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Richard Tandy, who played keyboards for Electric Light Orchestra on all of its records since 1972 including the Top 10 hits “Evil Woman,” “Telephone Line” and “Don’t Bring Me Down,” died Wednesday. He was 76.
His longtime bandmate, friend and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jeff Lynne announced the news but did not provide details. “It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of my longtime collaborator and dear friend Richard Tandy,” he said. “He was a remarkable musician and friend and I’ll cherish the lifetime of memories we had together. Sending all my love to Sheila and the Tandy family.”
Tandy played on all of the band’s albums starting with 1973’s Elo 2, which featured a rollicking version of Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven” which became Elo’s first U.S. charting single. It kicked off a run of 26 stateside hits and...
His longtime bandmate, friend and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jeff Lynne announced the news but did not provide details. “It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of my longtime collaborator and dear friend Richard Tandy,” he said. “He was a remarkable musician and friend and I’ll cherish the lifetime of memories we had together. Sending all my love to Sheila and the Tandy family.”
Tandy played on all of the band’s albums starting with 1973’s Elo 2, which featured a rollicking version of Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven” which became Elo’s first U.S. charting single. It kicked off a run of 26 stateside hits and...
- 5/2/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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“We’re not lazy. It just seems like it,” quipped Jeff Lynne, explaining to an audience at Los Angeles’ Forum Sunday night (in the second of two shows there) that it had been 37 years between trips to the venue for Elo. It seemed possible for a moment that Lynne would expound a little more on his live work ethic, or why he’s changed his mind about taking Elo’s music on the road after decades of sitting it out, embarking on the first thing that can really be considered a U.S. tour in close to four decades. But there was no further exposition coming from Lynne, a man of few public words and possibly the least effusive major rock star of all time. When it comes to chatting an audience up, he’d sooner turn to stone.
But the Elo catalog speaks for itself, even if his ongoing...
But the Elo catalog speaks for itself, even if his ongoing...
- 8/6/2018
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
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