Graeme Edge (Graeme Edge) has served as a drummer for the British avant-garde rock band The Moody Blues for 50 years and died today due to undisclosed reasons. The margin is 80.
Edge joined The Moody Blues in 1964 when the band was founded. The first incarnation of Moody Blues was the blues and 1960s British pop band, headed by guitarist Denny Laine in name. This version of the band entered the top ten in the United States in 1964 with “Go Now”. Subsequent follow-up efforts were unsuccessful, and Ryan left the organization in 1966. In a few years, he will reappear as the guitarist of Wings.
The remaining three members—Edge, keyboard player Mike Pinder, and singer/flute player Ray Thomas—recruited old friend John Lodge to play bass. Guitarist Justin Hayward (Justin Hayward) joined Pinder after being recommended by The Animals lead singer Eric Burdon.The new lineup gets rid of the sound of the original lineup and is used more and more through Pinder Melody And emphasizes Thomas’ flute playing. The band’s major breakthrough occurred in 1967, when their record company asked them to record a rock version of Antonín Dvořák’s “New World Symphony” to showcase the company’s latest recording technology. That is stereo. The Moody Blues gave it a try, and then convinced the label to let them record an album of original materials. The arrangement relied heavily on carefully choreographed passages performed by studio musicians under the pseudonym London Festival Orchestra.It turned out to be in 1967 The days to come have passed, Including Hayward’s “Tuesday afternoon (always afternoon)” and “White Satin Night”. Neither the song nor the album was immediately popular, but they attracted enough public attention to get the ball rolling.
In addition to playing drums, Edge usually contributes one or more spoken segments to each Moody Blues album, which he narrates occasionally, but is usually read aloud by Pinder.He also began to write lyrics, as heard in “After You Come” in 1971 Every good child deserves to be pampered. The band has accumulated hits from 1972 Seventh stayAfter a long tour to promote the album in 1974, the five members agreed to take a break. All parties concerned have released solo albums. Hayward and Rocky also produced an album together. For his part, Edge has recorded two albums with guitarist Adrian Gurvitz.
The band reunited in 1977 and released Octave In 1978, Pinder was included, although he left the band during the recording. Under the leadership of new keyboardist Patrick Moraz, the band was not discouraged and achieved great success for most of the 80s. However, in retrospect, the band might as well call themselves Justin Hayward and friends, because Hayward composed most of the hits. In the end, Moraz was fired. Although the band continued to tour regularly for believers, the band became less important as a creator of fresh materials. Thomas retired from the group in 2002; he died of cancer in 2018, shortly before the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Last year, Edge announced at the end of its 50th anniversary tour The days to come have passed He is going to retire. Hayward and Rocky subsequently decided to close the band.
The moody blues are never picky darlings. Quite the opposite. They angered critics by demonstrating their importance in shaping public opinion, because for decades, despite the band’s poor performance skills, crowds flocked. The important thing is music, music touches light classical themes in a consistent melody rock context, all of which are intertwined with the lyrical tendency rooted in the 1960s to find answers to the mysteries of life.Moody’s Blues won the title given to them by a writer, Thomas compiled it into a song in 1981 Long-distance voyager: Senior cosmic rock singer.
God, Graeme Edge.
