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I loved Mott, particularly their great cover of the Bowie classic, All The Young Dudes.
Same age as Glenn Frey, ffs! Alzheimer's at 67, had it 10 years!!!
Mott the Hoople drummer Dale 'Buffin' Griffin dies at 67
— Dale "Buffin" Griffin, a drummer for British glam-rock stalwarts Mott the Hoople, has died at age 67.
He died Sunday, Peter Purnell, of Mott's label Angel Air Records, told the BBC. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease a decade ago.
A native of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, he was a founding member of the group, which took its name from a British novel of the 1960s and featured singer Ian Hunter and guitarist Mick Ralphs. In 1972, they scored their biggest hit with the David Bowie-penned and -produced raucous anthem "All the Young Dudes." The group's songs also included "All the Way From Memphis" and "Roll Away the Stone."
The band split by the mid-'70s, and Griffin later worked as a producer for BBC live music sessions, with artists including Nirvana, the Smashing Pumpkins and Pulp.
Mott the Hoople reformed in 2009, but Griffin was already ill and appeared only during encores, his place otherwise taken by Martin Chambers, of the Pretenders.
His death comes a week after the death of Bowie, who was 69.
Griffin is survived by his long-term partner, Jean Smith.
Same age as Glenn Frey, ffs! Alzheimer's at 67, had it 10 years!!!
Mott the Hoople drummer Dale 'Buffin' Griffin dies at 67
— Dale "Buffin" Griffin, a drummer for British glam-rock stalwarts Mott the Hoople, has died at age 67.
He died Sunday, Peter Purnell, of Mott's label Angel Air Records, told the BBC. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease a decade ago.
A native of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, he was a founding member of the group, which took its name from a British novel of the 1960s and featured singer Ian Hunter and guitarist Mick Ralphs. In 1972, they scored their biggest hit with the David Bowie-penned and -produced raucous anthem "All the Young Dudes." The group's songs also included "All the Way From Memphis" and "Roll Away the Stone."
The band split by the mid-'70s, and Griffin later worked as a producer for BBC live music sessions, with artists including Nirvana, the Smashing Pumpkins and Pulp.
Mott the Hoople reformed in 2009, but Griffin was already ill and appeared only during encores, his place otherwise taken by Martin Chambers, of the Pretenders.
His death comes a week after the death of Bowie, who was 69.
Griffin is survived by his long-term partner, Jean Smith.
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its a terrible thing Kenny,
have you seen the doc on glenn Campbell? beautiful but heart breaking ,an amazing man! |
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Caught glimpses of of it, tel, but wasn't paying a lot of attention, as I've recorded it. Strange, he's sadly lost it, but can perform as well as ever, presumaby in front of thousands and remembers every word of the songs, but that's the nature of the cruel disease.
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Are you referring to the programme the other night on Sky Arts. Probably not.
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have you seen the doc on glenn Campbell? beautiful but heart breaking ,an amazing man!
Not quite sure what you're rteferring to there, Tel. |
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Loved Mott, been bad year so far for deaths in music industry.
Rip Dale |
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Roll Away The Stone was a classic
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MY neighbour is Ariel Bender AKA Luther Grosvenor,believe he was guitarist with Mott for a couple of years amongst other projects.
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that's the one Kenny,yes almost totally lost it but still able to perform on stage, the brain is a strange thing man
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Norton, was he in a punk band back when as the name rings bells
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loved Mott sad to see theses once great musicians passing on
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Terry,dont think it was a punk band,the group was Spooky Tooth who i belie.ve were bigger in America.In addition was with Steelers Wheel for a short peroid.
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Widowmaker was the band he formed....he has just knocked my door asking how to do stuff on his phone,fecking clueless on real life but a decent bloke.
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And this Government wants you to work until your 70 soon.
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where you live norton, i had a dream of asking mott to play at my 60th celebrations
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Ian Hunter of Mott etc fame went to the same school as I did - albeit 10 years earlier.
It was an upmarket Boys Grammar School in Shrewsbury renowned for its academic excellence. Hunter didn't excel academically but made a fortune, while all the clever kids went on to make their fortunes? err, well just being clever. I could have used this in an earlier tenuous claims to fame thread but I didn't. |
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I should also have added that the school was so academically excellent that in 1965-ish, some scholars and one (we had a few) of the latin masters, made a record singing (in latin, FFS) These Boots Were Made For Walking, as the Frank & Nancy song was in the Hit Parade.
Not surprisingly, it didn't chart, but made it on to the Midlands News! |
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o yes of course Norton, tell you what though,that boy plays a mean guitar
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Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
From the liverpool docks to the hollywood bowl 'N you climb up the mountains 'n you fall down the holes All the way from Memphis A real rock 'n roll band |
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i have both the albums after ian hunter left. Drive on is a fantastic album up there with the best. If you have not heard it you should ,some fanastic tracks on it.
The next album was shouting and pointing which was not as good and flopped . I think they disbanded after that. Saw them a few years a go in Manchester , stood next to Joe Elliot (Def Lepperd) at the bar !!! |
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Dragon,i live in Worcester,Luther originally came from Evesham and decided to come back to this area for a peaceful retirement.As Terry stated he was a superb guitarist and have spent time looking at his memorabilia and listening to his stories.
To be honest the Rock n Roll years have taken their toll and think he was upset not to have been asked to perform when Mott reunited in 2009 and 2013. |
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thanks Nortons would love to h listen to his stories bet they are really interesting. I wonder why he didnt get asked to do the reunion tour?
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Will try and find out but think he has not played professionally for a number of years.
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ok cheers
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