Thursday, November 14, 2024

Dennis Byron obit

 Bee Gees Drummer Dennis Bryon Has Died

He was not on the list.


Dennis Ronald Bryon (14 April 1949 – 14 November 2024) was a Welsh rock drummer from Cardiff, best known for his work with the Bee Gees from 1974 to 1980. Bryon and Ringo Starr are the only drummers to have five songs in the top ten Billboard chart simultaneously.

Bryon wrote, recorded or performed with Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, Jimi Hendrix, Andy Gibb, Jan Pulsford, June Pointer, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nigel Pulsford, Jerry Lee Merritt, Tony Joe White, Michael Snow, David Schnaufer, The Italian Bee Gees, Brian McDade, Jo Anne Kelly, Robin Gibb, Melanie, Barry Gibb, Cathryn Creig, Laura Taylor, Maurice Gibb, Kayte Strong, Brian Willoughby, Chris Pelcer, Dave Edmunds, Rhodes Charmers and Rhodes, Jimmy Ruffin, Ish Ledesma, Andy Fairweather Low, Yvonne Elliman, Richard Wold, Bill Lloyd, and Steve Marriott.

From Cardiff, best known for his work with the Bee Gees from 1974 to 1979. He also worked with Amen Corner and co-produced Robin Gibb's 1983 album, How Old Are You?. Bryon released an autobiography about his years with the Bee Gees on August 11, 2015, called, You Should Be Dancing: My Life with the Bee Gees. Dennis was most recently  on tour with the Italian Bee Gees along with Vince Melouney and Blue Weaver.

He started playing the drums at fourteen years old. His first band was the Blue Jets where fellow band member Rob Parsons subsequently had a very different career.

Bryon rapidly moved on to work with more accomplished musicians and his career really started out as a young adult, aged 17, in 1966, when he co-formed the band Amen Corner. They are best known for their hits "Bend Me, Shape Me", "High in the Sky" and the chart-topper "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice". Bryon remained in the band until its split in 1969. Although the group had already split up, they also appeared as themselves in the 1969 horror film, Scream and Scream Again, singing the film's eponymous theme song.

Bryon lived in Nashville, Tennessee in his later years. His wife, Jenny, died from breast cancer in 2010. He later married musical partner Kayte Strong, remaining with her until his death.

Bryon died in Nashville on 14 November 2024, at the age of 75. Amen Corner bandmates Blue Weaver and Andy Fairweather Low both announced his death on Facebook.

 

Discography

Round Amen Corner – Amen Corner – 1968

The National Welsh Coast Live Explosion Company – Amen Corner – 1969

Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven – Amen Corner – 1969

Beginning from an End – Fair Weather – 1970

Mr. Natural – Bee Gees – 1974

Main Course – Bee Gees – 1975

Children of the World – Bee Gees – 1976

Here at Last... Live – Bee Gees – 1977

Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees – 1977

Spirits Having Flown – Bee Gees – 1979

After Dark – Andy Gibb – 1980

Guilty – Barbra Streisand – 1980

Heartbreaker – Dionne Warwick – 1982

How Old Are You? – Robin Gibb – 1983

Now Voyager – Barry Gibb – 1984

Doublewide & Dangerous – Antsy McClain – 1999

I Will – Cathryn Craig – 2002

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