Martin Duffy, keyboardist for Felt and
Primal Scream, dies at 55
Martin Duffy, the Felt keyboardist who went on
to play with Primal Scream, the Charlatans
and many other UK companies, has died, the BBC reports, citing
tweets from Tim Burgess
Steve Duffy. He injured his brain in a fall and died peacefully surrounded by his family,
his brother said. Duffy turned 55 years old.
Raised in Birmingham, Duffy joined cult indie-pop band Felt in 1985, and their playful organs have
become the quintessential jingle
most notably on the 1986 classic forever Breathes the Lonely word,
which featured Duffy staring plaintively.
from the duvet . At some point in the late '80s, he was working
as an auxiliary keyboardist in Primal Scream
and in 1991, two years after Felt broke up, Duffy joined the Scottish band full-time.
He played on their pivot to rave-rock
1991's landmark Screamadelica album, and every album from the institution
up until their modern 2016 Chaosmosis.
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