gap band members died
Founding member of The Gap Band, bassist Robert Wilson died Sunday, according to Billboard.com. He suffered a heart attack at his home in Palmdale, California. He was 53. Known as the âGodfather of Bass Guitar,â Robert formed The Gap Band with his brothers Charlie and Ronnie in the late â60s in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Originally, they were known as the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band, before they shortened the moniker to The Gap Band.