Former Train bassist Charlie Colin dead at 58 after falling in shower

Charlie Colin, a founding member of Train, has died. He was 58. 

On Wednesday, TMZ reported that according to the musician’s mother, he passed away after he slipped and fell in the shower while house-sitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium. 

He was found when his friends returned home from their trip, she said. 

He was in Brussels teaching a master class at a conservatory, and he was making a film, his mother told the outlet. 

Train is best known for the hit songs “Drops of Jupiter” and “Hey, Soul Sister.” 

Colin was a bass player who co-founded the San Francisco band in the ‘90s 

Charlie, a bass player, helped form the band in San Francisco in the mid ’90s, along with original members Pat Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood.

Their breakout album was 1998’s “Train.” 

Colin left the band in 2003, after they won 2 Grammys in 2002. 

 As of 2024, Train consists of Monahan, , Taylor Locke,  Hector Maldonado, Jerry Becker, and Matt Musty.