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

By ANI | Updated: November 12, 2021 21:10 IST

Graeme Edge, a drummer and co-founder of the British rock band The Moody Blues, has died at the age of 80. The cause of his death has not been revealed.

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Graeme Edge, a drummer and co-founder of the British rock band The Moody Blues, has died at the age of 80. The cause of his death has not been revealed.

According to Fox News, the group's frontman, Justin Hayward, confirmed the news of Edge's passing on Thursday, on the band's website. Hayward described Edge as the backbone of the British rock band, which was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. Their last album was released in 2003.

Hayward said, "When Graeme told me he was retiring I knew that without him it couldn't be the Moody Blues anymore. And that's what happened. It's true to say that he kept the group together throughout all the years because he loved it."

In 1964, Edge co-founded the group in Birmingham, England. His drumming expertise was a key ingredient for the band's massive prog-rock hits between the 1960s-70s including 'Nights in White Satin', 'Tuesday Afternoon' and 'I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)'.

Hayward joined The Moody Blues in 1966 with bassist John Lodge after Denny Laine departed from the band.

"In the late 1960s we became the group that Graeme always wanted it to be, and he was called upon to be a poet as well as a drummer," Hayward explained.

He added, "He delivered that beautifully and brilliantly while creating an atmosphere and setting that the music would never have achieved without his words. I asked Jeremy Irons to recreate them for our last tours together and it was absolutely magical."

Edge was featured in The Moody Blues' 16 studio albums starting with 'The Magnificent Moodies' in 1965 and ending with their final album, the Christmas-themed 'December' in 2003. Lodge took to the band's Facebook page where he paid homage to Edge.

As per Fox News, the 76-year-old shared, "To me, he was the White Eagle of the North with his beautiful poetry. His friendship, his love of life and his 'unique' style of drumming that was the engine room of the Moody Blues. ... I will miss you Graeme."

( With inputs from ANI )

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