RIP George Kooymans (Golden Earring)

[badinfinities]

"We say goodbye to a great musician and composer whose work extended beyond Golden Earring.” George Kooymans, guitarist behind the hit "Radar Love," has died

Kooymans passed away on July 23 from complications associated with ALS. He was 77

www.guitarplayer.com

 

[uriah1]

Rip

 

[bender66]

Man, they're dropping like flies. I can't believe that song was from '73?!
RIP George.

 

[Jumbotronic]

They were a band whose good songs went well beyond the hits everybody knows. Didn't know he had ALS. RIP

 

[badinfinities]

They were a band whose good songs went well beyond the hits everybody knows. Didn't know he had ALS. RIP

Agreed - they made plenty of great albums stretching from the late 60s to the 80s.

 

[P Thought]

Aw, shoot. RIP and Radar Love

 

[posttoastie]

RIP

 

[stxrus]

I probably can’t name any Golden Earring tunes besides Radar Love. It’s my loss for sure. Maybe I’ll delve a bit into their catalog

RIP

 

[Knows3Chords]

TDPRI is going to have to make a a thread topic category for just RIP's. There are a lot of famous people now that are "at that age".

RIP George.

 

[Peegoo]

Sad news. GE was a KILLER band!

Rest in peace, Mr. K.

 

[Tele-beeb]

I saw Golden Earring with Foghat and UFO. Golden Earring rocked… and are clearly notable in the real Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (in our memories!)

 

[Tele-beeb]

I probably can’t name any Golden Earring tunes besides Radar Love. It’s my loss for sure. Maybe I’ll delve a bit into their

Maybe this will jog your memory… a forum friendly version

 

[stxrus]

Maybe this will jog your memory… a forum friendly version

I know the tune but I never saw the video until now or knew it was Golden Earring

 

[posttoastie]

 

[patman555]

Seems like we are losing so many recently. We recently added Radar Love to our repertoire. I’ve had a blast with this one. I’ve also been considering adding Twilight Zone. There wasn’t much more I found in their catalogue, but these two are enough for a great legacy.

 

[Mjark]

Oh! ALS is bad way out.

 

[zeke54]

RIP George , thanks for your work . Radar Love was one that defined '70s rock at it's best . Loved Twilight Zone too . Great songs .

 

[srvy]

I probably can’t name any Golden Earring tunes besides Radar Love. It’s my loss for sure. Maybe I’ll delve a bit into their catalog

RIP

Twilight Zone? after that I cant either.

 

[Dismalhead]

Great band, great guitarist. RIP.

 

[stxrus]

Twilight Zone? after that I cant either.

I really feel like a dufus because I thought it was White Light Zone. The lyrics never made much sense. Twilight Zone does make better sense