By Craig Garrett, Suggest | Bob Andrews, veteran keyboard player and producer who influenced the New Wave sound as part of Graham Parker’s backing band The Rumour, has died. Andrews passed away in New Mexico on Thursday, June 5, from an unspecified cancer. End-of-life doula Jenifer Fox was by his side, according to the local outlet Taos News. He was 75.
Andrews was a key but often overlooked figure in the New Wave movement of the late 1970s. He fronted The Rumour, a band that also backed Graham Parker.
Graham Parker confirmed his friend and bandmate’s death on social media.
“My dear friend Bob Andrews, keyboard player in the Rumour has died. So deeply saddened by this news,” Parker wrote on X.
Before joining The Rumour, Andrews was a member of the band Brinsley Schwarz, which also featured the group’s namesake and Nick Lowe. During his time with the band, they recorded the original version of “What’s So Funny (‘Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding),” a track Andrews also produced.
Bob Andrews Produced One of the Biggest ‘One-Hit Wonders’ of the ’80s.
In 1979, Parker gained fame with his album Squeezing Out Sparks, while The Rumour released their own record on Stiff Records, featuring the hits “Emotional Traffic” and “Frozen Years.”
Andrews also produced Carlene Carter’s debut album . . .
However, Andrews found his biggest success as a producer with the late ’80s Liverpool group The La’s. Their song “There She Goes” became a classic one-hit wonder-instantly memorable, frequently covered, and now often used in commercials and film.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/70s-rock-musician-and-producer-bob-andrews-has-died/