Lee Dorman of Iron Butterfly, RIP

[GA Russell]

I was a college student in the 1969-1970 period, and I had a Saturday job working at a tobacco shop.

One day a man entered the store, and proudly announced that his son was the bass player of Iron Butterfly. He also was very proud to state that the members of the band had hired a financial advisor, lived modestly, and as a result they were "set for life". He said that this was not the case with Jefferson Airplane, whose members blew their money and were broke.

The LA Times today reports that the bass player of Iron Butterfly, Lee Dorman, has died. RIP.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20121222,0,3302140.story

Edited December 23, 2012 by GA Russell

[BFrank]

I was a HUGE Iron Butterfly fan in their heyday (my HS years). Heavy, IAGDV, and Ball seemed so cool at the time. Needless to say, they haven't aged all that well, but for me I'll always remember those years.

[B. Clugston]

Dorman was also part of Captain Beyond, an excellent yet under-appreciated band with latter-day Iron Butterfly guitarist Larry Reinhardt (who died in January), first Deep Purple singer Rod Evans (where are you?) and drummer Bobby Caldwell. Their excellent first album still holds up well.

Here's another obit:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rocker-elevated-the-role-of-bass-guitars/article6698446/

[Shawn]

R.I.P.

I'll second that recommendation for the first Captain Beyond album, well worth picking up.