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Bobby Keys

ボビー・キーズ　/　ぼびー・きーず

American musician

December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014　・　Slaton, Texas, United States

Texas
musician
saxophonist
animator

My Take

What strikes me about Bobby Keys is how he turned the saxophone into a kind of passport. Born in Slaton, Texas, in 1943, he ended up playing on records by the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, George Harrison, Joe Cocker and Eric Clapton, which is a guest list most session players only dream about. To me that says less about luck and more about being the right voice in the room time after time. He died in 2014, but those horn parts are baked into so much of 1970s rock that you've almost certainly heard him without knowing his name. I find that quietly remarkable.

Overview

Robert Henry Keys (December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014) was an American saxophonist who performed as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Joe Ely, and other prominent musicians.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Bobby Keys
Name (Japanese): ボビー・キーズ
Reading: ぼびー・きーず
Born: December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Goat
Origin: Slaton, Texas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: musician / saxophonist / animator

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Lubbock High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA

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