RIP Robert Henry Bobby Keys (December 18, 1943 - December 2, 2014) was an American saxophone player, and has performed with other musicians as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by The Rolling Stones,Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Harry Nilsson, Delaney Bramlett, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker, amongst other notable musicians. Keys has been a touring musician since 1956.Keys started touring at age fifteen with Bobby Vee and fellow Texan Buddy Holly.Keys is best known as being the main saxophone player for The Rolling Stones. He played on every album from 1969 until 1974 and from 1980 to present, and has performed on all Stones tours since 1970. Keys has played on hundreds of recordings, many uncredited, including Dions The Wanderer.
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