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Boz Burrell (born Raymond Burrell) (1 August 1946 in Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of around 101,000 - the 2001 census gave the entire urban area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, England
England

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 – 21 September 2006 in Marbella
Marbella

Marbella is a city in Andalusia, Spain, by the Mediterranean, situated in the province of M?laga , beneath La Concha. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
) was a bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and singer known for his involvement in bands such as King Crimson
King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969.They have typically been categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, although they incorporate diverse influences ranging from jazz, European classical music and experimental music to psychedelic music, New Wave mu...
 and Bad Company
Bad Company

Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
.

Whilst singer in The Boz People in the mid-1960s, Boz was selected to replace Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey

Roger Harry Daltrey Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock music band The Who....
 in The Who
The Who

The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
 when the remaining members of that band were on the verge of firing Daltrey, which ultimately did not happen. (Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend by Tony Fletcher)

In the late 1960s, he released some solo singles as singer (simply as "Boz").






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Boz Burrell (born Raymond Burrell) (1 August 1946 in Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of around 101,000 - the 2001 census gave the entire urban area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 – 21 September 2006 in Marbella
Marbella

Marbella is a city in Andalusia, Spain, by the Mediterranean, situated in the province of M?laga , beneath La Concha. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
) was a bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and singer known for his involvement in bands such as King Crimson
King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969.They have typically been categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, although they incorporate diverse influences ranging from jazz, European classical music and experimental music to psychedelic music, New Wave mu...
 and Bad Company
Bad Company

Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
.

Whilst singer in The Boz People in the mid-1960s, Boz was selected to replace Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey

Roger Harry Daltrey Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock music band The Who....
 in The Who
The Who

The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
 when the remaining members of that band were on the verge of firing Daltrey, which ultimately did not happen. (Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend by Tony Fletcher)

In the late 1960s, he released some solo singles as singer (simply as "Boz"). At that time, he was joined by Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore

| Name= Ritchie Blackmore| Img = Ritchie Blackmore signing.jpg| Img_capt = Ritchie Blackmore, right, giving autographs...
, who was in the process of setting up Deep Purple
Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English Rock music band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of Heavy metal music and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorize themselves as any one genre....
. It is reported that new Deep Purple members Jon Lord
Jon Lord

Jon Douglas Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms....
 (keyboard) and Ian Paice
Ian Paice

Ian Paice made his name as the drummer with seminal heavy rock band Deep Purple. As of Jon Lord's departure in 2002, he is the only founding member of the band still performing with the group....
 (drums) also joined the session and played on two tracks: "I shall be released" and "Down in the Flood".

In the early 70's, he was brought into King Crimson
King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969.They have typically been categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, although they incorporate diverse influences ranging from jazz, European classical music and experimental music to psychedelic music, New Wave mu...
 as a vocalist and, as the band needed a bassist, was rapidly taught bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 by guitarist Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp is a guitarist, composer and a record producer, perhaps best known for being the guitarist for, and only constant member of, the progressive rock band King Crimson....
. He was part of the band that recorded Islands
Islands (King Crimson album)

Islands is the fourth album by the British band King Crimson, released in 1971.The last King Crimson studio album before the group's trilogy of Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and Red , it is also the last to feature the lyrics of Peter Sinfield and the last to feature the band's 'traditional' progressive s...
 and a post-breakup compilation live album Earthbound
Earthbound (King Crimson album)

Earthbound is a live album by the band King Crimson, released in 1972 as a budget record shortly after the line-up which recorded it had broken up....
. In recent years, King Crimson's record company has issued collectors' live recordings from this era of the band.

Burrell's vocals, along with those of many others, can also be found on the Crimson-related release Septober Energy
Septober Energy

Septober Energy is the only album of the jazz/progressive rock big band Centipede , organized and led by the United Kingdom free jazz pianist Keith Tippett, that brought together much of a generation of young British jazz and rock musicians in its more than 50 members, e.g....
 by Centipede
Centipede (band)

Centipede were a jazz/progressive rock/Canterbury scene big band with more than 50 members, organized and led by the United Kingdom free jazz pianist Keith Tippett, that brought together much of a generation of young British jazz and rock musicians, e.g. from the bands Soft Machine, King Crimson, Nucleus and Blossom Toes....
.

Burrell joined Bad Company
Bad Company

Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
 in 1973 to play bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
, where he found international fame and fortune touring with them into the 1990s. During his stint in Bad Company, he wrote two songs, Rhythm Machine and Gone Gone Gone, from the Desolation Angels LP. Gone Gone Gone was released as a single and is considered one of the band's best compositions.

In recent years, he had been working with Tam White
Tam White

Tam White is a Scotland musician, stonemason and actor.Primarily known as a blues-based vocalist, often playing with musicians such as guitarist Neil Warden, the harmonica player Fraser Speirs and bassist Boz Burrell, he provided the vocals for Robbie Coltrane to mime to as Big Jazza McGlone in John Byrne 's award-winning television series...
.

He died from a heart attack
Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when the Blood flow to part of the heart is interrupted. This is most commonly due to occlusion of a coronary artery following the rupture of a Vulnerable plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids and white blood cells in the wall of an artery....
 in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 on September 21 2006, aged 60.