Journey Co-founding Guitarist George Tickner Dies Aged 76

Guitarist George Tickner has died on the elderly of 76. He was once a founding member of Adventure and performed at the band’s 1975 self-titled debut album earlier than Neal Schon took on sole guitar tasks. He additionally had writing credit on their 2nd and 3rd albums.

Prior to forming the band as a rhythm guitarist, Tickner was once a member San Francisco outfit Frumious Bandersnatch the place he met bassist Ross Valory, who would co-found the band with Tickner earlier than serving two lengthy tenures with Adventure.

Tickner left Adventure after the recording in their debut album to wait Standford Clinical Faculty however would pass directly to open The Hive recording studio with Valory and joined with the bassist and drummer Stevie Roseman in VTR with quite a lot of Adventure alumni guesting on their 2005 album, Cinema. 

Schon paid tribute to his former bandmate on Twitter, writing “RIP George you presently fly with the angels” and later posted a video of him enjoying blues on a Strat with the message “Prayers for George”.