Larry Tamblyn, who co-founded the garage-rock cult-favorite band the Standells, famous for the 1965 single “Dirty Water,” died Friday, the group announced on social media. The keyboard player and sometimes lead singer for the band was 82. No cause of death was given.
Tamblyn was the keyboard player for the Standells, and the group’s lead singer for a few years after they first formed in 1962, although it was drummer Dick Dodd who sang lead on “Dirty Water.” Their one big chart hit reached No. 11 in 1966 on the Billboard Hot 100 and cracked the top 10 on the Cashbox chart.
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