Queen guitarist Brian May recently confirmed to Mojo magazine that the band’s former bassist John Deacon is still involved in the group’s decision-making process.
Brian May talks about John Deacon
“John still has a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ say,” he said. “We get messages that he’s happy with what we’re doing, but he doesn’t want the stress of being involved creatively, and we respect that. Freddie [Mercury, late Queen singer] we can’t talk to, sadly. But the four of us worked as a team for so long that Roger [Taylor, Queen drummer] and I have a pretty good idea what our fellow Queen members would be saying. This thing is longer that anybody’s marriage.”
Deacon co-wrote some of Queen’s biggest hits including “Another One Bites The Dust” and “You’re My Best Friend.” He had retired from music soon after Mercury’s death.
“As far as we are concerned, this is it,” John said at the time. “There is no point carrying on. It is impossible to replace Freddie.”
Deacon eventually played three more times with the band. It includes his performance at the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and a charity concert with Roger Taylor at Cowdray House in England in 1993.
His last live appearance with Queen took place in 1997, at the opening of the Bejart Ballet in Paris in 1997, where the band played one of the final songs they recorded with Mercury, “The Show Must Go On”, with Elton John on vocals. Deacon was also involved in the recording of Queen’s 1997 song “No One But You (Only The Good Die Young)”, which was included on the “Queen Rocks” album.
