Bassist Alan Lancaster, a founding member of the British band Status Quo, which scored a top-10 hit in 1968 with “Pictures of Matchstick Men,” died Sunday. He was 72. In a Facebook post, close friend ...

For 1968's ‘Pictures of Matchstick Men', Francis Rossi looked to an intriguing northern English artist to lend a lyrical hand ...

January 1968: the band who used to be The Spectres and Traffic Jam have finally had a hit with 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' Next up on the album featuring “So Ends Another Life” is “Poor Old Man.” Its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lancaster performing live at Wembley Arena, London, in March 2013 (Shutterstock) Alan Lancaster was a founding member of Status ...