Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of

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, T. Rex and Sky. Flowers has contributed to recordings by Elton John ('' Tumbleweed Connection'', ''

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''), Camel (tuba on ''Nude''), David Bowie (''

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'', ''

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''), Lou Reed (''

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'', including the prominent

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of "Walk on the Wild Side"), Melanie ('' Candles in the Rain''),Roy Harper (''

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''), David Essex ('' Rock On''), Al Kooper ('' New York City (You're a Woman)''), Bryan Ferry ('' The Bride Stripped Bare''), Harry Nilsson (''

Nilsson Schmilsson ''Nilsson Schmilsson'' is the seventh studio album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records in November 1971. It was Nilsson's most commercially successful work, producing three of his best-known songs. Among these was the num ...

'', ''

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''), Cat Stevens (''

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'', '' Foreigner''), Paul McCartney (''

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''), George Harrison (''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'') and Ringo Starr ('' Stop and Smell the Roses''). He also played bass on '' Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds''. By the end of the 1970s, Flowers had played bass on an estimated 500 hit recordings.

Life and career

Flowers was born in

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, England. He began his musical training in 1956 when conscripted into the

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, electing at first to serve for nine years as a bandsman playing tuba. He took up double bass as a second instrument to secure his "junior technician" stripe and later moved to electric bass. After completing his military service he passed through the line-ups of several Dixieland jazz bands in the early 1960s, then discovered modern jazz. In 1965 he was engaged as a bandsman on the ocean liner ''

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''. After hearing an electric bass at a New York nightclub, he acquired his own solid-body electric instrument, a Lake Placid Blue 1960

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that he purchased from

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in New York City for $79. Later in the 1960s, Flowers began to acquire his reputation as a session player, working for record producers such as

Shel Talmy Sheldon Talmy (born August 11, 1937) is an American record producer, songwriter and arranger, best known for his work in the UK in the 1960s with the Who, the Kinks and many others. Talmy arranged and produced hits such as "You Really Got Me" ...

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, Steve Rowland,

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and

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

. In 1969, Flowers was a founding member of the group

, playing on their song "Melting Pot" which reached No. 3 in the

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, and early heavy rock band Rumplestiltskin. He was also a member of CCS and the final lineup of T. Rex, along with

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. In 1979, shortly after taking part in the annual

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contest, performing "Mr Moonlight" with his group, the Daisies, he became a co-founder of the band Sky which had success in the United Kingdom and Australia. Flowers is also known for having composed the novelty hit " Grandad" for

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in 1970. According to Flowers, he came up with it after following an easy primer book on composing. All he needed was a hook, and he was struggling to come up with anything. He telephoned a friend, Ken Pickett, who came round, ringing the doorbell, and the sound of the doorbell provided the hook he needed. Perhaps Flowers' most famous bass line is the one he created for

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's " Walk on the Wild Side" from the album ''

'' (1972), the only song by Reed to reach the Top 20 in the US. He played and recorded with

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from late 1976 until Bolan's death, in September 1977, and also appeared with him on the ''

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'' television series in 1977. Following Sky's demise in the early 1990s, Flowers has spent most of his time playing

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. He has also worked as a bass guitar teacher at

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and leads many "Rockshops" at schools, helping young people to create and perform their own songs, as well as covering many others. In 1998, session drummer Peter Boita again teamed up with Flowers to form a rhythm section in musical settings of the words of poet Sir

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on a second album they recorded together. The album was called ''Betjeman & Read''. They had previously worked together on the ''Poetry in Motion'' album (released on Silhouette Records as MDKR 1), which also consisted of settings of Betjeman's ''It'' featuring Boita and Flowers playing with a line-up of artists that included

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Donovan Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...

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and

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amongst others with Beatles' producer

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overseeing proceedings. Boita and Flowers reprised their roles when ''Poetry in Motion'' was performed live for a charity show at the Richmond Theatre on 5 April 1992. ''Betjeman & Read'' was one of the last albums recorded at the RG Jones Recording studio in Wimbledon. The vocal artists performing on this album include

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Gene Pitney Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, inclu ...

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, Donovan,

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, the

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and David Essex. In September 2009 Flowers founded a community choir, Shoreham Singers-by-Sea, which has in excess of 150 members, followed, in September 2010, by the Ditchling Singers.https://www.ditchling.com/Singers?cat=soc&style=print

Solo discography

Albums

*1975: ''Plant Life'' (Philips) *1980: ''A Little Potty'' (EMI) *1981: ''Herbie's Stuff'' (KPM) *2012: ''A Jazz Breakfast'' (HF15)

Singles

*1970: ''Lincoln County'' (Polydor) *1973: ''Tramp / Flanker'' (Polydor) *1975: ''Mouth / Hi! It's Herbie Flowers'' (Philips) *1975: ''Dancing at Danny's / Mathematics'' (Philips) *1977: ''Jubilee / News'' (EMI) *1978: ''Don't Take My Bass Away / I Want to Be with You'' (EMI) *1979: ''Mr. Moonlight / I Want to Be with You'' (EMI) *1980: ''The Whale / Just for You'' (EMI) *1980: ''Burlington Bertie (Tramp) / Big George'' (EMI) *1981: ''Tuba Smarties / The Bathroom Song'' (Ariola) *1983: ''I Love 'er / Meet Me on The Corner'' (Magic)

Collaborations

With

* ''

'' (RCA Records, 1972) With

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* ''

'' (RCA Victor, 1971) With Sam Brown * '' 43 Minutes'' (All At Once Records, 1993) * ''Of the Moment'' (Pod Music, 2007) With

Bryan Ferry Bryan Ferry CBE (born 26 September 1945) is an English singer and songwriter. His voice has been described as an "elegant, seductive croon". He also established a distinctive image and sartorial style: according to ''The Independent'', Ferry an ...

* '' The Bride Stripped Bare'' (EG Records, 1978) With

Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later i ...

* '' Foreigner'' (Island Records, 1973) With

Melanie Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark".Candles in the Rain'' (Buddah Records, 1970) With

Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the ...

* '' Stop and Smell the Roses'' (RCA Records, 1981) With

Petula Clark Petula Sally Olwen Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer. She has one of the longest serving careers of a British singer, spanning more than seven decades. Clark's professional career began during the ...

* ''Destiny'' (CBS Records, 1978) With

Tim Rose Timothy Alan Patrick Rose (September 23, 1940 – September 24, 2002) (unofficial website by long-term correspondent of Rose's) was an American singer and songwriter who spent much of his life in London, England, and had more success in E ...

* ''Love – A Kind of Hate Story'' (Capitol Records, 1970) With

Roger Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the rock band The Who. Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include " My Generation", " Pinball Wizard", " Won't Get Fooled ...

* '' McVicar'' (Polydor Records, 1980) With

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Awards, Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one s ...

* ''

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'' (Festival Records, 1971) With

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* ''Al Otro Lado Del Sol'' (Epic Records, 1979) With

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

* ''

'' (Mercury Records, 1969) * ''

'' (RCA Records, 1974) With

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...

* '' Tumbleweed Connection'' (Uni, 1970) * ''

'' (Uni, 1971) * ''

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'' (Rocket, 1978) With

Jane Wiedlin Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin (born May 20, 1958) is an American musician and singer, best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of the new wave band The Go-Go's. She has also had a successful solo career. The Go-Go's w ...

* ''

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'' (EMI, 1990) With

* ''

Hobo with a Grin ''Hobo with a Grin'' is the debut solo album by British singer-songwriter Steve Harley, which was released by EMI in 1978. The album was produced by Harley, except for " Roll the Dice", which was produced by Michael J. Jackson. Jackson also acte ...

'' (EMI, 1978) * '' Poetic Justice'' (Transatlantic Records, 1996) With

* '' Rock On'' (Columbia Records, 1973) * ''

'' (CBS Records, 1974) * ''Imperial Wizard'' (Mercury Records, 1978) * ''Silver Dream Racer'' (Mercury Records, 1980) * ''Be-Bop the Future'' (Mercury Records, 1981) * ''Stage - Struck'' (Mercury Records, 1982) * ''This One's for You'' (Mercury Records, 1984) With

* ''

Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile ''Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile'' is the 22nd studio album by Cliff Richard, released in 1979. It featured his biggest-ever single, " We Don't Talk Anymore", which was a UK No. 1 hit (his first since 1968's "Congratulations" and his only one of the ...

'' (EMI, 1979) With

George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...

* ''

'' (Dark Horse Records, 1981) * ''

'' (Dark Horse Records, 1982) * ''

'' (Dark Horse Records, 2002) With

Sally Oldfield Sally Patricia Oldfield (born 3 August 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is the sister of composers Mike and Terry Oldfield. Early life Born in Dublin, Ireland, Oldfield was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of her mother, Maureen. ...

* ''

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'' (Bronze Records, 1978) * ''Easy'' (Bronze Records, 1979) * ''Celebration'' (Bronze Records, 1980) * ''Playing in the Flame'' (Bronze Records, 1981) With

Al Kooper Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity. ...

* '' New York City (You're a Woman)'' (Columbia Records, 1971) * '' A Possible Projection of the Future / Childhood's End'' (Columbia Records, 1972) With T. Rex * ''

Dandy in the Underworld ''Dandy in the Underworld'' is the twelfth and final studio album by English rock band T. Rex. It was released on 11 March 1977 by record label EMI. It reached No. 26 in the UK charts, the band's highest-charting album since 1974's ''Zinc Allo ...

'' (EMI, 1977)

References

External links

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