Bobby Keys

Infobox musical artist


Name = Bobby Keys
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born = birth date and age|1943|12|18
Slaton, Texas, U.S.
Died =
Instrument = Saxophone
Genre = Rock
Occupation = Session musician
Years_active = 1950s — present
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Associated_acts = Rolling Stones
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Bobby Keys (b. December 18, 1943 in Slaton, Texas) (sometimes credited as Bobby "Keyes") is an American saxophone player and together with Jim Price and occasionally Jim Horn formed the most in-demand horn section of the 1970s. They appear on albums by The Who, The Rolling Stones, George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass", Eric Clapton, and Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen".

Keys started touring at age fourteen with Bobby Vee and fellow Texan Buddy Holly. Keys is best known as being the main sax player for the Rolling Stones, playing on every album from 1969 until 1974 and from 1980 to present, and performing on all Stones tours since 1970.

He is known for playing the saxophone solo on the 1971 hit "Brown Sugar" and for the world-famous film shot of him and Keith Richards throwing a TV set from the 10th floor of a hotel somewhere during the 1972 American Tour, as seen in the Stones' unreleased 1972 concert movie "Cocksucker Blues". Another famous recording by Keys is the baritone saxophone on Elvis Presley's "Return To Sender".

elective discography

*The Rolling Stones, "Let It Bleed", "Exile on Main St.", "Sticky Fingers", "Goats Head Soup", "Emotional Rescue", "Stripped"
*Joe Cocker, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"
*George Harrison, "All Things Must Pass"
*John Lennon, "Sometime In New York City", "Walls and Bridges", "Rock 'n' Roll"
*Keith Richards, "Talk Is Cheap", "Live at the Hollywood Palladium"
*Ringo Starr, "Ringo", "Goodnight Vienna"
*Ronnie Wood, "1234", "Gimme Some Neck", "Mahoneys Last Stand"
*B. B. King, "B. B. King in London"
*Barbra Streisand, "Barbra Joan Streisand"
*Carly Simon, "No Secrets", "Hotcakes"
*Chuck Berry, "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll"
*Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, "On Tour with Eric Clapton"
*Donovan, "Cosmic Wheels"
*Dr. John, "The Sun, Moon & Herbs"
*Eric Clapton, "Eric Clapton"
*Faces, "Long Player"
*Harry Nilsson, "Nilsson Schmilsson", "Pussy Cats"
*Humble Pie, "Rock On"
*Joe Ely, "Lord of the Highway"
*John Hiatt, "Beneath This Gruff Exterior"
*Kate & Anna McGarrigle, "Kate & Anna McGarrigle"
*Keith Moon, "Two Sides of the Moon"
*Leo Sayer, "Endless Flight"
*Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Second Helping"
*John Lennon and Paul McCartney, A Toot and a Snore in 74'
*Marvin Gaye, "Let's Get It On" "deluxe edition"
*Renée Geyer, "Renée Geyer (Portrait)"
*Sheryl Crow, "The Globe Sessions"
*The Crickets, "Double Exposure"
*Yoko Ono, "Fly"

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