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John Giblin (26 February 1952 – 14 May 2023) was a Scottish musician who worked as an acoustic and electric bass player spanning jazz, classical, rock, folk, and avant-garde music. He was a member of Simple Minds from 1985 to 1988, and worked as a session musician for a variety of artists including Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and Kate Bush .
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May 16, 2023 · Kate Bush has shared an emotional tribute to her former bassist John Giblin, who has died at the age of 71. The musician’s death was confirmed in a Facebook post by the band Osibisa, with whom he...
May 17, 2023 · Kate Bush is among those paying tribute to in-demand Scottish session bassist and former Simple Minds member John Giblin, who has died at 71.
May 17, 2023 · John Giblin, a famed bassist who worked with musicians like Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel, has died. He was 71. Osibisa, the band he recently worked with, confirmed the saddening news through a ...
Mar 20, 2024 · John Giblin, a studio and touring bassist who was part of the ’70s new wave in the U.K., died May 14. He was 71. Born in Scotland to a family of musicians, he started playing in rock and pop bands as a teen, then emerged as a later member of the fusion band Brand X.
May 18, 2023 · John Giblin – a celebrated session bassist who worked with some of the most influential figures in contemporary music – died May 14, aged 71. Born in Bellshill, Scotland in 1952, Giblin began his career in the 1970s, and soon became a first call bass player for the likes of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush – who first worked with Giblin on the ...
May 16, 2023 · Many were shocked and saddened to hear that the great bass player, John Giblin, a longstanding member of Kate’s musical “family” and ultimately her KT Fellowship, has sadly died on Sunday in Cheltenham, aged 71.
May 17, 2023 · Kate Bush has shared an emotional tribute to her former bassist John Giblin, who has died at the age of 71.
May 16, 2023 · John Giblin, who worked with artists like Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel, has died after an illness. He was 71 years old. The news was shared by producer Robert M. Corich on Facebook. “John passed away yesterday in Cheltenham after battling illness,” they wrote.
Mar 11, 2015 · Among the most prolific studio / sidemen in UK rock history, John Giblin’s career spanned six decades in a wide array of musical genres including pop, jazz, classical, rock folk, avante-garde and permutations thereof.
