Farewell to Larry Tamblyn, founding member of Standells

The founding member of the Standells Larry Tamblynbrother of the actor Russ Tamblyndied at the age of 82.

The death of the frontman and keyboard player was announced by his nephew, Dennis Tamblyn With a message on Facebook.

“My uncle Larry Tamblyn is dead. I have very affectionate memories of him and his family. He lived an incredible life. He was in a band called Standells, whose hit ‘dirty water’ is still played every time the red Sox or Bruins win a game at home. They also played in an episode of the Munnsters. A few years ago, the Standells played at the Hotel Congress here in Tucson, in Tucson, Arizona, and Larry remained with me.

Larry Tamblyn He was born in Los Angeles on February 5, 1943. The Standells were trained in 1962 by Tamblyn, by the guitarist Tony Valentinofrom the bassist Jody Rich and from the drummer Benny King. In 1966 they recorded their most famous success “DirtyWater “which is still played after every home victory of Boston Red Sox and gods Boston Bruins. The song reached the eleventh position in the US sales charts.

After a long solo break, he performed again with the name of the band in 2009 with the bassist
John Fleck
the guitarist
Paul Downing
and the drummer
Greg Burnham
. Have released their latest album,
“Bump”
in 2013. In the same year
The former drummer Dick Dodd died at the age of 68 due to cancer
.