Diane Luckey, referred to as Q Lazzarus, died on the age of 61. Luckey is finest recognized for her 1988 monitor “Goodbye Horses,” which is finest recognized for its placement within the 1990 movie The Silence of the Lambs. The track was used within the scene the place serial killer Buffalo Invoice eerily talks to himself within the mirror.
On the finish of July, an obituary printed within the Asbury Park Press which stated the New Jersey native died on July 19 after a short sickness. Eva Aridjis, a pal of Luckey’s, confirmed her dying to Rolling Stone.
Luckey was born in Neptune, New Jersey on Dec. 12, 1960. She moved to New York Metropolis when she was 18 and started working at Sigma Sounds Studio as a backup singer. She started performing and recording underneath her alias—Q Lazzarus—within the ’80s, alongside along with her backup band the Resurrection. She was a gifted multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, enjoying guitar and piano, and he or she even toured within the UK for a number of years.
Whereas working as a taxi cab driver within the metropolis, Luckey picked up director Jonathan Demme. In accordance with Arijdis, Luckey performed her personal cassette within the automotive, and Demme preferred her music. He ended up utilizing a couple of of her recordings in his movies together with “The Candle Goes Away” (One thing Wild), and “Goodbye Horses” (Married to the Mob, Philadelphia). Luckey additionally appeared in Philadephia, the place she coated the Speaking Heads’ “Heaven.”
Luckey had by no means secured a document deal, and following her function in Philadelphia, she disappeared from music and people near her.
Aridjis is making a documentary about Luckey, titled Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus, which will likely be launched subsequent 12 months.
