RIP Bobby Keys the wildman of rock of roll

Yesterday we lost legendary saxophonist Bobby Keys at the age of 70.  I was lucky enough to meet him before The Stones concert back in 2005 and then again in 2011 at The Parkway theater. for the showing of Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll. I was only twelve and don't really remember that meeting. I was also just getting into Rock and Roll and and I didn't know a thing about Bobby or how big of a deal he was in the music world. 6 years later we met again. Before the showing of the film told some stories including meeting Buddy Holly in Texas and spending the night in jail with Harry Nilsson. Afterwords I went to introduce myself and tell him I was Kent's nephew. He said that we should call uncle Kent and tell him that we were stuck in jail and that we needed money. Now that I look back I wish I would have called him. 

Keys was primarily known for his more then 40 years with the Stones he also played with all four Beatles including 3 album with John and 2 with Ringo. He was  friends with Harry Nilsson and played on 4 of his albums. He also played on Eric Clapton's debut solo album , Lynyrd Skynyrd's Second Helping, Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen and also on Sheryl Crow's Globe Sessions album. The later which my uncle also played on. My uncle had told me when he was hear back in October that Keys had been to sick to tour and was being replaced with Lenny Kravitz sax player Karl Denson for the Australia and New Zealand leg of the 14 On Fire tour.  He was a really nice man and a legend in every sense of the word. He and his contributions to rock 'n' roll will never be forgotten.