Thanks, Ben for letting us know...
R.I.P. Gerard and thanks for the good music.
Regards to all,
Robert
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On Thu, 2/21/19, Ben Stuyts yahoo@stuyts.nl [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Earth and Fire keyboard player Gerard Koerts (71) died
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019, 7:03 PM
Hi all,
Just read that Gerard Koerts, keyboard player of dutch
prog-rock band Earth & Fire, died at 71. I own his
Mellotron, seen here in this YT clip while it was still in
it’s original white. He painted it (badly) black later on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctmaapt68Lg
From Dutch newspaper AD:
https://www.ad.nl/show/earth-and-fire-toetsenist-gerard-koerts-71-overleden~a2f0446f/
Via google translate:
Earth and Fire keyboard player Gerard Koerts (71) died
Composer and producer Gerard Koerts passed away at the age
of 71 today. That is what guitarist Hans Ziech and Koerts
wife Ella know. Ziech was in the 70s and 80s with Koerts
active in the Hague pop group Earth and Fire.
Koerts died in France, where he lived with his wife for the
last ten years. He suffered from lung problems and had been
in a coma at the Perpignan hospital since Monday. "He
had been ill for a while, the last days he went backwards
quickly" said Ziech.
Koerts started at the age of 14, with his twin brother
Chris, a musical duo under the name The Singing Twins. This
later developed further into Earth and Fire. Gerard (on
keyboards) and Chris (on guitar) wrote several songs,
including the hit Weekend from 1979, which was sung by
Jerney Kaagman.
After his brother left the band later that year, Gerard
continued until 1983. After that he started a music studio
with Chris and released two albums under the name Earth and
Fire Orchestra.
Gerard Koerts had a summer and a winter house in France.
With his wife he had two children, a son and a daughter. His
son died a few years ago. Chris Koerts also lives in
France.
Ben
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