(Gibson) Top British composer, musician, orchestrator and '70s rock pioneer David Bedford, has died. He was 74.His avant-garde meets rock music career coincided with the prog-rock boom of the early '70s and Bedford worked with a host of top artists including Kevin Ayers, Mike Oldfield, Roy Harper, Edgar Broughton Band , Camel and Robert Wyatt.
Classic Rock magazine reports that aside from the progressive rock genre he later worked with a diverse set of pop and rock acts including A-ha, Camel, Elvis Costello, Madness and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. more on this story
