It is with a heavy heart that I announce the recent passing of my long-term friend, music performance colleague, writing, and recording partner — Lee ‘The Bass’ Powell. We met around 1983 when we were young rockers and formed a band called Rufus T. Fly, performing songs by Gary Moore, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, and Ozzy Osbourne. The name came from a character in a Marx Brothers film, who I was a huge fan of along with fellow band guitarist, John Slattery. Lee hated it at firs

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