Dash Crofts, half of the US soft rock duo Seals and Crofts who were famous for hits including Summer Breeze, has died aged 85.<\/p>\n
Along with Jim Seals, the Texas-born musician, whose real name was Darrell \u201cDash\u201d Crofts, was also known for soft rock tracks Diamond Girl and Get Closer.<\/p>\n
His death was announced by his producer Louie Shelton on Thursday, and friends have remembered him as a \u201ctrue music legend\u201d who \u201chelped create some of the most timeless songs ever written\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a post on Facebook, US producer Shelton wrote: \u201cSad to hear our dear brother and partner in music has passed away today.<\/p>\n
\u201cSending love and prayers to all his family and many fans. R.I.P. my brother\u2026 Dash Crofts.\u201d<\/p>\n
It has since been reported by The New York Times that his daughter, Lua Crofts Faragher, said the musician died in hospital on Wednesday from heart failure.<\/p>\n
The rocker was also remembered by US country singer Pauline Reese, who shared a series of photos with Crofts on Instagram and wrote: \u201cYesterday we lost a true music legend, Dash Crofts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had the honour of meeting Dash through one of his closest friends, my keyboard player Mitch Connell.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven more special, he came with his wife Louise to watch me perform. That is something I will never forget.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel truly blessed to have gotten to know him, even if only a little bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs one half of Seals and Crofts, Dash helped create some of the most timeless songs ever written, including Summer Breeze, Diamond Girl, and Get Closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis music has a way of bringing a sense of peace. What stood out most to me was not just the music, but who he was.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was kind, humble, and full of soul. Rest easy, Dash. Your music will live on forever.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy deepest condolences to his family and close friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
His musical partner James \u201cJimmy\u201d Seals died in 2022 aged 80.<\/p>\n
Seals and Crofts formed in the late 1960s, with the two men having known each other as teenagers, and were among a wave of soft rock groups that included Hall and Oates, America and Bread as well as England Dan and John Ford Coley.<\/p>\n
They disbanded in 1980 but reunited in 1991 and then again in 2004 to release their final album Traces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dash Crofts, half of the US soft rock duo Seals and Crofts who were famous for hits including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,165441,93,61,60,165444,165445,165446,165443,165442],"class_list":["post-367449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-dash-crofts","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jim-seals","tag-louie-shelton","tag-lua-crofts-faragher","tag-seals-and-crofts","tag-summer-breeze"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}