Keyboardist Gary Corbett, best known for his touring work with KISS and Cinderella, has died after a battle with lung cancer. No age was given, but he died just short of his birthday today. Corbett…
, has died after a battle with lung cancer. No age was given, but he died just short of his birthday today.by his sister in a Facebook post. “Those who knew Gary know that we and the world of music have all lost a very talented, funny, kind and gentle soul,” she wrote. “The pain cuts so deeply that our hearts are bleeding.”
A native of Brooklyn, Corbett was a child prodigy on the keyboards. By age 10, he was playing private parties on weekends, He even joined a ’40s style big band with member ofIn 1976, he began touring with punk singer Cherry Vanilla and with Ian Hunter filling in for the latter’s regular keyboardist. The Hunter tour was in support of his solo album,That tour proved to be a door-opener for Corbett, who became a sought-after session player in New York City.
Returning to the road, he supported Foreigner singer Lou Gramm’s solo debut, then was recommended to Paul Stanley of KISS, joining that group’s tour.tour. He was an off-stage presence, He performed the same task for Cinderella in the early 1990s, performing on theirsoundtrack. . His most recent gig was as a member of the all-star band Scrap Metal, joining with the Nelson twins, Mark Slaughter, Lita Ford and more.Read More About:
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