MUSIC NEWS - Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, 58, bass player with Daryl Hall and John Oates for over 30years died Saturday, February 27 of an apparent heart attack. Wolk was to have performed with Hall and Oates today, Monday, March 1, on the one-year anniversary show for "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" on NBC.
He was a Yonkers, NY, nativ and was best known for his work with Hall and Oates. Of T Bones passing, Daryl Hall said; "To say that I am shocked is the ultimate understatement. T-Bone was my musical brother and losing him is like losing my right hand. It’s not if I will go on, but how. T-Bone was one of the most sensitive and good human beings that I have ever known. And, I can truly say that I loved him."
John Oates continued: "His character was pure and his unique and quirky personality touched everyone he encountered. His musical sensibility was peerless, any instrument that he touched resonated with a sensitivity and skill level that I have never experienced while playing with any other musician. He possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of styles and musical history which he referenced to support all the artists that he played with over the years. He became our band's musical director over time leading by example and by the deference and respect that everyone who played alongside him so rightfully accorded him. He made everyone he played with better. So many times when I'm working on a musical passage or part, I think to myself: "How would T-Bone play this" and aspire to his level every time I perform. To this day I always keep one of his "I Love Vermont" guitar picks with me where ever I go and know in my heart that starting today the Heavenly Band just got one of the greatest multi-instrumentalist of all time and that band will from this day forward sound better than they ever have before."
Funeral arrangements for T Bone have not yet been announced.
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My band, the Rockats,did a couple of H&O dates on the H2O
tour back in the day and briefly shared the same management.T Bone was not only a top notch player
but also a top notch human being. RIP
Barry Ryan
Posted by: Barry Ryan | Mar 02, 2010 at 04:26 PM
I KNEW T-BONE WAS GREAT THE FIRST TIME I HEARD HIM AND NOW THAT I HAVE FOUND LIVE FROM DARYL HOUSE IT CONFERMS IT I JUST HOPE THAT DARYL CAN FINE HIS WAY THOUGH THIS GREAT LOST AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE BEST MUSICAL SHOW THIS 60 YEAR OLD GUY HAS EVER SEEN I LIKE TO THANK TBONE FOR THE MEMORYS AND HOPE THE DARYL GO'S ON FOR ALONG TIME ORA SOLURI
Posted by: ORA SOLURI | Mar 15, 2010 at 10:19 PM