Damon Albarn has recalled his first encounter with The Specials’ Terry Corridor in a brand new interview, calling the late star “the best human being on earth”.
Corridor died in December 2022 after being recognized with most cancers months earlier. He was 63 years previous.
Talking to Radio X, Albarn spoke in regards to the first time he was in Corridor’s presence. “I used to be a child of 14,” the Gorillaz and Blur frontman mentioned. “I one way or the other managed to get to a filming of High Of The Pops, and I discovered myself standing beneath Terry Corridor and thought, ‘That is the best human being on earth’.
The pair later turned mates and frequent collaborators, with Corridor that includes on and co-writing Gorillaz’s ‘911’ with Albarn, and the latter returning the favour on Corridor’s solo songs ‘Chasing A Rainbow’ and ‘Room Full Of Nothing’, amongst different works.
“He was a stunning, stunning, enjoyable individual, and I didn’t know he was so unwell, so I by no means bought an opportunity to say goodbye,” Albarn informed Radio X.
Days after Corridor’s demise, the Blur singer shared a tribute video on social media. Within the emotional clip, he carried out a canopy of The Specials’ 1980 single ‘Friday Night time, Saturday Morning’ on piano. “Terry, you meant the world to me. I like you,” Albarn wrote within the caption.
Following Corridor’s demise, his Specials bandmate Horace Panter revealed that the pair and Specials guitarist Lynval Golding had been planning to document a reggae album in Los Angeles in early November 2022. Nonetheless, Corridor fell unwell when the musicians had been meant to enter pre-production and, quickly after, was recognized with most cancers.
Corridor was laid to relaxation in Golders Inexperienced Crematorium in January, with the service attended by the likes of Tim Burgess and Ocean Color Scene’s Steve Cradock.
