On May 21, 2013, the bass world lost one if its unsung stylists in Trevor Bolder, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 62. Born June 9, 1950, in Hull, England, Bolder grew up in a musical household, taking up cornet and trombone in school and picking up bass guitar in his early teens.
Bolder teamed up with Mick Ronson shortly after the guitarist began backing David Bowie as a member of the Hype in 1970, and by 1971, he had replaced longtime Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti on bass.
