R.I.P. Jimmy Bain
Jimmy Bain
What is going on with 2016? January isn’t over and another great rocker is taken from us. This time it is Rainbow/Dio bassist Jimmy Bain. Details of his death haven’t been released but he was 68. Jimmy played with Rainbow from 1975-77 but he was best known for his time with Dio, especially on their first five albums. Less known is that he co-wrote with Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy on some of his solo albums.
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Okay, some may say that Jimmy Bain wasn’t the legend that some of the others who have recently passed but for me, he was a part of the band that made my 1980s. Therefore, I too will be listening to some Dio and early Rainbow over the next few days and it’s probably a given which album I’ll be posting about next.
R.I.P. Jimmy Bain
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January 24, 2016 at 11:31 pm
I know – I couldn’t believe it when I read about this on Mike’s site this morning. A real shame this.
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January 24, 2016 at 11:57 pm
I would have simply reblogged his but I couldn’t find a reblog button. So I wrote my own piece. You know, as far as the music world is concerned, 2016 is starting to suck.
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January 26, 2016 at 9:06 pm
… big time.
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January 27, 2016 at 1:53 pm
Yep 🙂
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January 25, 2016 at 10:10 am
Such a shame. Another one gone but always alive in the music. That’s their gift. x
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January 26, 2016 at 8:23 pm
It is and so his music will live on
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January 28, 2016 at 1:49 pm
I don’t ever recall a stretch like this in rock before! Another great loss. RIP
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January 28, 2016 at 8:22 pm
Me neither, this is unprecedented. Could this be the beginning of the apocalypse?
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