Flowers, who also played bass for David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Paul McCartney, Bryan Ferry and Elton John, has died aged 86, family members confirmed on Facebook.
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Flowers is said to have recorded more than 20,000 sessions, including for Dusty Springfield, George Harrison, Serge Gainsbourg and David Essex.

Another claim to fame was that he co-wrote the hit 1970 novelty song Grandad after, it is said, he met Clive Dunn at a party and the actor – a household name thanks to Dad’s Army – challenged him to write a song for him.

Flowers was a member of the final lineup of T Rex shortly before Marc Bolan’s death, featuring on the band’s final album, 1977’s Dandy in the Underworld, and Bolan’s Marc TV show.

In the late 1970s, Flowers founded the instrumental prog rock band, Sky, recording and performing with the band until 1995, releasing seven albums. Other records featuring Flowers include Bryan Ferry’s The Bride Stripped Bare, Paul McCartney’s Give My Regards to Broad Street, and Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds.

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