Richie Hayward, RIP

Richie Hayward, was an excellent drummer. He was the co-founder of the amazing jam band 'Little Feat', that played rock, country, jazz and blues. The band and Richie Hayward are being remembered for songs like "Willin."

The Associated Press reports that he died yesterday, Thursday morning, after complications of pneumonia. He was 64. Richie Hayward had liver cancer.

The AP reports -- "In a letter to fans last August, Hayward wrote about his predicament, but sounded hopeful: 'My intent is to come back to the band, as soon as I am physically able. Your love and support will mean a lot to me, more than I can say. I love and will miss you all, and I will see you again on the proud highway.' He last performed with the band on July 11."

When I hear the news that a singer or member of a band has died, whose music I have spent hours listening to, I find myself recalling from my memory scenes of where I was and of what I was doing when I first heard a song or a tune of theirs. What drew my attention away from what I was doing, to listen to their work. This morning, when I heard of Richie Hayward's passing, I found myself surfing the net and my memories. Watching video clips of Little Feat performing music, and appreciating the work off Richie Hayward, and of his friend Lowell George, who went before him.

Richie Hayward, RIP

Richie Hayward drum solo