Richard John "Rick" Parfitt, OBE (12 October 1948 – 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known for being a singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist in the rock band Status Quo.He died at 68 after suffering from a severe infection. Taken to hospital in Marbella, Spain, on Thursday evening due to complications arising from a pre-existing shoulder injury, Parfitt died during lunchtime on Saturday, 24th December, 2016. This statement was provided by his manager and family. In 1967, Traffic Jam changed to The Status Quo with Parfitt's almost 50-year career in the band.
Works:
Pictures of Matchstick Men (only Top 40's in US @ #12 on Billboard Hot 100
Black Veils of Melancholy
Ice In The Sun Marty Wilde - 38 weeks
Piledriver 1972 album #5 - 37 weeks UK Chart
Paper Plane #42 German music chart - 1972
Caroline #36 German music chart - 1973
Down Down #no 14 Austrian music chart - 1975
Rain #27 in the German music chart - 1976
Rockin' All Over The World (John Fogerty) #29 in N.Z. music chart -1977
Whatever You Want #24 in the Australian Music Chart - 1979
In 1976, they signed a pioneering sponsorship deal with Levi's
Mystery Song - 1976 co-written with Bob Young
Quo were highly successful in Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand throughout the 80's and 90's, and were the opening act for 1985's LIVE AID and continue to be successful to-day.
By February 2015 they had sold over 118 million records internationally.
Guitars and Amps used:
Fender Telecaster White 1965
Gibson SG Jr
Zemaitis 1981 - tuned to a B
Schecter Telecaster
Fender Esquire
custom-made Fender Telecaster Thinline
Gibson Melody Maker
Chet Atkins acoustic guitar
Status Slipstream guitars in different configurations.
Marshall JCM800kk (Kerry King signature)
JCM900 amplifiers with 4x12 cabinets
VOX AC30 amplifiers
Roland GP8 signal processor
Boss CE-7 as his clean boost pedal
Information (edited): Wiki
Images: Google
Information (edited): Wiki
Images: Google
