Raymond "Boz" Burrell (1 August 1946 – 21 September 2006) was an English musician. Originally a vocalist and guitarist, Burrell is best known for being the vocalist and bassist of King Crimson from 1971 to 1972 and the original bassist of Bad Company , formed in 1973, with whom he stayed until 1982 before re-joining for a reunion of the ...

Sep 29, 2024 · Boz Burrell bought effortless cool to King Crimson and Bad Company and died the way he lived – on his own terms

Bassist and vocalist best remembered for his years as a member of the pioneering progressive rock band King Crimson and the hard rock supergroup Bad Company. He also recorded music with artists like Centipede, Jon Lord and Pete Sinfield. He was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire and played rhythm guitar in the band Tea Time 4 as a teenager.

Sep 30, 2006 · Raymond "Boz" Burrell, 60, original bass player for the hard rock group Bad Company, died Sept. 21 of a heart attack at his home in Spain.

Jan 15, 2015 · A former jazz crooner (The Tea Time 4, and The Boz People with Ian McLagan) who took up the bass at Robert Fripp’s behest as a member of King Crimson, the vastly underrated Boz plied his craft with innate simplicity abetted …

Bad Company were an English rock supergroup that was formed in London [2] in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke (both ex-Free), guitarist Mick Ralphs (ex-Mott the Hoople) and bassist Boz Burrell (ex-King Crimson). [1]

May 28, 2014 · Enter former The Boz People singer and, later, novice King Crimson bassist, Raymond ‘Boz’ Burrell. “He was playing a fretless bass, but I doubt if he’d been playing it more than a year,” Kirke chuckles.

Boz Burrell was a singer and bass player who played with the progressive rock band King Crimson and was a founder member of the stadium band Bad Company.

Sep 26, 2006 · Raymond " Boz " Burrell, the original bass player for Bad Company, has died at his home in Spain at the age of 60. Prior to founding the all-star Bad Company with Paul Rodgers and...

After Snape’s dissolution, Burrell successfully auditioned for Bad Company featuring Free’s singer and drummer Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke and ex-Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs. …