The composer and all-round musician Simon House died this weekend, aged 76.
A founder of the Hawkwind band, he left to join the iconic David Bowie in 1978 as violinist, keyboard player and mandolinist.
The Bowie site has tweeted:
“I hear the sound of mandolins…”
It’s turning out to be a very sad Sunday, with the news now that Simon House has died at the age of 77.
Simon had a long and illustrious career starting out as violinist and keyboard player with High Tide alongside Bowie’s fellow Turquoise member, Tony Hill. It’s possible that this is when Simon and David first met as they were on the same bill when David was a member of Hype. Bowie certainly had wonderful things to say about High Tide later.
Following a few years with Hawkwind, Simon joined the ISOLAR 2 band for The 1978 World Tour. He also contributed to the Lodger album, which has its 46th anniversary today.
Today’s lyric quotation is a reference to the fact that he also played mandolin alongside violin on Lodger.
Simon’s live work can be heard on the various official live releases from the 1978 tour, such as Stage, Welcome To The Blackout and Live in Berlin.
Our thoughts are with Simon’s friends and family.
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