Biography
Most widely known for his lengthy association using the Rolling Rocks, tenor saxophonist Bobby Tips spent several years seeing that an in-demand program guy and touring musician, in a position to play blues, R&B, and rock and roll & move with equivalent flair. Delivered and elevated in Texas, Tips was playing in rock and roll & roll rings as soon as the ’50s, and caused Pal Holly and Bobby Vee, among numerous others. Secrets worked regularly in the famous Muscle mass Shoals studios in Alabama before conference the Rocks in 1969; his focus on ALLOW IT Bleed (not forgetting the simple truth of association) quickly produced him a warm property. On the next couple of years, Secrets performed on albums by George Harrison (EVERYTHING Must Move), Delaney & Bonnie, Eric Clapton, Humble Pie, the Encounters, Carly Simon, Nilsson, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and B.B. Ruler. He also continuing his relationship using the Rocks, showing up on classics like Sticky Fingertips and Exile on Primary St., and impressive up an instantaneous chemistry with Keith Richards. In 1972, Secrets documented a self-titled single recording for Warner Bros., which presented an all-star visitor lineup including users from the Beatles, Cream, Hill, and Visitors, plus his longtime trumpet-playing partner Jim Cost. By the middle-’70s, his actions using the Rocks were starting to tail off, though he managed a working romantic relationship using the music group over time, both in the studio room and on the highway. He continued to get sort out his old cable connections, and in 1979 became a member of Ron Wood’s touring music group the brand new Barbarians. In following years Tips continuing to tour using the Rocks and visitor on the casual record (including Sheryl Crow’s THE WORLD Sessions), and in addition performed using the Lubbock, Texas-based music group the Ace Liquidators. Bobby Tips passed away at his house in Franklin, Tennessee in Dec 2014; he was 70 yrs . old.
Quick Facts
Full Name Bobby Keys
Died December 2, 2014, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Profession Session musician, Saxophonist
Nationality American
Spouse Holly Keys
Children Amber Keys, Jesse Keys, Huck Keys
Parents Bill Keys, Lucy Keys
Siblings Debbie Kanishiro, Daryl Keys, Gary Keys
Music Groups Plastic Ono Band, Delaney & Bonnie, Sticky Fingers
Music Songs Imagine, Working Class Hero, Give Peace a Chance, Mother, God, Woman Is the Nigger of the World, Never Ending Song of Love, Cold Turkey, Love, New York City, Yer Blues, Hold On, Only You Know and I Know, Well Well Well, Remember, We're All Water, Look at Me, The Luck of the Irish, Blue Suede Shoes, Groupie, Poor Elijah, Sisters, O Sisters, My Mummy's Dead, Attica State, John Sinclair, Born in a Prison, Come On in My Kitchen, Jamrag, Soul Shake, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Why, Greenfield Morning I Pushed an Empty Baby Carriage All Over the City
Albums Home, Accept No Substitute, Live Peace in Toronto 1969, On Tour with Eric Clapton, To Bonnie from Delaney, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, Motel Shot, D&B Together, The Best of Delaney & Bonnie, Feeling the Space, Allstars LP, Like a Rolling Stone, Bobby Keys
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He started out playing with Buddy Holly and The Crickets, and went on to become a top session and touring musician. He toured with the Rolling Stones for 45 years. |
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His musical idol was bandleader/saxophonist King Curtis. |
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Doesn't sight-read music, and actually panicked when asked to do a recording session for John Lennon and expected Lennon to pass out horn charts. As it turned out, Lennon merely passed copies of his lyrics (with chords written in) around to the session players; he couldn't sight-read music either. |
Actor
Actor
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Son of Dracula |
1974 |
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Musician: The Count Downes (as Bobby Keyes) |
Composer
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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FightZone Presents |
2011 |
TV Series 1 episode |
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Editor
Editor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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FightZone Presents |
2011 |
TV Series 1 episode |
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Producer
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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FightZone Presents |
2011 |
TV Series producer - 1 episode |
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Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Son of Dracula |
1974 |
"Down", "At My Front Door", "Daybreak" |
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Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Every Night's a Saturday Night |
2016 |
Documentary post-production |
Himself |
The Rolling Stones: Sweet Summer Sun - Hyde Park Live |
2013 |
Documentary |
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Rolling Stones: One More Shot |
2012 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
The Ringmaster General |
2012 |
Video documentary |
Himself |
The Rolling Stones: LIVE! |
2012 |
Short |
Himself (as Bobby Keyes) |
Shine a Light |
2008 |
Documentary |
Himself - The Rolling Stones: saxophone |
Salt of the Earth |
2007 |
Video documentary |
Himself - Saxophone |
Rolling Stones: Forty Licks World Tour Live at Madison Square Garden |
2003 |
TV Special |
Himself - Saxophone |
Let It Bleed - 40 Jahre Rolling Stones |
2002 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
The Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon Tour '97-98 |
1997 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself (Saxophone) |
Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge |
1995 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself (Saxophone) |
Weird Nightmare |
1993 |
Documentary |
Himself |
Keith Richards and the X-pensive Winos Live at the Hollywood Palladium - December 15, 1988 |
1991 |
Video |
Himself |
At the Max |
1991 |
Documentary |
Himself (Saxophone) |
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll |
1987 |
Documentary |
Himself |
Let's Spend the Night Together |
1982 |
Documentary |
Himself |
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones |
1973 |
Documentary |
Himself (Saxophone, Percussion) |
Cocksucker Blues |
1972 |
Documentary |
Himself (as Bobby Keyes) |
Did Somebody Drop His Mouse? |
1972 |
Documentary short |
Himself |
Mad Dogs & Englishmen |
1971 |
Documentary |
Himself (as The Band) |
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends |
1970 |
TV Movie |
Himself - Musician (as Delaney & Bonnie & Friends) |
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I kind of weaseled my way into the perimeter of the garage. [Buddy Holly] was the first guy I heard play electric guitar and it impressed the hell out of me. |
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[King Curtis] approached his [sax] solos differently than your jazz cats - most of 'em were pretty snooty jazzberries who thought rock & roll was just a waste of time. But King Curtis, he played sax the way a guitar plays, like James Burton would play a lead on a song. It was how he played and how he attacked the notes and his phrasing that was different than the normal. |
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...the image, according to 1964 US Rock and roll standards, was mohair suit and tie, and nicey-nicey ol' boy next door. And all of a sudden here comes this truckload of English jackflies singing a Buddy Holly song! Damn! I couldn't really hear all that well, amplifiers and PAs being what they were, but man I felt it...it reminded me so much of the energy I heard from Buddy and I heard from Elvis. There was something in there that was the real deal. [on hearing the Rolling Stones for the first time at the 1964 San Antonio Fair] |
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