Louis Johnson bassist kicks the bucket, Louis Johnson (envisioned, right), the establishing individual from funk bunch the Brothers Johnson, who went ahead to wind up Michael Jackson's bass player, has passed on, matured 60. Johnson, who showed up on the King of Pop's hits Billie Jean and Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, passed away on Thursday (21May15).
He shaped the Brothers Johnson with his kin George in the mid 1970s and the demonstration got to be maker/hitmaker Quincy Jones' supporting band before discharging their introduction collection Look Out for #1 in 1976.
The Brothers Johnson appreciated outline hits with tracks like I'll Be Good to You and Stomp!, while their acclaimed 1980 collection Light Up the Night broadly highlighted Michael Jackson on sponsorship vocals.
Paying tribute to Johnson on Friday (22May15), Jones told Rolling Stone, "Louis 'Thunder Thumbs' Johnson was one of the best bass players to ever get the instrument.
"As an individual from the Brothers Johnson, we shared many years of mysterious times cooperating in the studio and visiting the world. From my collections Body Heat and Mellow Madness, to their platinum collections Look Out for #1, Right On Time, Blam and Light Up the Night, which I created, to Michael's performance presentation Off the Wall, I considered Louis a center individual from my creation group. He was a dear and cherished companion and sibling, and I will miss his vicinity and delight of life consistently."
Different tributes have originate from Bootsy Collins, The Roots' Questlove and Lenny Kravitz, who tweets: "Thank you for gift me and the world with your unique #funk. Tear."
He shaped the Brothers Johnson with his kin George in the mid 1970s and the demonstration got to be maker/hitmaker Quincy Jones' supporting band before discharging their introduction collection Look Out for #1 in 1976.
The Brothers Johnson appreciated outline hits with tracks like I'll Be Good to You and Stomp!, while their acclaimed 1980 collection Light Up the Night broadly highlighted Michael Jackson on sponsorship vocals.
Paying tribute to Johnson on Friday (22May15), Jones told Rolling Stone, "Louis 'Thunder Thumbs' Johnson was one of the best bass players to ever get the instrument.
"As an individual from the Brothers Johnson, we shared many years of mysterious times cooperating in the studio and visiting the world. From my collections Body Heat and Mellow Madness, to their platinum collections Look Out for #1, Right On Time, Blam and Light Up the Night, which I created, to Michael's performance presentation Off the Wall, I considered Louis a center individual from my creation group. He was a dear and cherished companion and sibling, and I will miss his vicinity and delight of life consistently."
Different tributes have originate from Bootsy Collins, The Roots' Questlove and Lenny Kravitz, who tweets: "Thank you for gift me and the world with your unique #funk. Tear."
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