Rick Parfitt RIP :(

Reverend

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1390889840929692&id=147704758581546

RocknRollDave

Fuck you, 2016

ThorpyFX

2016.... again! RIP to another musical legend!

Deadman

Woah. That's a shock. RIP.

EricTheWeary

Bloody hell. Sad. RIP Rick. 

stratman3142

Terrible news

Flanging_Fred

Another very sad loss.

David Bowie - Vocals
Prince - Vocals/Guitar
Rick Parfitt - Guitar
Lemmy - Bass
Keith Emerson - Keyboards
Rod Temperton - songwriting

If i was a famous aging drummer, Id be shitting bricks about now...

HAL9000

Sad. RIP.

vasselmeyer

2016 just keeps on giving

One of the nicest blokes in rock and a fantastic rhythm guitarist.

Spider

Sick of 20Bloody16 how many more are we going to loose?

Limehouse_Blues

A very sad day.

Rick and Francis were probably my first guitar heroes. Aged 11 the earliest riffs I learned were Quo ones and I used to listen to their greatest hits tape non stop during my first year as a guitarist. I remember my dad taking me to Musical Exchanges in Birmingham to buy me an amp in 1992. I remember asking to try out this little Marshall Lead 20 with a real Telecaster (because that's what my heroes had) and cranking out the intro to Caroline. The guy in the shop seemed bemused that, when invited to pick any guitar off the wall to try this amp, I picked a plain old Tele rather than a neon coloured Ibanez that were very much in vogue at the time.

Rest in peace Rick. Thank you for the music and the inspiration you've given to me and countless others.

Megii

A real shock, nice guy and a great musician, one of those people who you just think will always be there, but sadly not it seems. The world feels a different place, what a year.

richardhomer

Really sad - will never forget seeing Quo do 'Down Down' on Top of the Pops - one of those indelible childhood memories.

RIP Rick....

thumpingrug

nice chap by all accounts.   2016, the year that just keeps on taking.

Paul_C

Flanging_Fred said:

Another very sad loss.

David Bowie - Vocals
Prince - Vocals/Guitar
Rick Parfitt - Guitar
Lemmy - Bass
Keith Emerson - Keyboards
Rod Temperton - songwriting

If i was a famous aging drummer, Id be shitting bricks about now...

Lemmy was last year. . .

Fretwired

Flanging_Fred said:

Another very sad loss.

David Bowie - Vocals
Prince - Vocals/Guitar
Rick Parfitt - Guitar
Lemmy - Bass
Keith Emerson - Keyboards
Rod Temperton - songwriting

If i was a famous aging drummer, Id be shitting bricks about now...

You forgot Craig Gill - drummer with the Inspiral Carpets - died aged 44 in November - or Nick Menza drummer with Megadeath who died in May.

News about Rick is really sad .. saw Status Quo loads of times in the 70s. Great band - Rick will be sadly missed. RIP.

earwighoney

RIP

Parfitt came across as a great chap in the documentary about Quo.  He'll be missed for sure.

Tone71

RIP sad news

Gadget

RIP

nick_s

Gutted  RIP Rick.

UnclePsychosis

thumpingrug said:

nice chap by all accounts.   2016, they year that just keeps on taking.

--- unfortunately 2017 won't be any better. Sadly it's just demographics in action :-(