Dick Halligan
Dick Halligan | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Richard Bernard Halligan |
| Born | (1943年08月29日)August 29, 1943 Troy, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 2022(2022年01月18日) (aged 78) Rome, Italy |
| Genres | Rock, pop, jazz, chamber music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, organ, trombone, flute |
| Years active | 1968– 20?? |
| Website | richardhalligan.com |
Richard Bernard Halligan (August 29, 1943 – January 18, 2022) was an American musician and composer, best known as a founding member of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears.[1]
Career
[edit ]Halligan was born in Troy, New York. He was BS&T's trombonist on their first album, Child Is Father to the Man , but when Al Kooper left the band after that first album, Halligan switched to keyboards and began playing flute as well. He received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance for "Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie" from the album Blood, Sweat & Tears . Halligan also arranged many of the band's charts during this time period, and he wrote several songs including "Redemption" and "Lisa Listen to Me." Halligan left BS&T in 1971 after recording their fourth album, when the band began to shift to more rock-oriented music.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Halligan composed and arranged music for a number of motion pictures, including Go Tell the Spartans (1978), Cheaper to Keep Her (1981), Fear City (1984), and the Chuck Norris films A Force of One (1979) and The Octagon (1980).[2]
In 2006, he was active as a composer and performer for various types of music, including jazz and chamber music. In 2011 and 2012 he developed and performed an autobiographical one-man show entitled "Musical Being".[3] An early title for it was "Man Overboard" and in 2013 called "Love, Sweat & Fears". Halligan earned a master's degree in music theory and composition from the Manhattan School of Music. He also conducted his original works in Carnegie Hall.[4]
Death
[edit ]Halligan died from natural causes in Rome on January 18, 2022, at the age of 78.[5] His daughter, Shana Halligan, was the vocalist of trip hop duo Bitter:Sweet.[6]
Discography
[edit ]- Child Is Father to the Man (1968)
- Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968)
- Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 (1970)
- B, S & T 4 (1971)
- Cat's Dream (2007)
- Slow Food Forum (2007)
References
[edit ]- ^ Strong, Martin Charles; Peel, John (2004年10月21日). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate U.S. pp. 155–. ISBN 9781841956152 . Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ The Woodstock Whisperer
- ^ TimeOut New York
- ^ Dick Halligan, co-founder of Blood, Sweat & Tears, to perform one-man show in Syracuse Friday - at syracuse.com
- ^ Mims, Taylor (24 January 2022). "Blood, Sweat & Tears Co-Founder Dick Halligan Dies at 78". Billboard. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Music Review: Bitter:sweet – The Mating Game". Blogcritics. 2014年07月28日. Archived from the original on 2013年04月14日. Retrieved 2014年08月01日.
External links
[edit ]- Dick Halligan at IMDb
- Dick Halligan at AllMusicGuide.com
- Dick Halligan discography at Discogs
- Man Overboard! (one-man show) excerpt on YouTube
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