Sunday, May 13, 2012

Donald ‘Duck’ Dun, R. I. P.

Legendary Bassist Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn Passes Away At Age 70: Donald “Duck” Dunn, who played on hundreds of rock and soul classics as the bassist for Booker T. and the MGs, and later as a session player, passed away Sunday morning at the age of 70. Steve Cropper, the MGs guitarist, broke the news on his Facebook page at approximately 12:30AM Eastern time.


“Today I lost my best friend, the World has lost the best guy and bass player to ever live,” Cropper, his lifelong friend, wrote. “Duck Dunn died in his sleep Sunday morning May 13 in Tokyo Japan after finishing 2 shows at the Blue Note Night Club.”


Born in Memphis in November 24, 1941, Dunn started playing bass at the age of 16. “I tried the guitar but it had two strings too many,” he wrote on his website. “It was just too complicated, man! Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn’t needed. What was needed was a bass.”


Hat tip to jeff Meyerson.

2 comments:

Deb said...

Farewell Duck. We'll always have those great Booker T. & the M.G.'s music to listen to. Wherever you are, I hope you're playing "Green Onions."

Anonymous said...

Soul Man, Can't Turn You Loose, Last Night, so many others.

RIP

Jeff