Herbie Flowers

Real Name:
Brian Keith Flowers
Profile:
English studio musician born 19 May 1938, in Isleworth, Middlesex. Flowers specializes in bass guitar, double-bass and tuba, and became prominent performing with David Bowie, Elton John and then later Lou Reed. It is his bass that opens Reed's Walk On The Wild Side and underpins Bowie's Space Oddity as well as the Harry Nilsson song Jump Into The Fire. In 1969, Flowers co-founded the group Blue Mink. He was a member of CCS and later featured in a mid-1970s line-up of T. Rex. In 1979 he became a co-founder of the band Sky. Since the band's demise in the early 1990s, Flowers has spent most of his time playing jazz. He also works as a bass guitar teacher, and leads many 'rockshops' at schools, helping children to create and perform their own songs, as well as covering many others. Flowers is also known for having composed the novelty hit Grandad for Clive Dunn.
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Albums

KPM 1089 Bass Guitar And Percussion - Volume 2 — Herbie Flowers H. Flowers* / B. Morgan* H. Flowers* / B. Morgan* - Bass Guitar And Percussion - Volume 2(LP) KPM Music KPM 1089 UK 1971 Sell This Version
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KPM 1088 Bass Guitar And Percussion — Herbie Flowers H. Flowers* And B. Morgan* H. Flowers* And B. Morgan* - Bass Guitar And Percussion(LP) KPM Music KPM 1088 UK 1971 Sell This Version
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9109 204 Plant Life — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Plant Life(LP, Album) Philips 9109 204 UK 1975 Sell This Version
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NTS 216, OC 054-07 394 A Little Potty — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers A Little Potty(LP, Album) EMI, EMI NTS 216, OC 054-07 394 UK 1980 Sell This Version
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ACBLP01 Christmas Guitars — Herbie Flowers Pete Willsher And Jay Stapeley* And Keith Miller (2) And Alan Coulter And Andre Jacquemin* And Herbie Flowers Pete Willsher And Jay Stapeley* And Keith Miller (2) And Alan Coulter And Andre Jacquemin* And Herbie Flowers - Christmas Guitars(2xLP) Britannia (3) ACBLP01 UK 1981 Sell This Version
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DWS/LP 3526 Herbie's Stuff — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Herbie's Stuff(LP) Music De Wolfe DWS/LP 3526 UK 1984 Sell This Version
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ZZCD 9803 The Business  — Herbie Flowers Mike Hatchard · Herbie Flowers Mike Hatchard · Herbie Flowers - The Business (CD) Zah Zah ZZCD 9803 UK 1998 Sell This Version
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LongMan 035CD Richard Durrant, Herbie Flowers Richard Durrant, Herbie Flowers - Pandora(CD, Album) LongMan Records LongMan 035CD UK 2003 Sell This Version
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TUCH2032CD New York Trouble / Electric Progression — Herbie Flowers Tim "Love" Lee, Shawn Lee, Barry Morgan, Herbie Flowers Tim "Love" Lee, Shawn Lee, Barry Morgan, Herbie Flowers - New York Trouble / Electric Progression (Album) Tummy Touch TUCH2032CD UK 2013 Sell This Version
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none Shuffle Jazz — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers - George Ricci (4) Herbie Flowers - George Ricci (4) - Shuffle Jazz(CD, Album) Not On Label none UK Unknown Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs

MCA 40208 Herbie Flowers Tramp (Single) MCA Records MCA 40208 Canada 1973 Sell This Version
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2058 396 Tramp — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Tramp (Single) Polydor 2058 396 UK 1973 Sell This Version
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6006 476 Mouth / Hi! It's Herbie Flowers — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Mouth / Hi! It's Herbie Flowers(7") Philips 6006 476 UK 1975 Sell This Version
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6006 497 Dancing At Danny's / Mathematics — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Dancing At Danny's / Mathematics(7", Single) Philips 6006 497 UK 1976 Sell This Version
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EMI 2625 Jubilee — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Jubilee (Single) EMI EMI 2625 UK 1977 Sell This Version
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EMI 2767 Don't Take My Bass Away — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Don't Take My Bass Away (Single) EMI EMI 2767 UK 1978 Sell This Version
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EMI 2917 Mr Moonlight — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Mr Moonlight(7", Single, Promo) EMI EMI 2917 UK 1979 Sell This Version
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EMI 5130 Just For You — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Just For You(7", Single) EMI EMI 5130 UK 1981 Sell This Version
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EMI 5170 Burlington Bertie (Tramp) — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Burlington Bertie (Tramp)(7", Single) EMI EMI 5170 UK 1981 Sell This Version
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ARO 273 Tuba Smarties — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers Tuba Smarties(7", Single) Ariola ARO 273 UK 1981 Sell This Version
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MAGIC 2 I Love 'Er — Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers I Love 'Er(7", Single) Magic Records (12) MAGIC 2 UK 1983 Sell This Version
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Compilations

INT 146.313 Morning Sky — Herbie Flowers John Williams (7), Rick Wakeman, Ray Cooper, Chris Spedding, Herbie Flowers John Williams (7), Rick Wakeman, Ray Cooper, Chris Spedding, Herbie Flowers - Morning Sky(LP, Comp) Cube Records INT 146.313 Germany Unknown Sell This Version