RIP Bernié Torme @ 66

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Damn,, lost another one. Really liked him with Gillan as short lived as it was.

An Irishman passing away on St.Patrick's day. Hmm... and a day before his birthday. Shame on many levels.
 
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Wow!. Bernie Torme passed away that's very sad I remember him in Gillan the Ian Gillan's band around 1980-81 anyway from memory he left Gillan after the release of the Future Shock album in 1981, I believe he refused to appear on TOTP on BBC television to promote one of the singles off the album so he quit. Bernie then started his own band called The Electric Gypsies a three piece then shortly after he flew out to the states at short notice to fill in for the late Randy Rhoads in Ozzy's band in 1982. In a book about Ozzy that I read back in the early 2000s I believe Ozzy said of Bernie that if Bernie ever needed his musical help he Ozzy would drop anything anywhere in the world and go to help him anyway I am not surprise Ozzy was one of the first to pay a tribute to Bernie.
 
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Great guitarist who's crowning work was with the band Gillan & The Ian Gillan Band ...
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