Legendary drummer Bill 'Swinging' Gates has died from complications of 5/4 time.
The drummer, who shared stages with such luminaries as Dean 'Aubergine' Green, Maggie 'Iron Lady' Thatcher, and Adolf 'Nice bloke' Smoke died in his sleep following the exhausting piece 'Flies dying on a windscream' during a Jazz Benefit gig.
Gates, not to be confused with the millionaire inventor of computers, was the Drummer's Drummer, with Buddy Rich amongst his many fans and admirers. Speaking to us Nick 'Moustache' Smith, from the Magazine Wisesize Jazz said: 'Gates was just Miles Ahead of anybody. Even Miles said that. They never shared a stage together, but that would have been a concert worth seeing'.
Gates was 79, and leaves three ex wives, and a priceless legacy.
