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❤wonderfull musician ,human being, very sad loss ,incredible life in music ,,his legacy will live forever,music never dies ,its immortal ,it soothes,heals ,keeps a sometimes mad world sane ,and happy 😊 god bless herbie miss you xx

Came across this great interview and read the sad news in the comments. Such great memories of listening to the early Sky albums, along with the Shadows, gave me the love of instrumental music. RIP Mr Flowers 😢

Thanks for posting this. "I'll get sued if I play more than 4 bars!"😂

This is a wonderful tribute to a great musician. Thank you for all your work, and uploading this treat Kris. Subscribing now.

I grew up seeing Herbie playing in all these bands T.rex , Blue Mink , & with Bowie never give much thought of his age.

RIP Herbie Flowers. A lovely man and a master musician. Thank you for all you gave. 🎶🎶🎶🎶

Lovely to watch, thanks Kris. Herbie changed my life with his kindness and mentoring when I was a young aspiring bassist. A truly wonderful human being, A fantastic document of great man.

wonderful to watch this thank you. Haven't seen Herbie before. Something about him reminded me of my brother Alick who passed on a few years back. Alick Loved all sorts of music, got me started playing guitar. I'm sure Alick would of known of Herbie Flowers playing and especially perhaps his Jazz. Thanks again for sharing this video. I find it quite special for reasons already said.

A sad loss of a great character who had been there done that and had all the tee shirts. He played on such a huge number and a diverse collection of music which shaped our lives and times. Will be sorely missed.

Legends need only three instruments to standout

Wonderful! God Bless x

Herbie Flowers bass played on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds. The original album, and the New Generation, in 2012 And Live Tours .of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Rip fantastic I seen him Live I went to See War of the Worlds in Cardiff in 2012 -2014. With my Dad. Rip Herbie.

Space Oddity was my introduction to Herbie. Tremendous bass part. Fits it SO well. I think he played on some of Tumbleweed Conn. too.

RIP, you will be remembered by all ages

Herbie Flowers - what a gent. And what a legend - yet completely modest with it. Thanks for posting this Kris, and compliments on your photos - Herbie liked them, that's for sure. RIP Herbie. You won't be forgotten.

RIP to an absolute legend

What a gentleman. Rest well Herbie. ❤

Thankyou so much!

Bye bye

RIP mate, I shared some awesome times with you and the lads, but mainly with you! you improved the world X

What a loss...RIP Herbie.

R.I.P. Herbie.. thanks for all the great music

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Fender thin neck for similarity to double bass - didn't know that. Thanks so much for posting this. Longtime fan of Herbie, Sky was my introduction to him. Tuba Smarties is still one of my favourites. Lovely bloke.

Great to see you again Herbie. Remember when we met the English cricket team in Melbourne?

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Horsell Common and the Heat Ray at 12.45.... Amazing bass work on War of the Worlds

What an amazing man Herbie is.

Herbie Flowers, awesome name awesome musician awesome dude !

Like your Hasselblad Kris. Sky was a fantastic group.

I saw this the last time I was down. I can appreciate a lot of hard work went into this, well done Krissy!

I've always loved the R&B Mod sounds of The Creation. Their cover of 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy' has always been my favourite recorded version. The bassline is so fluid. It stuck out from their other output in that respect. Then I found out Herbie Flowers played on the track! No wonder it was a cut above.

When Herbie toured with Sky to Australia we gave him a hat with corks!! Typically Australian hat to keep the flies away. He wore it during Tuba Smarties. Legend

Herbie is a dude!!! Long may the bass boom!

Great vid. Absolute legend and a really nice guy. Saw lots of Sky concerts back in the day, met him (and the rest of the band) at an album signing where he spent a good couple of minutes chatting and then met him after a gig in the latter incarnation of Sky (must have been 1992 I think?) on the car park(!),I think he was driving an old Austin Metro, packing his own gear away-no 'I'm a big star, my roadies should be doing this'...and then he came over to my car for another long chat through my drivers window before setting off into the night. Very pleased to learn he still plays, I really must make the long trip to Brighton to see him again!

Such a wide ranging and brilliant session career. I remember an interview he gave to the NME, sometime around the Blue Mink years, where he was promoting the idea, to a rock minded audience, of reading music, as a way of developing one’s general musical capabilities. At the time, I had neither the inclination nor the wherewithal (nor probably, the brains) to attempt it. I worked on my ear training exclusively for years. Later, I made a concerted effort and achieved a modest amount of theory and reading, which has been great, even at an amateur level and added to my interest in music overall.

Absolute legend. I go to all Herbie's jazz gigs at Brighton fringe - he is a legend, fabulous musician & mentor and deserves a bloomin' knighthood

Hi Kris, beautiful monchrome images, and fantastic colour images also, what lens is that you used, Kris? Thanks for sharing!

Sadly John Brockliss is not with us any longer.

This is so lovely. Herbie was in the RAF band at Uxbridge when I was growing up. They had a house on The Grove, then later Park Road, where i grew up, beyond the common. I remember to this day, 1972 I think, he kept snakes in his yard in fish tanks, long before it was fashionable, he was very welcoming, and we knew he was working with Bowie. Met up with him again early 2000's and the rest is history, THEM, with Malcolm Mortimor who played with Ian Dury and Neil Diamond, the lovely Derek Austin on keyboards and of course Big Jim Sullivan. Last time I saw Herbie was at Big Jim's heart breaking funeral. 2012. The Wake was at the cinema in Worthing, Sussex. I worked as a Photographer with THEM which was a reaction to US ego bs. They were lovely, all of them. I was fortunate to visit Herbie in Sussex and we talked about Uxbridge, how he nearly brought the house down in The Grove with his sideline building, and I noted his lovely koi carp pond built above ground with bricks, he had me in stitches. Amazing music room too. He'd just declined touring with Robert Plant...the invite was on top the fridge, Herbie said 6 months in Wandsworth please hehe. A lovely and genuine man. The Lou Reed bass is well documented, he always had his feet on the ground. I loved that time spent with Herbie back in the day. Dad was in Suez 51-54, you were lucky to get the Far East gig in 56, Egypt must have been very grim then. Fond memories Herbie, remember knocking on your door in Sussex one Sunday in passing and you were so welcoming, thank you. And kind enough to drop me home to my door late one night from Billingshurst. A gentleman.

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Nice strap

He’s the bass player on one of my favorite albums - Scott 4. There is even a picture of him on the cover and from outtakes from the photo session at Olympic Studios.

I first herd Herbie on the original War Of the worlds LP back in the 1980's while I was at high school, playing baritone in the school band...I wanted to play bass and mummbught me a 3/4 scale 2nd hand bass. Found the SKY music amazing and seen them live, playing classical music with electric instruments,. Only Herbie could be invited to play bass for Paul McCartney who is also one of the greatest bassists....Thank you for your live of bass Herbie that had inspired me, sadly life and work has retired my bass many years ago, but I still have my old Ibanez Roadster which I bought in 1990....Oh only Herbie could get away doing an interview with slippers and sox....

Amazing to think he was already 41 when he joined Sky and then wrote some of the greatest songs in the European music canon.

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John Brockliss. I had to search for his name! Very interesting, thank you.

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Herbie flowers has to be one of my all time favourite bassists

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