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1/20/2014

FREDDIE 'FINGERS' LEE DIES AT AGE 76

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British rock and roller Freddie ‘Fingers’ Lee died on Monday, Jan. 13. He was seventy six years old. Lee suffered 2 strokes within the past decade and had recently contracted  respiratory disorder.

Though hardly a household name, Lee was a wild and infamous presence on the united kingdom rock and roll scene from the early ’60s up to his death. Born in 1937, he lost his right eye at the age of 3 when associate accident with a stray dart thrown by his father. according to the North jazzman Chronicle, Lee’s female offspring remembers her father often dropping his prosthetic device in people’s drinks while they weren’t looking. “He was the foremost unconventional papa ever, however I wouldn’t of had it the other way.”

In the early ’60s he joined the Savages, Screaming Lord Sutch‘s band. Sutch was arguably the first rocker to include theatrics into his concerts, long before Arthur Brown or Alice Cooper would build the scene. Lee was the guitar player within the band till a young upstart named Ritchie Blackmore stepped in. it absolutely was then that Lee affected over to piano.

He went on to play with formation Richard and Marty author, and would conjointly become a fixture at the legendary Star Club in metropolis, Germany. Hanging out with a pre-mania beatles, it absolutely was there Lee would play with several of his musical heroes together with gene Vincent, fats domino, Chuck Berry, and jerry Lee Lewis. Lee was also a prolific songwriter, penning songs recorded by Tom Jones and others.

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