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20. Dez. 2022 · Rick Anderson, bassist and founding member of the San Francisco rock band, died at 75 on Dec. 16, the group shared in a statement on social media. “We lost our brother on 12/16/22,” the band...
19. Dez. 2022 · Rick Anderson, Founding Bassist of The Tubes, Has Died at 75. Philip Trapp Published: December 19, 2022. Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images. Rick Anderson, the bass guitar player who helped...
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19. Dez. 2022 · The Tubes bass player Rick Anderson dies aged 75. By Matt Parker. published 19 December 2022. The West Coast rockers confirm the news of their “lost brother” (Image credit: Mark Horton / Getty)
- 'He Was So Happy That He Got to Do This'
- 'He Was Part of The Puzzle That Made It All Work'
- Rick Anderson's Days on The Phoenix High School Band Scene
- The Beans and The Red, White and Blues Band Move to San Francisco
- When The Beans Became The Tubes
- The Days of 'Mondo bondage' and 'White Punks on Dope'
- The Tubes Hit The Mainstream with 'Completion Backward Principle'
- What's Next For The Tubes?
There’s a reason for that, Waybill says. “A couple times he told me, 'This is all I ever wanted. I just want to be in this band and play music.’ He was so happy that he got to do this.” Having formed the Tubes some 50 years ago in San Francisco by consolidating members of two Phoenix bands — the Beans and the Red, White and Blues Band — Waybill say...
Steen says the Tubes are like family. “We've been playing together since the early '70s, lived in a house together for a while, just did nothing but be in a band,” he says. “And Rick was an integral part of the Tubes. He was part of the puzzle that made it all work. And he was just the nicest guy to be around.” Waybill says, “We've been together 50...
Mitch Anderson recalls his brother getting into music in the early ‘60s, drawn by the British Invasion and the California surf-guitar sound. “Rick was in high school and discovered a friend that only lived a couple of blocks away was into music,” Mitch recalls. Soon, he was borrowing Mitch’s guitar. “I was trying to take guitar lessons but didn't r...
By 1969, the Beans and the Red, White and Blues Band were two of the Valley’s most popular bands. Then Prince got a scholarship to the Art Institute in San Francisco, convincing the Red, White and Blues Band, which also featured David Killingsworth and Steen, to come along, recruiting Waybill to drive their equipment in a Divco milk delivery truck....
In the midst of all those failed auditions, the Beans invited Steen and Prince to join them on a college gig. “Bill had written a musical," Steen recalls. "So Prairie and I went along as bit players. That seemed to work. So then we did another show in Phoenix. And it just sort of escalated from there." It was Spooner who suggested giving Waybill, t...
Anderson’s parents enjoyed all the envelope-pushing theatrics of the Tubes. “Unlike a lot of parents from the '50s and '60s, my parents were pretty open-minded,” Gregg says. “They kind of came out of the beatnik generation. So they loved that the band was outrageous. A lot of parents would have cringed at all the sexual innuendo.” As their show gre...
After releasing four albums to little avail, the Tubes were dropped by A&M, signing to Capitol Records, where producer David Foster helped refine their sound for radio on “The Completion Backward Principle.” That 1981 release sent a ballad called "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" to No. 35 on Billboard’s Hot 100 while the guitar-driven New Wave of “Talk...
The Tubes are hoping to stage a memorial concert for their fallen friend in San Francisco and possibly a second show in Phoenix. “That’s still kind of in the planning stages,” Waybill says. As for the future of the Tubes, the plan for now is to keep doing what they’ve done for 50 years. “This is a real blow," Steen says. "This is hard. And I don't ...
- Ed Masley
- Pop Music Critic
19. Dez. 2022 · Rick Anderson, the co-founding bassist of the Tubes who was with the band for a half-century and played on “She’s a Beauty,” “Talk to Ya Later” and “White Punks on Dope,” has died. He was 75....
19. Dez. 2022 · The Tubes confirm that bassist Rick Anderson has died at age 75. No cause was revealed. He co-founded the group in 1972, after work in a precursor band called the Beans with Tubes bandmates...
27. Dez. 2022 · Arizona’s music community lost a longtime member of a legendary band with roots in Phoenix. Earlier this month, The Tubes announced the passing of bassist and founding member Rick Anderson on Dec. 16. The Tubes traced their roots to the Phoenix rock scene of the late sixties.
