Post by unwelcome guest on Mar 9, 2007 19:47:04 GMT -5
March 9, 2007
Bill Chinnock, 59, a Founder of Early E Street Band, Is Dead
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Bill Chinnock, an instrumentalist, singer and songwriter who was a founding member of what later became Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, died Wednesday at his home here. He was 59.
Mr. Chinnock’s manager, Paul Pappas, told WCSH-TV, Portland, that he had committed suicide after being afflicted with Lyme disease.
Mr. Chinnock was a blues and roots rock stylist who played guitar and keyboards as well as sang and composed music.
A Newark native, he was a founder of the Asbury Park, N.J., music scene that propelled Springsteen to stardom. He fronted a band that included many future Springsteen musicians, including Danny Federici on organ, Vini Lopez on drums, and Garry Tallent on bass, according to the Web site Backstreet.com, which is dedicated to Bruce Springsteen and New Jersey music news.
Mr. Chinnock moved to Maine in the early 1970s, and the other musicians eventually connected with Mr. Springsteen.
Mr. Chinnock made 13 albums, on labels including Paramount, Atlantic and Backstreet, as well on as his own label.
In addition to performing in Maine and around the country, he wrote music for films and television. In 1987 he won an Emmy for musical direction and composition for his song “Somewhere in the Night,” used as theme music for the soap opera “Edge of Night.” A duet he later recorded with Roberta Flack became a theme song for the soap opera “Guiding Light.”
His albums include “Badlands,” “Alive at the Loft,” “Dime Store Heroes,” “Livin’ in the Promised Land” and “Out on the Borderline.”
www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/arts/music/09chinnock.html
Bill Chinnock, 59, a Founder of Early E Street Band, Is Dead
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Bill Chinnock, an instrumentalist, singer and songwriter who was a founding member of what later became Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, died Wednesday at his home here. He was 59.
Mr. Chinnock’s manager, Paul Pappas, told WCSH-TV, Portland, that he had committed suicide after being afflicted with Lyme disease.
Mr. Chinnock was a blues and roots rock stylist who played guitar and keyboards as well as sang and composed music.
A Newark native, he was a founder of the Asbury Park, N.J., music scene that propelled Springsteen to stardom. He fronted a band that included many future Springsteen musicians, including Danny Federici on organ, Vini Lopez on drums, and Garry Tallent on bass, according to the Web site Backstreet.com, which is dedicated to Bruce Springsteen and New Jersey music news.
Mr. Chinnock moved to Maine in the early 1970s, and the other musicians eventually connected with Mr. Springsteen.
Mr. Chinnock made 13 albums, on labels including Paramount, Atlantic and Backstreet, as well on as his own label.
In addition to performing in Maine and around the country, he wrote music for films and television. In 1987 he won an Emmy for musical direction and composition for his song “Somewhere in the Night,” used as theme music for the soap opera “Edge of Night.” A duet he later recorded with Roberta Flack became a theme song for the soap opera “Guiding Light.”
His albums include “Badlands,” “Alive at the Loft,” “Dime Store Heroes,” “Livin’ in the Promised Land” and “Out on the Borderline.”
www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/arts/music/09chinnock.html