‘He was a great friend and a great bass player’: The Pogues’ frontman Shane MacGowan pays tribute to his late bandmate Darryl Hunt after he sadly died aged 72
The Pogues’ frontman Shane MacGowan has paid tribute to the bands bass player Darryl Hunt who sadly died aged 72.
The band’s official social media account announced that he died on Monday afternoon in London, by quoting their song Love You ‘Till The End, which was written by the bassist.
Singer Shane, 64, later described Darryl as a ‘great friend and a great bass player’ in his own tribute to his late bandmate.
Tragic: The Pogues’ frontman Shane MacGowan has paid tribute to the bands bass player Darryl Hunt who sadly died aged 72
Shane penned on Twitter: ‘I am very very sorry that Darryl has passed on, he was a really nice guy and a great friend and a great bass player.’
‘We will all miss him. May he have a happy state of eternal bliss and bless his family and friends love Shane.’
The Pogues’ consisted of frontman Shane, Jem Finer, James Fearnley, Andrew Ranken, Terry Woods, Hunt and other musicians throughout the years.
Close: Singer Shane, 64, (left) described Darryl (middle) as a ‘great friend and a great bass player’ in his own tribute to his late bandmate (pictured in December 2013)
They said in their joint tribute: ‘I know you want to hear me catch my breath / I love you till the end.’
Bandmate Spider Stacy also paid tribute to Hunt on Twitter, writing: ‘This is wretched. See you around the way, Daz. ‘It’s in the fridge’ #TrickyTrees”.
Hunt, born in Hampshire on May 4 1950, joined the Irish London punk rock group first as roadie and then as a bassist in 1986.
Tribute: The band’s official social media account announced that he died on Monday afternoon in London, by quoting their song Love You ‘Till The End, which was written by the bassist
He then went on to collaborate on their 1988 album If I Should Fall From Grace With God which featured the Christmas hit Fairytale Of New York.
Hunt started out as part of the pub rock band Plummet Airlines and The Favourites.
Beginning his time as a roadie, according to RTE, he was first involved in the London Irish band’s 1988 album If I Should Fall From Grace With God which featured the Christmas hit Fairytale Of New York.
Hunt featured in material until their last album, Pogue Mahone, in 1996 and also has writing credits on a number of their songs including Love You Til the End.
Band: The punk group, best known for Christmas hit Fairytale in New York, said on Twitter they were ‘saddened beyond words’ to the tragic news (Pictured: Spider Stacy (L) and Darryl Hunt (R) of The Pogues in March 2011 in New York City)
