Mick Dyche Explained

Mick Dyche
Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:4 October 1951[1]
Birth Place:Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
Death Place:Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Instrument:Guitar
Genre:Soft rock, blues-rock, folk-rock
Occupation:Musician, songwriter
Years Active:1972–2018
Label:Atlantic, Chiswick Records
Past Member Of:Sniff 'n' the Tears

Mick Dyche (4 October 1951 – 21 December 2018) was an English rock and folk guitarist, and former member of 1970s soft rock band Sniff 'n' the Tears.[2] He was known for playing guitar on their only major hit "Driver's Seat", for which he also provided the opening guitar riff, as credited by former bandmate Laurence "Loz" Netto in a 2005 interview with Lars Hindsley.[3]

Born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, he had appeared on Wild Turkey's 1972 album, Turkey, as a guitarist and vocalist; on Tim Rose's 1975 LP The Musician; and on Snips' 1978 LP Video King; before joining Sniff 'n' the Tears.[4]

After Sniff 'n' the Tears, Dyche played live and recorded with a range of bands and musicians, including the Pat Travers Band,[5] Noel McCalla, John Illsley,[6] The Hank Wangford Band and The Maddy Prior Band.[7] He also rejoined Glenn Cornick's band Wild Turkey,[8] [9] [10] for some time circa 2006, and, more recently, he played with the Burton upon Trent-based band Mona Leeza.

Death

Mick Dyche died on 21 December 2018, in Hereford. He had been diagnosed with cancer in February that same year.[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Funeral Notices - Mick DYCHE. Funeral-notices.co.uk.
  2. Web site: BBC - Music - Sniff 'n' the Tears. BBC Music. 4 November 2014.
  3. Web site: Getting To Know Loz Netto - DangerMan Media by Lars Hindsley. DangerMan Media by Lars Hindsley. 4 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Mick Dyche - Credits. AllMusic. 3 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Pat Travers Band, The – BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert. Discogs.com. 4 November 2014.
  6. Web site: John Illsley – Glass. Discogs.com. 4 November 2014.
  7. Web site: Maddy Prior - Discography: Hooked On Winning. Gaudela.net. 4 November 2014.
  8. Web site: Gallery :: THE EARLY YEARS :: agk. Cornick.org. 4 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210525/http://www.cornick.org/gallery/album07/agk?full=1. 23 September 2015. dead.
  9. http://www.wildturkey.mu/photos.html
  10. Web site: Photograph. JPG. Itullians.com. 4 November 2014.
  11. Web site: Burton musician died before he could marry his soulmate. Derby Telegraph. 31 May 2018.
  12. Web site: R.I.P. Mick Dyche, 1951 - 2018. Sniffnthetears.com. 31 May 2019.