Needless to say, he was an early idol of mine, as he was to all R & R keyboard players. He took the spotlight off of the guitarists, if even for a little while. A brilliant player.

Whoa! I just read how! He shot himself in the head, following depression from nerve problems in his right hand.

If I shot myself in the head every time I encountered a very serious medical problem that depressed me, then I guess I could have limited it to just that first problem, huh?

Last edited by BobKay; 03/12/16 02:39 PM.

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