Queen and The Cribs have been paying tribute to producer David Richards, who died on December 20th after battling what is only described as ‘a long illness’.
Richards worked with Queen towards the end of the band’s life as a studio entity, while he crossed paths with The Cribs during the initial stages of the Jarman brothers’ ‘In The Belly of The Brazen Bull’ album.
On their official website, Queen say Richards ‘will be remembered by many as a good friend’, and continue: “He was funny and generous and great company, a talented and capable man who had an instinctive ‘magic touch’ in the recording studio. His creative productions will be enjoyed for years to come.”
“We are very sad to have today received the news that our friend David Richards has passed away in Montreux,” The Cribs have said on Facebook. “David was a producer that The Cribs always had a deep admiration for, having produced many of our favourite Queen records back in the 1980’s/90’s. We had the honour of recording with him back in the late summer of 2012, while working on preliminary sessions for ‘In The Belly of The Brazen Bull’.”