William Guest, a member of Gladys Knight and the Pips, has died aged 74. (photo: Associated Press)Gladys Knight is asking God to look after one of her beloved band members who has died.Knight
and her brother, Merald “Bubba” Knight, released a statement Sunday
about Pips member William Guest, who died last week at 74 of congestive
heart failure.“We
have lost many along the way; Edward Patten, Eleanor Guest, and now
William Guest,” Gladys Knight said. “We tried using our gifts of music
in a way that would be pleasing to God. Please, take care of their
journeys home and I say thank you Lord for a long and wonderful ride.”William Guest, Member of Gladys Knight & the Pips, Dies at 74Merald Knight said Guest was “more like a ‘big’ brother to me than a distant cousin.”“From
day one, when the Pips were formed, we were two Road Warriors,
succeeding against the odds of the show business,” Knight said.
In
addition to many of the Pips’ hit singles, Guest sang backup vocals on
the 1973 recording “Midnight Train to Georgia,” which won a Grammy and
topped the Billboard Hot 100.
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