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Felix Pappalardi (Felix A. Pappalardi Jr) ( December 30 , 1939 – April 17 , 1983 ) was an American Producer , Songwriter , Vocalist , and Bass Guitar player. As a producer, Pappalardi is best known for his work with the Psychedelic , Blues-inspired Rock trio Cream , beginning with their second album, '' Disraeli Gears ''. As a musician, Pappalardi is most widely recognized as a bassist, vocalist, and founding member of American hard rock band Mountain , a band born out of Atlantic Records asking him to work with The Vagrants. Mountain's "Mississippi Queen" is still heard regularly on Classic Rock radio stations. Pappalardi studied Classical Music at the University Of Michigan . Upon completing his studies and returning to New York , he was unable to find work and so became part of the Greenwich Village folk-music scene where he made a name for himself as a skilled arranger; he also appeared on Tom Paxton and Fred Neil albums for Elektra Records . From there he moved into record production, initially concentrating on folk and folk-rock acts for artists such as The Youngbloods and Joan Baez . However, it was Pappalardi's late-1960s work with Cream that established his reputation. He contributed instrumentation for his imaginative studio arrangements and he and his wife, Gail , wrote the Cream hit "Strange Brew" with Eric Clapton . Pappalardi was forced to Retire because of partial Deafness , apparently from his high-volume shows with Mountain. He continued doing studio work and released a solo album and an album with Blues Creation . Pappalardi was shot and killed by his wife, Gail Collins Pappalardi , on April 17 , 1983 in Manhattan. Gail was subsequently charged with murder. She claimed it was an accident, and was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide. He is interred with his mother at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York. He was known for playing a Gibson EB-1 violin Bass through a set of Sunn Amplifier s that, he claimed, once belonged to Jimi Hendrix . DISCOGRAPHY As Bassist As Songwriter As Vocalist As Producer
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