Rick Davies, singer and co-founder of Supertramp, has died

Rick Davies, the British musician who founded the prog-pop band Supertramp, died on Sept. 6 at the age of 81. He’d been battling multiple myeloma for over a decade.

Supertramp, which spurred hits like “Give A Little Bit” and “The Logical Song” in the 1970s, shared the news of Davies’ death in social media posts . “His soulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer became the heartbeat of the bands’ sound,” reads the statement.

Born in Swindon, England in 1944, Davies gravitated towards music from an early age, when he first heard Gene Krupa’s “Drummin’ Man.” He fell in love with the piano and played jazz and blues in the beginning of his career. Then, in 1969, Davies took out an ad in the music magazine Melody Maker looking for bandmates.

He heard back from a posh, Beatles-l