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Vince Welnick
Vince Welnick performing live in 2005
Vince Welnick performing live in 2005
Background information
Born February 21, 1951(1951-02-21)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Died June 2, 2006 (aged 55)
Sonoma County, California, U.S.
Occupation(s) Keyboardist
Instrument(s) Keyboards
Years active 1973–2006
Associated acts The Tubes, Grateful Dead, Missing Man Formation, Mickey Hart Band
Website www.vincewelnick.com

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Biography

Music career

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Welnick started playing keyboards as a teenager. Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo, He joined a band, The Beans, which eventually morphed into The Tubes, a San Francisco-based theater rock band popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s and noted for early live performances that combined lewd quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism and politics. The Tubes are a San Francisco -based rock band, which was popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s and was known for its live performances that

The Tubes in the 1980s were a major commercial rock act with substantial MTV success. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Videos for rock classics "Talk To Ya Later" and "She's A Beauty" played in heavy rotation on the MTV network for years in the mid-1980s. While playing in the Tubes, he also played with Todd Rundgren. Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American Musician

When the Grateful Dead's keyboardist, Brent Mydland, died of a drug overdose on 26 July 1990, the band began auditioning players to replace him, including Ian McLagan, Pete Sears and T Lavitz. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Brent Mydland ( October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was the fourth Keyboardist to play for the American rock band the Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Ian McLagan (born Ian Patrick McLagan, 12 May 1945 Hounslow, Middlesex) is an English keyboard Instrumentalist, best known Pete Sears (born May 27, 1948 in Bromley Kent is an English rock Musician. T Lavitz (born April 16, 1956) is an American Jazz-rock / fusion Keyboardist, Composer and producer Welnick was selected, not least for his high vocal range for backup harmonies. His AP obituary mentioned he was so nervous at his first gig with the band in 1990 in Cleveland that he could barely play, until the fans put him at ease. Bruce Hornsby also supplemented Welnick on grand piano for over 100 shows in Welnick's first years in the Dead. Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23 1954 in Williamsburg Virginia) is an American singer Pianist, Accordion player and songwriter The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Welnick remained as the band's keyboard player until Jerry Garcia's death in August 1995, when the group disbanded.

During a stint with Ratdog, Vince became very depressed with the loss of Jerry Garcia and he attempted suicide about six months after Garcia's death, effectively ending any future creative interaction between him and what was left of the Grateful Dead. RatDog (often misspelled Ratdog and also known as Bob Weir and RatDog, is an American rock band In 2002 Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Phil Lesh regrouped under the name The Dead. Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is a percussionist and musicologist. Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) is an American drummer who played with rock band the Grateful Dead Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley California) is a Musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead. Welnick was not asked to participate, a fact that troubled him, according to musician Mike Lawson, who oversees Welnick's website.

Subsequently, he became involved in solo efforts, formed and played in the band Missing Man Formation, was a key member of the second ever Phil Lesh and Friends show in March of 1998, and had a brief stint with the Mickey Hart Band later that year. Missing Man Formation was a band put together by former Grateful Dead Keyboardist Vince Welnick, featuring Welnick Steve Kimock, Prairie Phil Lesh and Friends is an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, bassist of the Grateful Dead.

Welnick is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States

Film

Welnick played a small part in the 1982 Canadian film Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains. Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains is a 1981 film shot in Canada about three teenage girls including Diane Lane and Laura Dern, who start Fee Waybill of the Tubes played Lou Corpse, the washed-up front man of a band called The Metal Corpses. John Waldo Waybill (born 17 September 1948, Omaha, Nebraska In addition to his work with The Tubes Waybill now works as a Record producer Welnick played Jerry Jervey, the keyboard player with the Corpses, who dies of an overdose in a bathtub.

Welnick also appeared in Xanadu, along with the rest of The Tubes. Xanadu is a 1980 musical / Romance film directed by Robert Greenwald.

Death

Vince Welnick committed suicide on June 2, 2006. [1]

Tributes

On June 9, 2006 Ratdog played "Way To Go Home" for the first time as a tribute to Welnick at the Sonoma County fairgrounds. RatDog (often misspelled Ratdog and also known as Bob Weir and RatDog, is an American rock band

Former Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten took up the keys for the "Vince Welnick and Friends Tour" that was scheduled before his death. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tom Constanten (born March 19, 1944 in Long Branch New Jersey) is an American Keyboardist, best known for playing with the They played many Vince Welnick staples including "Samba in the Rain". A very touching "He Was a Friend of Mine" was also played in honor of Welnick. On the second night of the tour they stopped in St. Louis and the opener The Schwag, who Welnick had played with before, did "Turn on Your Love Light" and dedicated it to Welnick with some improvised lyrics about Welnick and his life. Schwagstock is a music festival that takes place over the course of a weekend in an outdoor setting and is intended to carry on the vibe of the Woodstock festival

Notes

  1. ^ Selvin, Joel (2006-06-30), Vince Welnick lived the dream, playing music with the Grateful Dead, but depression dogged him to his final days, San Francisco Chronicle, <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/30/DDG12JM4F61.DTL>. Retrieved on 23 November 2007 

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