RIP - Donald "Duck" Dunn

[hucklebee]

Rest easy Duck

[Midnight Lady]

From Steve Cropper's Facebook page:

Today I lost my best friend, the World has lost the best guy and bass player to ever live. Duck Dunn died in his sleep Sunday morning May 13 in Tokyo Japan after finishing 2 shows at the Blue Note Night Club.

[TwoTubMan]

No. No. No.

This one hurts.

[Tony]

RIP, Duck.

[bdm]

Total bum-out.

Dang.

[Catoogie]

Wikipedia says that Duck is still alive...

Then Steve Cropper must be wrong.

[e-z]

Wow, a lot of great musicians passing away lately. R.I.P.

[imguitardan]

Noooooooooooo!

[GA19RVT]

Thank you, Duck, for the pleasure of seeing you play and hearing you play for so many years. You made the world a better place. God bless you.

[hop]

Wikipedia says that Duck is still alive...

We can hope Wikipedia is right, but Wikipedia probably isn't in Japan with Duck like Steve is.

RIP Duck! Such a distinctive sound and one of my first bass inspirations.

[youngbill]

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[fishleehooker]

I'm gonna watch Blues Brothers right now. How depressing. I feel for Steve. I have a Thorn...GT 59 that looks like Steve's and has been named Cropper since Day one. It will be crying now for some time too:(

[alabamablues]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Remembering-Duck-Dunn/318598908210251

[frankguitar]

Rip>>>donald "duck" dunn>one of the best!!!! May god bless you

[beachbum0711]

I will always remember him smoking that pipe while he played. The coolest bass man ever!

[DGTCrazy]

Total F'ing drag. Just simply a Base Player's Bass Player. RIP.

[guitarist58]

:(

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[cottoneyedjoe]

The groove is gone....RIP Duck....

[russ]

Wow, sad news.

[TwoTubMan]

The groove is gone....RIP Duck....

Nah, he's kicking ass again with Al Jackson Jr. The groove just moved elsewhere....

[Buddy Boy]

R.I.P. Duck. You will be missed.

[zzzezums]

huge loss. RIP.

[hottub]

RIP Duck...

[Ed Alvarado]

That is awful news! RIP Mr. Dunn!

[stevorc321]

'She Caught the Katy' was one of the coolest lines I ever learned on bass and Duck is the reason I pay a P-bass with flats - RIP Duck

[Dr. Jimmy]

Wow, in Japan after playing a few shows, just like Bernard Edwards.

RIP Duck, thanks for the groove.......

[jrigg]

RIP DD. Last night I was onstage with my band and I turned to the bass player and said to him "let's pretend we're Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper". He knew exactly the feel I was talking about! Thanks Duck.

[Jon C]

OH, crap.... awful. To me the center of the musical universe and the place I would most like to be/ have been was in Memphis in the 60s when Booker T & The MGs, Steve Cropper & Duck & co., were weaving their magic.

RIP Duck. What a loss.

[hank57]

The hair, the pipe, the solid groove. You will be missed but never forgotten.

[Trandy]

This news has totally ruined my day.

What a great player....and a great guy....I had the pleasure of meeting him once.

Duck Dunn deserved to live forever.

[teleman55]

R.I.P.

[drgonzoguitar]

RIP.

:(

[StaxSoul]

M_mKy-a6d1I

[Dr Git]

RIP and thanks for being a part of our music world

[timberic]

One of the best. Damm!

70 is much too young.

[muddy]

ANOTHER biggie, one that strikes at the very heart, core & foundation of what WE ALL do...


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[Jarrett]

RIP Duck. Thanks for showing us how to do it, man.

[dylmit]

Terrible loss.

[Jaya]

RIP Duck!!!

[supa-fuzz]

Thanks Duck

http://www.theblackninja.com/images/movie/blues_brothers/blues_brothers_donald_duck_dunn.png


"We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline" Donald Duck Dunn, The Blues Brothers

[brookshubbert]

I always felt like real Bass players played P-Basses
Stax would not have been the same without Duck
I feel for you Steve - So sorry

[todd richman]

That's a loss to the music world. He was such a perfect bass player and musician. RIP "Duck"

[newswede]

His sound will be missed, and from what I hear so will he...so many people say he was a real stand up guy.

[Soul Man]

If the shit fits, wear it.

Love you Duck.

RIP

[westchesterdave]

Damn, this is a tough one.

Was fortunate enough to see him a couple of times with EC. The second time was in London for an all Blues program at the Royal Albert Hall. I think I was almost as excited at seeing Duck Dunn as I was Clapton

Rest In Peace and Thank You.

[LowWatt]

Another hero gone. Still, he lived the dream and went out playing. Mr. Dunn's legacy will outlive us all.

[L_Totti]

Sad , sad , day.
I can't believe it. My band played Soul Dressing last night , something we rarely do at gigs. We all just felt like doing it for no reason. Ended up being a 10+ min jam and the best song of the night. Crazy.

RIP , Duck.


"Heaven done called
Another blues-stringer back home"

[tapeup]

Complete utter bummer to hear the news! A big inspiration to not just the bass players among us I'm sure! :cry:

[lb61906]

R.I.P DUCK!!!!!

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxdsaSGAs1r6x4fgo1_500.jpg

[chrisr777]

Well damn, I have been out of town and out of touch so I just heard this. I have seen him with so many different people. I think the last time was with Neil Young. One of the greats.