Graeme Edge, Moody Blues drummer and co-founder, dies at 80

[WOPL Sniffer]

Graeme Edge, Moody Blues drummer and co-founder, dies at 80
The band’s frontman Justin Hayward called Edge the backbone of the British rock band, which was inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

 

[Gepetto]

Sad day...

 

[Fast Forward]

RIP
Also saw them back in the day, they were great live, most of the audience were beaned out

 

[laatsch55]

Never got to see them...

 

[Gepetto]

Drove through a blizzard in my 1957 beetle to Syracuse to see them... They were in their heyday then, 1970

 

[laatsch55]

Nothing like a blizzard in a bug...froze to death did ya??

 

[Gepetto]

Nothing like a blizzard in a bug...froze to death did ya??

Pretty much the case Lee. Beetle heat is non existent

 

[laatsch55]

Jani had one.....hated it
.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Justin Hayward had one of the best voices in the bidness

"Forever Autumn" circa 1978

3 minutes and worth a listen

 

[Wheel-right]

That's a return to a long ago time in my memory, very much enjoyed. Thanks

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I have that in my fav play list. I think I had to find it on jeff wayne's musical version of the war of the worlds Narrated by Richard Burton.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

It wasn't really a Moody Blues song but Justin Hayward used HIS voice to almost make it one

 

[laatsch55]

Damn.... same hear....my acid days..

 

[Gepetto]

Jani had one.....hated it
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I still love real vintage beetles but not for their heater.

 

[laatsch55]

Amen Joe...

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I still love real vintage beetles but not for their heater.

I rolled a 66 bug convert (end over end, not barrel rolled). Lucky to be alive.

 

[Bob Boyer]

Well, damn. Sad day indeed. One of my all-time favorite bands. Saw them in 1972 in Atlanta; great show. Missed the tour where they played with the symphony orchestras around the country but would have enjoyed that immensely. A friend who was the principal percussionist for the Chattanooga Symphony when they played with them at the Arena here in Chattanooga said it was some of the most complicated music they'd ever encountered. The Red Rocks album is a thing of beauty.