Rick Davies: Grief for Supertramp Star

Rick Davies (1944-2025), co-founder of the British band Supertramp, died in his house on Long Island. He was 81 years old. that Davies died of cancer after years of fighting.

According to media reports, the singer and songwriter was known for the fact that he held the group together in 1983 after the departure of Roger Hodgson (75).

“Rick was born in Swindon, England in 1944. His love for music began in his childhood when he heard gene Krupas’ Drummin ‘Man’, from which a lifelong passion for jazz, blues and rock’n’roll developed,” wrote the band in their appreciation.

As a composer together with his partner Roger Hodgson, Rick Davies was “the voice and the pianist behind the best -known songs of Supertramp” and thus left an indelible impression in the history of rock music “.

Davies wrote and sang, among other things, “Goodbye Stranger” and “Bloody Well Right” as well as a number of other hits for the band that he found in 1969.

On the band’s website, it says about Rick Davies: “Away from the stage, Rick was known for his warmth, his resistance and love for his wife Sue, with whom he was together for over five decades. After struggling with serious health problems, which prevented him from continuing to go on tour with Supertramp, he enjoyed it with his friends from his hometown as Ricky and the Rockets to appear. ” The band added: “Rick’s music and his legacy continue to inspire many people and are proof that great songs never die, but live on.”