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Kool & the Gang guitarist dies at 57
    #5784893 - 06/23/06 08:26 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Sad News indeed.

Claydes Charles Smith, a co-founder and lead guitarist of the group Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 57.

Smith died in Maplewood, N.J., on Tuesday after a long illness, publicist David Brokaw said Thursday. Brokaw did not know the cause of death.

"We've lost a member of our family, as well as an infinitely creative and gifted artist who was with the band from the very beginning," band manager Tia Sinclair said in a statement.

Kool & the Gang grew from jazz roots in the 1960s to become one of the major groups of the 1970s, blending jazz, funk, R&B and pop. After a downturn, the group enjoyed a return to stardom in the '80s.

Smith, who was known as Charles Smith, wrote the hits "Joanna" and "Take My Heart," and was a co-writer of others, including "Celebration," "Hollywood Swinging" and "Jungle Boogie."

Born on Sept. 6, 1948, in Jersey City, N.J., he was introduced to jazz guitar by his father in the early 1960s.

Later in that decade he was in a group of New Jersey jazz musicians, including Ronald Bell (later Khalis Bayyan), Robert "Kool" Bell, George Brown, Dennis Thomas and Robert "Spike" Mickens, who became Kool & the Gang. Other members would include lead singer James "JT" Taylor.

Illness forced Smith to stop touring with the group in January.

Smith is survived by his six children, Claydes A. Smith, Justin Smith, Aaron Corbin, August Williams, Uranus Guray and Tyteen Humes, and nine grandchildren.


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Re: Kool & the Gang guitarist dies at 57 [Re: Deadmaker]
    #5784925 - 06/23/06 08:34 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Damn, I'm just getting ready to head out and now this. I jam their shit everyday. Gonna have to play that shit all night long now.


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Re: Kool & the Gang guitarist dies at 57 [Re: daimyo]
    #5784936 - 06/23/06 08:37 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah, I put on one of their albums when I read about this.


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Re: Kool & the Gang guitarist dies at 57 [Re: Deadmaker]
    #5784971 - 06/23/06 08:44 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I didnt know they had a guitarist


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