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Richard Tandy, ELO keyboardist who shaped band’s futuristic sound, dies aged 76

Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne announces death of ‘remarkable musician and friend’ who played everything from the Minimoog to the Clavinet

Richard Tandy, the keyboardist in Electric Light Orchestra who shaped much of the British rock band’s sound, has died aged 76. Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/AlamyTandy was Lynne’s right-hand man in the studio, helping to arrange strings and providing backing vocals, and played on every ELO album except 1971’s No Answer. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of ELO, alongside Lynne, Bevan and Roy Wood, who co-founded the group before leaving in 1972 to form Wizzard.

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