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Richard Swift was in The Shins and carried out with The Black Keys
Richard Swift, a former member of the Shins and touring bassist with The Black Keys, has died, aged 41.
A Facebook publish confirmed his loss of life saying: "And all the angels sing 'Que Sera Sera' Richard Ochoa Swift March 16, 1977July 3, 2018."
The musician and singer-songwriter was final month admitted to hospital with an undisclosed life-threatening situation.
The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach led tributes with an Instagram publish saying: "I will miss you my friend".
The 39-year-old The Black Keys singer shared a image of him with Swift and stated: "Today the world lost one of the most talented musicians I know. He's now with his Mom and Sister."
Others to pay tribute embrace the Kings of Leon's Nathan Followill, who described him as his spouse, Jessie Baylin's, "musical soul mate".
Richard Swift was @JessieBaylin musical soul mate and couldn't have been a kinder soul. There will all the time be a particular place in our hearts and reminiscences for the one and solely Walt Wolfman. RIP Swifty
— nathan followill (@doctorfollowill) July three, 2018
Dave Depper from Death Cab for Cutie additionally posted on Twitter, calling Swift "the most talented person I've ever met".
Richard Swift was essentially the most proficient individual I’ve ever met, some inconceivable amalgamation of Harry Nilsson, Paul McCartney, and Levon Helm, past soulful on any instrument he picked up, and a author of hilarious, heartbreaking, funky, psychedelic songs.
— Dave Depper (@davedepper) July three, 2018
US indie band The Weeks referred to as the information of Swift's loss of life "pure heartbreak".
Feeling pure heartbreak for Richard Swift’s household. Such a loss for thus many mates and all the world of music. Rest In Peace.
— The Weeks (@theweeks) July three, 2018
Born in California, Swift led a prolific and diversified profession as a self-taught musician and producer.
Perhaps greatest identified for his function as drummer for the indie-rock band The Shins between 2011 and 2016, he additionally toured as a bassist with the Black Keys in 2014.
As a producer, he labored with Foxygen, Guster and Sharon Van Etten amongst others, and based National Freedom, a recording studio in Cottage Grove, Oregon.
A group of his solo work, The Richard Swift Collection Vol. 1, was launched in 2005, below Secretly Canadian data.
His final full solo album, the Atlantic Ocean, was launched in 2009.