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Article: Guitarist was more than a session ace ; Jazz and rock guitarist Hiram Bullock, who played on some hit albums, including The Stranger by Billy Joel, Steely Dan's Gaucho and the soundtrack to A Star is Born by Barbra Streisand, has died aged 52.
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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Jazz and rock guitarist Hiram Bullock, who played on some hit
albums, including The Stranger by Billy Joel, Steely Dan's Gaucho
and the soundtrack to A Star is Born by Barbra Streisand, has died
aged 52.
Bullock was found to have cancer of the tongue last year.
Bullock's best-known solo was on the 1987 Sting album Nothing
Like the Sun, in a version of Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing.
But Bullock was always more than a session ace.
He made his biggest impact in the realm of jazz-rock, funk and
fusion, and his own albums, which often featured his singing and
songwriting, never strayed far from that base.
His last one, released on BHM in 2005, was Too Funky 2 Ignore.
He had substantial and ...