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Fred Durst, of Limp Bizkit, recently took to Instagram to pay tribute to Sam Rivers--the bassist of rock group.
Durst somberly recounts his relationship with Rivers:
"Sam Rivers, the legend. Truly. Such a gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful person. How I met Sam is I put a couple of iterations of an idea of a band I was trying to make happen in Jacksonville, Florida. I had this idea and vision for this particular type of style and sound, and I just couldn't get it together right. And so I decided, 'I'm gonna go out and find the right players to do this and bring this thing together.' And I'd gone into this little tiny bar/pub where this band was playing at Jax Beach called Pier 7. And there Sam was on the stage with his band, killing it on the bass. And I went, 'Oh my gosh, this guy's amazing.' In my mind, you had to start with the rhythm section, the bass and the drums. And I didn't know who I was gonna meet first to put this idea together — I didn't know if it'd be the drummer or the bass player — but it was the bass player. I saw Sam play and I was blown away. He was playing a five-string bass too. I'd never really seen someone using a five-string bass. And he was so smooth and good and he stood out, and I could hear nothing else but Sam. Everything disappeared besides his gift. And I went up to Sam after the show and I said, 'Hey, man, you're unbelievable. I got this idea for this band I wanna do' and kind of threw it out there and told him what I wanted it to be. And he looked at me and he says, 'Killer. I'm in. Let's do it.' I was, like, 'Oh my God. Well, let's do it.' And uh, you know, that's kind of how things started to come together. I had a bass player!"
The members of Limp Bizkit announced Rivers passing last Saturday, the 18th. Rivers was 48.
To watch the complete Durst tribute, please see the imbedded video below:
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