Bruce Arnold, finest referred to as the chief songwriter and singer of the soft-rock band Orpheus, has died at age 76 in Marin County. His household confirmed the demise however didn’t present a date or trigger.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Arnold based Orpheus in 1967. he group recorded 4 Talbums and 6 singles for MGM and Bell Information, together with . Its the hit single “Can’t Discover The Time,” which peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 in 1969.
“Can’t Discover the Time” was revived when Hootie & the Blowfish coated it within the 2000 comedy movie Me, Myself & Irene, starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger.
Orpheus carried out with such acts because the Who, Cream, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, the Lovin’ Spoonful and Blood, Sweat & Tears.
“We have been proper within the midst of that,” Mr. Arnold mentioned in an interview with the Marin Unbiased Journal in 2012. “However Orpheus didn’t sound just like the music being made by the hip teams. We have been off on our personal tangent.”
Arnold was additionally the pastor of a Church of the Open Door congregation in Level Reyes Station from 1975 to 1987.
An announcement from actor Chuck Norris was given to the Marin Unbiased Journal on Arnold’s passing
“His God-given abilities of writing, singing and enjoying the guitar have been solely matched by his potential to unfold the gospel of Christ,” Norris mentioned. “We are going to cherish our recollections and know his loving household will keep on his music and message.”
The primary Orpheus album in moe than 50 years was being labored on on the time of Arnold’s demise.
Survivors embrace his spouse, Judy Arnold and sons John Mark Arnold, Oliver Arnold and Grey Ainsworth; his daughter Erin Fish; his brother Les Arnold Jr.; and an prolonged household.
No memorial plans have been revealed.
