David Muse, Multi-Instrumentalist for Firefall, Dead at 73

David Muse, ideal-acknowledged as the prolonged-tenured multi-instrumentalist in Firefall, has died at the age of 73.

“It is with a major heart that we ought to announce that our friend and liked a person, David Muse, has shed his ongoing battle with cancer,” observed a message on the band’s official Fb web site. “David handed peacefully at home on Saturday morning with his spouse Patty at his side. While we are heartbroken, we just take solace in the awareness that he is no lengthier in soreness. His love and fantastic memories will remain with us without end and he will in no way be forgotten.”

Muse was identified with cancer in early 2020. A GoFundMe web site that had been set up to aid him protect clinical costs noted that it was not his “first come across with this awful ailment but he had crushed it right before and felt self-confident that he could do it again.” Revenue raised by the GoFundMe account will now go to any remarkable healthcare payments and remaining expenses.

Born in Rome, Ga. in 1949, Muse put in his early musical job bouncing by means of several bands. He at some point latched on with Firefall in 1975, joining a lineup that also incorporated Rick Roberts (guitar, guide vocals), Larry Burnett (guitar, vocals), Jock Bartley (guitar, vocals), Mark Andes (bass) and Michael Clarke (drums).

The band introduced a continuous stream of albums as a result of the ‘70s and early ‘80s, with Muse supplying flute, sax and keyboard components. Their 1976 self-titled debut album was licensed platinum, buoyed by the success of their Best 10 single “Your Are the Female.” Sophomore LP, Luna Sea, fared almost as very well, acquiring gold income with the solitary “Just Bear in mind I Appreciate You” achieving No. 11. “Strange Way” off of 1978’s Elan would also hit No. 11, but commercial results would quickly start out to taper off for the band. Firefall’s basic lineup would disband in 1981, even though numerous incarnations of the team with new members would carry on recording and touring for quite a few a long time.

Muse stayed hectic above the a long time, recording solo instrumental materials and contributing to operate by other artists. He liked two stints with the Marshall Tucker Band (1996–2000 and 2003–2008) and rejoined Firefall as a total-time member in 2011. He also fashioned the brief-lived band Boulder County Conspiracy, which highlighted quite a few of his former Firefall collaborators.

In total, Muse appeared on a lot more than 25 albums throughout his a lot more than 5-ten years profession. He was inducted into the Colorado Songs Corridor of Fame in 2014 alongside the other associates of Firefall.