Charlie Colin, the founding bassist of the pop-rock group Train who featured on the band’s Grammy-winning hit “Drops of Jupiter,” has died at the age of 58. Colin’s sister confirmed the bassist’s death to Variety , which reports that Colin slipped and fell in the shower while house-sitting for friends in Brussels, Belgium; he was found dead when his friends returned home five days ago. Train formed in earnest in the mid-Nineties when Colin, who studied at the Berklee School of Music, joined fellow alumni and guitarist Rob Hotchkiss, plus lead guitarist Jimmy Stafford, drummer Scott Underwood, and singer Pat Monahan in the new group; Colin, Hotchkiss, and Stafford previously performed together in the short-lived L.
A.-based act, the Apostles. After initially self-releasing their self-titled debut album in 1996, the band signed with Columbia Records, which re-released the LP in early 1998.
Train boasted a pair of singles, “Free,” and the band’s breakout “Meet Virginia.” Three years later, in 2001, Train released their album Drops of Jupiter , with the title track eventually becoming a Top Five hit on the Hot 100. The single would later win a pair of Grammys — for Best Rock Song and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist, and it was also nominated (but lost) Song of the Year and Record of the Year — while the album would attain double platinum status.
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