their first success, this group rarely presented a stunning public image, Tony Tony Stewart from NME wrote.

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Davies’s passage created a flood of tribute.

A group expression in question:

His spiritual vocals and the open touch on the wurlitzer were the heartbeat of the group’s voice. Beyond the stage, Rick was known for his temperature, flexibility and devotion to his wife Sue, whom he shared for five years. After encountering serious health difficulties that could not continue traveling as Supertramp, he enjoyed performing with his hometown buds such as Ricky and Rockets. Rick’s music and heritage continues to inspire many people about the fact that big songs never die and live.

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Jenny Lecomte is currently a Free Journalist based in Port LincolnSouth Australia.

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