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OKNancy

(41,832 posts) Sat Dec 10, 2011, 02:31 PM Dec 2011

Tulsa Sound keyboardist who played with Eric Clapton dies

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Dick Sims, a veteran Tulsa Sound keyboardist and onetime Eric Clapton sideman who contributed to some of the rock great's biggest hits, died Thursday in Tulsa of complications from cancer, family members said.

He was 60.

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A Memorial High School graduate, Sims toured and recorded with Clapton from 1974 through the early 1980s. He is remembered for his distinctive keyboard work on such Clapton hits as "I Shot the Sheriff" and "Wonderful Tonight."

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Tulsa Sound keyboardist who played with Eric Clapton dies (Original Post) OKNancy Dec 2011 OP

I know that you are only posting the headline that someone else wrote, Nancy, but I think TheDebbieDee Dec 2011 #1

TheDebbieDee

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1. I know that you are only posting the headline that someone else wrote, Nancy, but I think

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Sat Dec 10, 2011, 05:57 PM

Dec 2011

it is really crappy that the writer mentions Eric Clapton before mentioning the dearly departed's name............

Rest in peace, Mr. Sims.

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