Hall & Oates Bassist Dies Unexpectedly, Leaves Behind Groovy '80s Bass LineTuesday March 2, 2010
Any day on which a musician closely associated with the '80s dies is a mighty sad one on this site, but March 1, 2010 was particularly nasty in taking away from us the man behind one of the greatest, most recognized bass lines of the decade. I don't know if he wrote the bass part or had any particular creative hand in the song, but Tom "T-Bone" Wolk - long-time bass player for '80s pop duo Hall & Oates - has always played an anonymous but major role in the pair's smash 1982 hit "Maneater." Unfortunately, Wolk's death at 58 from an apparent heart attack might be the first chance for many '80s music fans to put a name with the bass (or face, for that matter).
