Scott Smith (musician)

Scott Smith (musician)

Donald Scott Smith (13 February 195530 November 2000), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the original bassist for the Canadian rock band Loverboy, best known for the 1982 hit single "Working for the Weekend", although their U.S. Top Ten hits were "Lovin' Every Minute of It" in 1985 and "This Could Be the Night" in 1986.

Smith originally studied guitar, and at the age of twelve moved to bass. He was majoring in English at the University of Manitoba when he received a call from Paul Dean in Vancouver inviting him to join the band known today as Loverboy.

On November 30, 2000, he was sailing with two friends off the coast of San Francisco near the Golden Gate Bridge, when a freak 26-foot wave swept him overboard in shark infested waters. A four-hour search was conducted in vain. Experts say Smith could not have survived more than two and a half hours in waters that cold. He was 45. The band began a tour in his memory the following year.

External links

* [http://www.loverboyband.com Official Loverboy website]
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* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002112 Canadian Historica website]


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