Bass guitarist Herbie Flowers, who played with David Bowie, Elton John, Lou Reed and other music legends in a decades-long career, has died at 86.

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Flowers was a founding member of the pop group Blue Mink, who later joined the rock band T Rex. He won acclaim for his work with many of the biggest names in U.K. music in the 1970s, giving Reed害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所淲alk On The Wild Side,害羞草研究所� from the 1972 害羞草研究所淭ransformer害羞草研究所� album, its recognizable twinned bassline.

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Flowers also founded the instrumental rock band Sky in the late 1970s, releasing seven albums.

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