Musician
Tom
'T-Bone" Wolk
died
of
heart
attack
on
Saturday.
The
58-years-old
bassist
collapsed
on
Saturday
night
in
Pawling,
NY
hours
after
a
studio
session.
He
had
been
recording
a
solo
album.
He
was
due
to
perform
on
Monday
for
the
anniversary
show
of
NBC"s
'Late
Night
with
Jimmy
Fallon',
with
Daryl
Hall
and
John
Oates.
He
had
been
playing
bass
guitar
with
Daryl
Hall
and
John
Oates
since
1981.
He
originally
got
the
gig
after
playing
bass
on
the
first
gold
rap
record,
'These
Are
The
Breaks',
by
Kurtis
Blow
in
early
1981.
This
gave
him
the
chance
to
audition
for
the
Hall
and
Oates
band
and
23
years
later
he
became
the
resident
musical
director
and
often
times
co-producer
of
their
records.
Wolk
was
the
in-house
bass
player
for
the
popular
show
'Saturday
Night
Live" for
4
years,
between
1986
and
1992.
He
had
also
worked
with
Carly
Simon,
Jellyfish,
Rosanne
Cash,
Bette
Midler,
Cyndi
Lauper,
Jewel,
Squeeze,
Elvis
Costello,
Shawn
Colvin
and
Billy
Joel
over
the
course
of
his
career.
Shocked
Daryl
Hall
said,
“T-Bone
was
my
musical
brother
and
losing
him
is
like
losing
my
right
hand.
It"s
not
if
I
will
go
on,
but
how.
T-Bone
was
one
of
the
most
sensitive
and
good
human
beings
that
I
have
ever
known.
And,
I
can
truly
say
that
I
loved
him."
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