Bobby Keys, Saxophonist for Rolling Stones, Dies at 70

Bobby Keys, a Texas-born sideman whose urgent, wailing saxophone solos wove a prominent thread through more than 40 years of rock ’n’ roll, notably with the Rolling Stones, died on Tuesday [2 DEC 14] at his home in Franklin, Tenn. He was 70. NYTimes Obit

Robert Henry "Bobby" Keys (December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014) was an American saxophone player who performed with other musicians as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Who, Harry Nilsson, Delaney Bramlett, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker, amongst other notable musicians. Keys was a touring musician from 1956 until his death in 2014. WIKIPEDIA

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in Dartford, Kent in 1962.

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 The first stable line-up consisted of band leader Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Ian Stewart (piano), Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica), Keith Richards (guitar), Bill Wyman (bass), and Charlie Watts (drums). The Rolling Stones were in the vanguard of the British Invasion of the US in 1964 and 1965. Initially infamous for the long hair of its members as much as their music, the band is identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture of the 1960s. They made blues a major part of rock and roll, and popularised, worldwide, the grass roots blues typified by Chess Records artists. These included Muddy Waters, writer of "Rollin' Stone", the song that inspired Jones to name the band. Their first single, "Come On" was released on June 1963 and reached number 21 in the UK hit parade.