“Daryl Dragon from the 70 talsgruppen is dead”
“In the 70s, pumped the group Captain and Tennille out the epic hits. “
“Now Daryl ”The Captain” Dragon died at the age of 76 years. “
“His best friend and former wife, Toni Tennille, was at his side when he fell asleep in. “
“With songs like ”Do that to me one more time”, ”Muskrat love” and ”Love will keep us together”, accounted for 70-talsduon ”Captain and Tennille” a large part of the decade’s music scene. “
“you are Now one half asleep. On Wednesday died, Daryl Dragon at a hospital in Arizona because of kidney failure. At his side he had his best friend and former wife, Toni Tennille, 78. “
“During 1967-1972 was Daryl Dragon, one of the members of the iconic 60-talsgruppen ”The beach boys”, where he played keyboards and was awarded The nickname of ”The Captain”. “
“Pianokunskaperna brought them together.”
“It would be his skilled pianokunskaper that led him to Toni Tennille, who hired Daryl Dragon to play the piano in the musical ”Mother Earth” in 1971. “
“Daryl Dragon offered, in turn, Toni Tennille a role as a pianist in ”The beach boys” the next tour. They took a liking for each other and became a couple, both on the private scene and the musical.”
“When they got married in 1975, they had under the group name ”Captain and Tenille” created several big hits. The year before had ”Love will keep us together” climbed up on the musiktoppen and stayed there for eight weeks in a row. The feat meant that the group was awarded a Grammy for best song of 1975. “
“the Couple divorced in 2014 but continued to be close friends. “
“”He was a wonderful musician with many friends who loved him. I was most creative when I was with him,” says Toni Tennille in a statement, according to the Hollywood reporter. “
