# RIP Rick Davies, Supertramp co-founder dies at 81 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 8, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842 "2025-09-08T08:55:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/1 "2025-09-08T08:55:31Z")
This was mentioned in the celebrity death pool thread, but deserves its own thread here. > **[Rick Davies, Supertramp Co-Founder Who Wrote and Sang ‘Bloody Well Right’ and...](https://variety.com/2025/music/news/supertramp-rick-davies-bloody-well-right-dead-1236511107/)** > > Supertramp Co-founder Rick Davies, who wrote and sang such hits as 'Bloody Well Right' and 'Goodbye Stranger,' has died. He was 81. One of my all time favorite bands back in the 70s. Time to go and listen to Crime of the Century and Crisis, what Crisis ? again. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/2 "2025-09-08T12:04:24Z")
Well that sucks. I know what I’ll be listening to today. Davies had a rather… um, _unique_ voice but it really worked for this band. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0Bzr4tgMRs8/maxresdefault.jpg "Supertramp - Another Man's Woman (Live in Paris 1979)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bzr4tgMRs8) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/3 "2025-09-08T12:14:41Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > One of my all time favorite bands back in the 70s. I guess it’s hard not to agree. I had a [**TDK Metal Oxide**](https://www.ebay.com/itm/127113896261?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1O9izmzpCSMO1WFikGsPzvw36&norover=1&mkrid=711-173151-913341-5&mkscid=101&itemid=127113896261&targetid=2320093655185&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9028896&poi=&campaignid=22880021969&mkgroupid=183180925386&rlsatarget=pla-2320093655185&abcId=10409737&merchantid=119069305&gad_campaignid=22880021969) cassette with the [**Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Fidelity_Sound_Lab) releases of both [**Crime of the Century**](https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/195175/Supertramp-Crime_Of_The_Century-180_Gram_Vinyl_Record) and [**Breakfast in America**](https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/50046/Supertramp-Breakfast_In_America-180_Gram_Vinyl_Record) on it. I wore out that cassette for playing it so often. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/4 "2025-09-08T12:24:02Z")
I’ve actually been listening to the old Supertramp “Breakfast” album lately. Sad to see that Davies has died. I always thought their music was innovative for its time. I mean, who else would have thought to add klezmer-style music to a rock album? It always makes me smile when the tuba and clarinet chime in. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/5 "2025-09-08T12:26:29Z")
Sad news. Supertramp is top three of my favorite bands. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/6 "2025-09-08T12:26:40Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’ve actually been listening to the old Supertramp “Breakfast” album lately. One of my favorite albums. Not even sure why, it just works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/7 "2025-09-08T12:41:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I mean, who else would have thought to add klezmer-style music to a rock album? The Beatles, with “Girl”? (Though the instrumentation is more Greek than klezmer.) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/8 "2025-09-08T12:47:24Z")
So sad to hear of his passing, but at 81 I guess he took the long way home, good-bye stranger. Supertramp was one of those quirky bands from the 70s that really defined an era of acceptance of different music styles to a broad audience. I’ll feel the same when Jeff Lynne passes I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/9 "2025-09-08T13:38:52Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’ve actually been listening to the old Supertramp “Breakfast” album lately. “Breakfast In America” is an outstanding album.(IMO) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/10 "2025-09-08T17:44:40Z")
Yeah, the line “Don’t you look at my girlfriend; she’s the only one I’ve got/Not much of a girlfriend; I never seem to get a lot.” always makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/11 "2025-09-08T17:47:53Z")
I like that line too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/12 "2025-09-09T21:41:10Z")
_Goodbye stranger it’s been nice Hope you find your paradise_ ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/13 "2025-09-11T07:45:16Z")
Breakfast in America blew my mind when I heard the album in my late teens, a couple of decades after it was released. But it didn’t end there. Supertramp has other great albums, too. Crime of the Century is magnificent, for one. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/14 "2025-09-11T13:44:25Z")
Supertramp was huge in Canada - their albums and singles were consistent chart toppers and to this day have a very loyal following. Canadian major TV networks had tributes to Davies passing. Unfortunately Global’s first two clips in their tribute showed Hodgson singing Hodgson songs. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842/15 "2025-09-11T15:26:57Z")
🙄