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Charlie Colin, the bassist and founding member of the American pop-rock band Train, known for early hits such as “Drops of Jupiter” and “Meet Virginia,” has died. He was 58.
Colin’s sister, Caroline Stephens, confirmed her brother’s death to the Associated Press on Wednesday. He died after slipping and falling in the shower while house-sitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium, celebrity website TMZ.com reports.
Collin grew up in California and Virginia and attended Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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He played in a group called the Apostles after college with guitarist Jimmy Stafford and singer Rob Hotchkiss. The band eventually disbanded and Colin moved to Singapore for a year to write jingles.
Eventually, Colin, Hotkiss and Stafford moved to San Francisco, where Train formed with singer Pat Monahan in the early ’90s. According to an interview with Colin and Hotkiss in Berklee’s Alumni magazine, Colin brought in drummer Scott Underwood to complete the group.
Charlie Collin’s legacy
As a founding member of Train, Colin worked on the band’s first three records, 1998’s self-titled album, 2001’s “Drops of Jupiter” and 2003’s “My Private Nation”. The latter two releases peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart.
“Meet Virginia” from Train’s debut album made the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, but it was their sophomore album, “Drops of Jupiter”, that confirmed the band’s success.
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The eight-time platinum title track “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” – which features Rolling Stones session pianist Chuck Leavell and Leonard Cohen’s string orchestrator Paul Buckmaster and was written about the death of Monahan’s mother – charted on the same chart. Reached number 5. It also won two Grammys, for Best Rock Song and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocal.
Colin left Train in 2003 due to substance abuse. Monahan told NBC San Diego, “Charlie’s an incredible bass player, but he was in a lot of pain, and the way he was dealing with it was very painful for everyone around him.”
In 2015, he reunited with Hotchkiss to start a new band called Penbirds with Tom Luce.
In 2017, he formed another band called Side Deal with Stan Frazier of Sugar Ray and Joel and Scott Owen of the Pawnshop Kings.
Tributes to Colin were posted on the Band Train’s official Facebook and X social media pages on Wednesday. “When I met Charlie Collin, front left, I fell in love with him. He was such a sweet guy and what a handsome guy. Let’s make a band that’s the only reasonable thing to do,” it reads.
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“His unique bass paired with beautiful guitar playing helped people notice us in SF and beyond. I will always have a warm place in my heart for him. I always tried to pull him closer but he had his own vision. You are a legend, Charlie. Go get those angels pantsed.”
Before his death, Colin wrote in a post on Instagram in March detailing his time spent in Brussels, “Officially my favorite city”.
