The iconic 1970s Duo Shields & Crofts Jim Seales died on Monday. He was 80 years old.
The cause of death has not been clarified. The death of Shields, who formed a music pair with Darrell "Dash" Crofts in 1969, was confirmed by several online friends and relatives, including his musician's cousin Brady Shields.
"I learned that James" Jimmy "Shields had passed. His wife, Ruby, and her children are heartbroken, "the country singer wrote on Instagram. "Keep them in your prayer. An incredible legacy he left behind."
Seals and Darrell "Dash" Croft says "Soft Rock" "Get Closer" emulating the era of "Summer Breeze", "Diamond Girl" and "Carolin Willis". None of their songs reached number one, but they made it into the top ten of the Hot 100 songs. "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)", "I'll Play for You", "Goodbye Old Buddies" and "You're the Love" have reached the top 10 of the adult contemporary charts.
Other singers We also weighted the passage of the seal.
"I spent most of my musical life with this guy. We toured together and he and Dash invited us to sing on the Seals & Crofts record. , And we played with him for years. ”Corey — England Dan, who was half of the singing group&John Ford Corey and Jim Seales brothers, Dan, who died in 2009 — "I wasn't always looking," said Corey, "Enigma."
Wool's musical genius and a very deep and meditative man, "he continued. "We didn't always agree, it wasn't always easy and it wasn't always fun, but it was certainly always interesting. Dan worshiped his brother. We were in Los Angeles. I was able to come and record and meet the right people because Jimmy opened the door to us. "
"This is a musical, so it's difficult on many levels. An era that's gone for me. And, as his song said, It will never go through this road again, "he wrote.
Despite being disbanded in 1980, Shields & Crofts reunited in the early 90's and 2000's, but after first gaining fame in the 70's. , I made only one album. Prior to their success as the
duo, both Shields and Croft were part of the most famous champions group for the hit "Tequila" played by Shields. saxophone.
Seal is 13 after playing for years I played the saxophone first at the age of. According to Variety, the father of his oil company bought him as a child Fiddle. In 1952, Shields dominated the fiddle division of the contest, and his father won the guitar. Three years later, seals played in a local band called Crewcat until they met Croft, were offered a Champs spot in 1958, and stayed in the group until 1965.
From there, the duo move to Los Angeles Los Angeles joins yet another group, Dawnbreakers, and discovers Baha'i Faith through the band's manager, Marcia Day. In 1967, the pair was converted.
Between 1969 and 1971, Shields & Crofts released three albums in pairs, Shields played the guitar and Croft played the mandolin. "Summer Breeze" finally caught the attention of mainstream listeners in 1972, while those works were in the spotlight. } In 1974, following the groundbreaking Supreme Court ruling in the Roe v. Wade case, he released the song "Unborn Child" against abortion.
Still, the duo broke up in 1980 because the disco was dominant. Croft took his family to Mexico and Australia while the seal moved to Costa Rica to start a coffee plantation and raised three children. Seals returned to the United States and settled in Nashville. He suffered a stroke in 2017, but before that he was essentially retired from his musical career.
