Post by bestmusicexpert on Oct 22, 2011 22:27:18 GMT -5
Chuck Ruff, who drummed for Sammy Hagar and more importantly Edgar Winter on his #1 hit: Frankenstein has died.
From Wikipedia:
Ruff was born in Reno, Nevada on May 25, 1951 and played in the rock group Sawbuck with Ronnie Montrose and Bill Church from 1968–1970. Ruff and Montrose later joined Edgar Winter with Dan Hartman to form The Edgar Winter Group in 1972. It was with this band that he had his biggest successes: first with the album They Only Come Out at Night (1973), featuring "Frankenstein" which reached No. 1 in the U.S. in May 1973, and the top 15 single "Free Ride", which reached No. 14 that same year. The album Shock Treatment, which featured the song "Easy Street", was also successful.
In 1977, Ruff joined Sammy Hagar and performed on the albums Street Machine (1979) and Danger Zone (1979), including the song "Bad Reputation" which is in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
In his later years, Ruff continued performing music in Reno, Nevada with the Chuck Ruff Group, The Max Volume Band (played drums on the 2007 album, "Illuminaughty") and his last project, Geezersläw. He died in San Francisco, California at age 60 on October 14, 2011 after a long illness.
There is an amazing live performance of Frankenstein here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pnSSHwmu8I
And an even more amazing one here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Kn5o9UbW4&feature=related
From Wikipedia:
Ruff was born in Reno, Nevada on May 25, 1951 and played in the rock group Sawbuck with Ronnie Montrose and Bill Church from 1968–1970. Ruff and Montrose later joined Edgar Winter with Dan Hartman to form The Edgar Winter Group in 1972. It was with this band that he had his biggest successes: first with the album They Only Come Out at Night (1973), featuring "Frankenstein" which reached No. 1 in the U.S. in May 1973, and the top 15 single "Free Ride", which reached No. 14 that same year. The album Shock Treatment, which featured the song "Easy Street", was also successful.
In 1977, Ruff joined Sammy Hagar and performed on the albums Street Machine (1979) and Danger Zone (1979), including the song "Bad Reputation" which is in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
In his later years, Ruff continued performing music in Reno, Nevada with the Chuck Ruff Group, The Max Volume Band (played drums on the 2007 album, "Illuminaughty") and his last project, Geezersläw. He died in San Francisco, California at age 60 on October 14, 2011 after a long illness.
There is an amazing live performance of Frankenstein here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pnSSHwmu8I
And an even more amazing one here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Kn5o9UbW4&feature=related