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Kate Bush<\/a> has shared an emotional tribute to her former bassist John Giblin, who has died on the age of 71.<\/p>\n The musician\u2019s loss of life was confirmed in a Facebook submit by the band Osibisa, with whom he had lately collaborated.<\/p>\n Giblin handed away final Sunday (May 14) in Cheltenham after \u201cbattling illness\u201d, in keeping with the group. The obituary went on to explain him as a \u201cbass guitarist, double bass player, arranger and all-round session musician extraordinaire\u201d.<\/p>\n The musician\u2019s longstanding partnership with Bush started when he performed bass on the legendary artist\u2019s 1980 singles \u2018Babooshka\u2019 and \u2018Breathing\u2019, each of which seem on her third album \u2018Never For Ever\u2019.<\/p>\n Additionally, Giblin and Bush contributed bass and backing vocals, respectively, to Peter Gabriel<\/a>\u2018s song \u2018No Self Control\u2019 that very same 12 months.<\/p>\n Giblin would go on to characteristic on Bush\u2019s information \u2018The Sensual World\u2019 (1989), \u2018The Red Shoes\u2019 (1993), \u2018Aerial\u2019 (2005), \u2018Director\u2019s Cut\u2019 (2011) and \u201950 Words For Snow\u2019 (2011).<\/p>\n He was later chosen by Bush to carry out within the band for her long-awaited comeback reveals at London\u2019s Hammersmith Apollo<\/a> in 2014. The residency, titled \u2018Before The Dawn\u2019, was captured on a reside album of the identical identify<\/a>.<\/p>\n