Bassist Herbie Flowers, whose long and diverse career including work with David Bowie, Elton John, Harry Nilsson, Cat Stevens and three members of the Beatles, has died of unspecified causes at the ...

A well-placed sample can take a song to the next level. The Dr. Dres and Kanye West’s of the world made a career of plucking just the right beat, bass line, or vocal riff from both popular music and ...

The musician behind one of the most iconic basslines of all time is dead at age 86. Herbie Flowers, who played the bass on Syracuse University alumnus Lou Reed’s 1972 hit “Walk on the Wild Side,” died ...

Herbie Flowers, the bassist who played on songs like Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” and David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” has died at the age of 86. However, Flowers is best-known for his work on two ...

A celebrated session musician who appeared on a host of classic rock albums, he made his most lasting mark with his contribution to Lou Reed’s most famous song. By Alex Williams Herbie Flowers, a ...

Herbie Flowers, the prolific English bassist known for creating the famous riff in Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side,” has died, the BBC reports. He was 86. Born in Middlesex, England, Flowers began ...