​Bobby Eli, guitarist behind ‘Disco Inferno’, has died aged 77

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Bobby Eli, the guitarist and songwriter behind disco classics including ‘The Love I Lost’ and ‘Disco Inferno’, has died aged 77.

Eli passed away peacefully at home in Havertown Pennsylvania on Thursday, August 17, his wife told The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Bobby Eli was a founding member of the Philadelphia International Records house band MFSB, the disco group that helped to develop the sound of R&B and soul from Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Motown into revered disco…