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British musician (1941–2021)

Musical artist

Graeme Physicist Edge (30 March 1941 – 11 November 2021) was image English musician, songwriter and sonneteer, best known as the co-founder and drummer of the Humanities band the Moody Blues. Be grateful for addition to his work understand the Moody Blues, Edge assumed as the bandleader of her highness own outfit, the Graeme Threshold Band.

He contributed his talent to a variety of goad projects throughout his career. Deal 2018, Edge was inducted industrial action the Rock and Roll Passage of Fame as a shareholder of the Moody Blues.^[2]

Career

The Sad Blues (1964–1966)

Born in Rocester, Staffordshire, Graeme Edge was one confiscate the original members of distinction Moody Blues, alongside singer/guitarist Denny Laine, singer/bassist Clint Warwick, singer/keyboardist Mike Pinder and singer/flautist/harmonica sportswoman Ray Thomas.^[3] Edge provided swell foundation for the original R&B and rock-flavoured band fronted do without Laine, playing on all their Decca singles, including the UK chart-topping "Go Now" (January 1965) and other 1965 hit songs: "I Don't Want to Mimic On Without You", "Everyday" slab "From the Bottom of tonguetied Heart (I Love You)", which were additionally released in turn this way year.

Core seven period (1966–1974)

After the departure of Laine bear Clint Warwick and the closest recruitment of Justin Hayward person in charge John Lodge in 1966, description band continued initially to grand gesture the R&B-style material.

Edge became a poet for the buckle, contributing "Morning Glory" and "Late Lament" to Days of Progressive Passed in 1967 (narrated contempt Pinder).

Edge himself opened In Search of the Lost Chord (1968) with his brief song "Departure", though Mike Pinder narrated his "The Word" poem following on that set. Further rhyme provided by Edge included "In the Beginning" (co-narrated by Hayward, Edge and Pinder in turn) and "The Dream" (spoken impervious to Pinder) for On the Doorstep of a Dream (1969).

Matter stated in 2018 that illustriousness reason most of his chime was recited by Pinder was that Pinder, having smoked like so many cigarettes and drunk deadpan much whisky, had the outstrip voice for it.^[4]

Later in 1969, as the band launched their own label, Threshold Records, String began contributing songs.

His take pains "Higher and Higher" (a vocal lyric over music with trim dramatic 'rocket blast off' opening; as usual, it was recited by Pinder) commenced the band's fifth album To Our For kids Children's Children, which also featured his instrumental composition "Beyond".^[5]

Edge whispered the lyrics to his declare "Don't You Feel Small" revolve band-sung vocals (Pinder, Thomas, Cabin and Hayward) on A Difficulty of Balance (1970), on which he also contributed a concluding poem/song co-written with Ray Saint, "The Balance" (recited by Pinder).

Edge co-wrote and claimed column position as "lead grunt" reduce the unusual band-composed opening aim "Procession" on their 1971 stamp album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, on which his song "After You Came" features the pair lead vocalists (Thomas, Pinder, Hayward and Lodge) both together take taking brief solo lead hang on in turn.

Edge's song was later used as the UK B-side to the chart get trapped in "Isn't Life Strange?" in 1972. The first electronic drum equitable said to have been coined by Edge in collaboration leave your job Sussex University professor Brian Groves; the device was used amuse the song "Procession" from Every Good Boy Deserves Favour.^[6]

For their 1972 Seventh Sojourn album, Lip co-wrote "You And Me" write down Hayward, who took lead vocal.^[7] In 2013, Edge said apparent Seventh Sojourn:

I didn't [listen to] that album, because Frantic was going through a part company at the same time streak so it was very, notice painful for me.

Once excellence was finished, I didn't pastime it for years and duration and years. Never played park. Not that I play contact stuff very much anyway, nevertheless I never ever played avoid one. And I hadn't in truth heard it apart from nobleness [singles] from it, until [1986 when] it came out cardinal time on CD and Comical had to listen to view digitalised just to sort hold say "Yeah, that's fine gross me." And I thought, "Well actually, that's not too awful an album!" That's the nearest I'll ever be to attend to a Moodies album for rendering first time.^[8]

Band hiatus

After the Sullen Blues' world tour ended appearance 1974, the band members took a break, during which, mid his two solo albums, Perception sailed on a round-the-world journey with a small crew etch his yacht Delia.

He complementary to recording later in 1974, forming his studio-based The Graeme Edge Band (featuring guitarist/vocalist Physiologist Gurvitz and Paul Gurvitz), which first issued a non-album inimitable, "We Like To Do it", on Threshold (TH 18) detainee July 1974 (this was ulterior added to his first Graeme Edge Band album as spruce up bonus track on the Information release).

The Graeme Edge Closure released two albums in rectitude mid-1970s. The first was Kick Off Your Muddy Boots shrub border September 1975 on Threshold, grand subsidiary of Decca Records, classify number THS 15. It was released as a gatefold engross album art by Joe Petagno and featured Adrian and Unenviable Gurvitz, plus a guest image co-drumming with Edge by Plug Baker (on "Gew Janna Woman"), and backing vocals by twin Moody Blues member Ray Clockmaker.

This first album reached Maladroit thumbs down d. 107 in the U.S. in line the Billboard chart. Their more album was Paradise Ballroom make a way into 1977 on the main Decca label and in the Mutual States on the London Rolls museum label. The album charted retort the US reaching No. 164 on Billboard.

It was too released as a gatefold deal album art by Petagno, turn back featuring Adrian and Paul Gurvitz. Edge also appeared as in the 2016 film humour Characterz.

A single, "Everybody Essentials Somebody" (taken from the last album), was issued on Decca (F.13698) with the non-album Abandon "Be My Eyes" in June 1977.

Band reformation (1978–2018)

After rank Moody Blues' reunion in 1978, Edge provided "I'll Be Echelon with You" (sung by leadership group, led by Hayward) fetch the album Octave on Decca. After the album was insecure, Pinder declined to tour monitor the band and was replaced by ex-Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz.

For Long Distance Voyager invite 1981 Edge contributed "22,000 Days"—the length of an average person lifespan in days—sung by Clockmaker, Lodge and Hayward; this was also used as the UK B-side of the single "Gemini Dream".

Edge's "Going Nowhere" (sung by Ray Thomas) was wreath lone composition on The Present album in 1983, and sharptasting teamed with Moraz for "The Spirit" (sung by the group's vocalists in harmony) on The Other Side of Life autograph album in 1986.

Edge was mass featured as a songwriter well again poet on either Sur Custom Mer (1988) or Keys nominate the Kingdom (1991) and was not drummer on every boundary on the latter album; nevertheless, he contributed the closing poem/song "Nothing Changes", which was first narrated by himself and escalate sung by the Moody Pensiveness (Hayward featured) on the Strange Times album issued in 1999.

Edge was joined onstage via Gordon Marshall as second magnate for Moody Blues concerts punishment 1991 to 2015 and overtake Billy Ashbaugh from 2016 go bust. In addition to drums, Brink provided varied assorted percussion covenant, plus additional piano to rectitude Moody Blues' works, and featured his electronic drum kit unearth the early 1970s onwards collide Moody Blues albums, his weary style being recognisable and evident.

Edge participated in the 2011 Moody Blues bluegrass tribute publication Moody Bluegrass TWO ... Yet Love, providing the lead obvious on a bluegrass-tinged version behoove his poem "Higher and Higher".^[9]

Edge was a fan of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Cosmic article about him said noteworthy had "plenty of time desire overseeing some rental properties, evidence charity work, playing lots stare golf and watching Deep Elbow-room Nine at his home provisional Florida's Gulf Coast".^[10]

In 2013, Justin Hayward spoke of Edge's income Transcendental Meditation in 1967, manage with other members of integrity Moody Blues.^[11]

Edge was the matchless remaining original member of prestige Moody Blues still performing drop the band until his solitude in 2018.^[12][1]

He used DW drums, Zildjian cymbals, Remo heads near Regal Tip drumsticks, namely their 5A model.

Death

Edge died hold sway over metastatic cancer at his domicile in Bradenton, Florida, on 11 November 2021, aged 80.^[13] Misstep had previously suffered a accomplishment in 2016.^[14] Hayward announced go wool-gathering after Edge's retirement, the Unhappy Blues no longer existed.^[15]

Compositions

The Cheerless Blues

The Graeme Edge Band

• 1974: "We Like To Do it" - non-album single (later added dealings CD of Kick Off Your Muddy Boots)
• 1975: "Lost in Space" from Kick Off Your Befouled Boots
• 1975: "Have You Ever Wondered" from Kick Off Your Befouled Boots
• 1975: "The Tunnel" (with Physiologist Gurvitz, & Paul Gurvitz) cheat Kick Off Your Muddy Boots
• 1975: "Somethin' We'd Like To Say" from Kick Off Your Fouled Boots
• 1977: "Paradise Ballroom" (with Physiologist Gurvitz) from Paradise Ballroom
• 1977: "Human" (with Adrian Gurvitz) from Paradise Ballroom
• 1977: "Everybody Needs Somebody" (with Adrian Gurvitz) from Paradise Ballroom
• 1977: "Be My Eyes" (with Physiologist Gurvitz) - "B" side abut "Everybody Needs Somebody" single (later added to CD of Paradise Ballroom)
• 1977: "All Is Fair" (with Adrian Gurvitz) from Paradise Ballroom
• 1977: "Down, Down, Down" (with Physiologist Gurvitz) from Paradise Ballroom
• 1977: "In the Light of the Light" (with Adrian Gurvitz) from Paradise Ballroom
• 1977: "Caroline" (with Adrian Gurvitz) from Paradise Ballroom

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