Dee Murray - Elton John's original rock band

Num momento bem nostalgia, provavelmente embalado pelas pesquisas para a minha coluna PróFusão na Revista do Fórum , comecei a ouvir coisas do Elton John, que há muito, mas muito tempo mesmo, décadas talvez, não chegavam aos meus ouvidos.
Qual não foi a surpresa, ao me deparar com estas linhas de baixo do Dee Murray. Lembrava-me vagamente delas, e fiquei muito emocionado.
Portanto, compartilho com vocês.
Os dados biográficos foram tirados da Wikipédia; não os traduzi, pois para mim geraria um trabalho grande e o meu tempo urge neste final de semana.
Enjoy  

Biography

Murray was born David Murray Oates in Southgate, London in 1946. Before joining Elton John as his touring sidemen, Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson were members of the Spencer Davis Group in 1968-1970. In Murray's musician bio in the programme book for 1982's "Jump Up!" tour, Murray recalled when he first took up the bass guitar during his high school years: "Someone put this heavy thing over my shoulder and said, 'Here, you play this!'" Murray quickly established a solid reputation on the instrument. In the Eagle Vision documentary on "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," producer Gus Dudgeon lauded Murray's musical ability, and said he hadn't heard a bassist quite as good as him.
Murray and Olsson joined John as his road sidemen in 1970, and first appeared on disc with John on "Amoreena" from the 1970 album Tumbleweed Connection, though they were first featured on the live album 17-11-70. While they were John's constant touring band mates, his record company only allowed them to play on just one track per studio album. As of "Honky Château" in 1972, however, John exerted some of his skyrocketing popularity at the time, and convinced his record company to allow Murray and Olsson to also become full-time recording members of John's band. Along with fellow new recruit Davey Johnstone on guitars, Murray and Olsson played on John's hit albums, including the milestone album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, singles and world tours for several years. In 1975, after recording Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Murray and Olsson were released from the band because John wanted to achieve a different sound. He said at the time "The band always rattled along. I want it to chug".
Murray and Olsson continued working together, as session musicians in Los Angeles. They played on Rick Springfield's first United States album, Wait for Night (1976). In 1977, Murray briefly joined Procol Harum on a North America tour promoting their last 1970s album, Something Magic, although he never recorded with the group. Between 1978 and 1979, Murray worked as part of Alice Cooper's backing band.
Both Murray and Olsson returned to the UK in 1981, and toured and played sessions with John for another four years, starting with "21 at 33" in 1980 and "The Fox" in 1981. He and Olsson backed John during his landmark concert in Central Park before more than 400,000 fans on the Great Lawn on Sept. 13, 1980.


Murray in 1971.

Murray later contributed all the bass tracks on "Jump Up!" in 1982, and joined Olsson and guitarist Davey Johnstone for the "Jump Up!" tour, followed by albums and tours for "Too Low For Zero" (1983) and "Breaking Hearts" (1984). The group then disbanded, reuniting only once more for backing vocals on "Reg Strikes Back" in 1988.

Death

After battling skin cancer for a number of years, Murray died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, Tennessee, after suffering a stroke in 1992; he was aged 45.[1] According to Murray's obituary on www.procolharum.com, that March, John performed two tribute concerts at the Grand Ole Opry to raise money to support Murray’s family. Olsson, upon again becoming a full-time band member with John in 2004 to record Peachtree Road (Universal), reflected upon the absence of his longtime bandmate: “We will never again create anything as wonderful – as inspirational – without Dee’s presence.”
Bandmate Davey Johnstone believes Dee's musical skills were not fully appreciated, and in March 2011, said he was working on a documentary about the bass player.

Background information

Birth name: David Murray Oates
Born: April 3, 1946 Southgate, London
Died: January 15, 1992 (aged 45) Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee
Genres: Rock
Occupations: backing vocalist, bassist
Years active: 1960s–1992
Associated acts: Elton John, Procol Harum, The Mirage, Spencer Davis Group, Alice Cooper, Nigel Olsson
Notable instruments:Fender Precision Bass, Fender Jazz Bass, Steinberger L2


(Goodbye yellow brick road)


(Skyline Pigeon)

David "Dee" Murray Oates.

Os rastros musicais mais remotos de Dee Murray apontam para o fim dos anos 60, na Mirage e no Spencer Davis Group. O reconhecimento, porém, deu-se partir de 1970, quando ele e o amigo, parceiro e baterista, Nigel Olsson, passaram a acompanhar Elton John em estúdios e nos palcos. Dali em diante suas linhas se espalharam por álbuns da Procol Harum, Alice Cooper, Bob Weir, entre outros. Murray faleceu em 92, vítima de câncer de pele, mas deixou um trabalho inspirado e inspirador.


Mirage


Rocket Man


Crocodile Rock

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Tarcísio, amigo, perdoe-me por duplicar o tópico. Acho que me empolguei demais com o trabalho desse senhor e não executei corretamente a pesquisa.. Se achar necessário e souber como reposicionar minha contribuição junto à sua ficarei muito honrado e feliz - repare como nossas amostras se completam! Abraço.

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Tarcísio Caetano escreveu:Ôpa!!!

Bom saber, que surfamos ondas idênticas  

https://www.contrabaixobr.com/t23059-dee-murray-elton-john-s-original-rock-band?highlight=Dave+Murray

Tarcísio, amigo, perdoe-me por duplicar o tópico. Acho que me empolguei demais com o trabalho desse senhor e não executei corretamente a pesquisa.. Se achar necessário e souber como reposicionar minha contribuição junto à sua ficarei muito honrado e feliz - repare como nossas amostras se completam! Abraço.

Meu caro WHead, foi somente por vislumbrar esta complementaridade, que citei meu tópico.

Cantão escreveu:Amigos Tarcísio e WHead , fundi os dois tópicos para abrilhantar ainda mais o excelente trabalho de pesquisa de vocês sobre o nosso querido David "Dee" Murray , um forte abraço.

Excelente, Cantão!!!
Obrigado pela atenção e percepção que juntos o todo será muito melhor.
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