Jim Seals, who teamed with fellow musician 'Dash' Crofts on such 1970s soft-rock hits as 'Summer Breeze' and 'Diamond Girl' has died. He was 80.
Seals' death was announced Tuesday by multiple people including John Ford Coley — who formed the ‘70s duo England Dan & John Ford Coley with Seals’ older brother Dan — and Seals' cousin and fellow musician Brady Seals. Further details were not immediately available.."My heart just breaks for his wife Ruby and their children. Please keep them in your prayers. What an incredible legacy he leaves behind.
“This is a hard one on so many levels as this is a musical era passing for me,” he added. “And it will never pass this way again as his song said. He belonged to a group that was one of a kind.” Seals and Darrell George “Dash” Crofts were Texas natives who had known each other since they were teenagers and had previously been in the Champs, which before they joined had a hit single with “Tequila,” and a group including Glen Campbell. They started Seals and Crofts in the late 1960s and over the next several years were among a wave of soft-rock groups that included America, Bread, and England Dan & John Ford Coley.
They broke up in 1980, but reunited briefly in the early 1990s and again in 2004, when they released the album “Traces.” Seals also performed on occasion with his brother Dan, who died in 2009.
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