Martin Duffy, Primal Scream and Charlatans Keyboardist, Dies at 55

Dec 20 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
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Primal Scream keyboardist Martin Duffy has died, his former Charlatans bandmate Tim Burgess confirmed Tuesday. He was 55.

Creation Records founder Alan McGee, who signed Primal Scream in the 1980s, suggested that Duffy died on Monday. “More sad news,” McGee wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday. “Martin Duffy gone yesterday. Lovely guy so sad.” Duffy’s cause of death is unclear.

Born and raised in Birmingham in England’s West Midlands, Duffy joined the indie rock...

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