GRAMMY-WINNING KEYBOARDIST KNECHTEL DEAD

Last updated: Monday, August 24, 2009

GRAMMY-WINNING KEYBOARDIST KNECHTEL DEAD

Grammy-winning keyboard player LARRY KNECHTEL has died. He was 69.

The musician passed away at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Washington on Thursday (20Aug09) after suffering from a heart attack.

Knechtel worked with a huge list of legendary performers throughout his career as a session keyboardist, including Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and the Dixie Chicks.

He picked up a Grammy for his arrangement of Simon and Garfunkel's classic track Bridge Over Troubled Water, as well as performing on the Dixie Chicks' Grammy-winning LP Taking the Long Way.

The country trio paid tribute to Knechtel on their website, saying, "Larry's resume is a history lesson in great American music all unto itself. The term 'legendary musician' isn't an overstatement when talking about a multi-instrumentalist who can be heard on some of music's most legendary recordings."

He is survived by his wife Vickie, a son and a daughter and three grandchildren.

Source: WENN

| Monday, August 24, 2009

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