Larry Tamblyn, Co-Founder of Garage-Rock Band the Standells and Brother of Russ Tamblyn, Dies at 82
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Larry Tamblyn, who co-founded the garage-rock cult-favorite band the Standells, famous for the 1965 single “Dirty Water,” died Friday, the group announced on social media.
The keyboard player and sometimes lead singer for the band was 82. No cause of death was given. Tamblyn was the keyboard player for the Standells, and the group’s lead singer for a few years after they first formed in 1962, although it was drummer Dick Dodd who sang lead on “Dirty Water.” Their one big chart hit reached No.
11 in 1966 on the Billboard Hot 100 and cracked the top 10 on the Cashbox chart. Despite the Bostonian connotations of “Dirty Water,” Tamblyn was a member of Hollywood royalty of sorts, being the younger brother of “West Side Story”/”Twin Peaks” actor Russ Tamblyn and uncle to Amber Tamblyn.
The song’s endurance over the decades has been credited first to its inclusion on the influential “Nuggets” compilation album of garage-rock and psychedelic pop from the 1960s, and then to its adoption by Boston sports teams, played when the Red Sox, Celtics or Bruins win a home game.
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