(1941-03-30)30 March 1941 Rocester, Staffordshire, England
Died
11 November 2021(2021-11-11) (aged 80) Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Rock
rhythm and blues
poetry
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
poet
Instrument(s)
Drums
percussion
Years active
1964–2018[1]
Labels
Decca
Threshold
Cherry Red
Website
graemeedge.com
Musical artist
Graeme Charles Edge (30 March 1941 – 11 November 2021) was an English musician, songwriter and poet, best known as the co-founder and drummer of the English band the Moody Blues. In addition to his work with the Moody Blues, Edge worked as the bandleader of his own outfit, the Graeme Edge Band. He contributed his talents to a variety of other projects throughout his career. In 2018, Edge was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues.[2]
^Hayward, Justin (11 November 2021). "Graeme Edge Passing". moodybluestoday.com. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^"The Moody Blues". Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
Graeme Charles Edge (30 March 1941 – 11 November 2021) was an English musician, songwriter and poet, best known as the co-founder and drummer of the English...
formed in Birmingham in May 1964. The band initially consisted of drummer GraemeEdge, guitarist/vocalist Denny Laine, keyboardist/vocalist Mike Pinder,...
bassist Clint Warwick, and drummer GraemeEdge. The band remained active until late 2018, when sole constant member Edge retired from performing, at which...
it worked." The album opens with the GraemeEdge poem "Morning Glory" and concludes with his "Late Lament". Edge remembers, "I'd written both those pieces...
Fire (1976). Gurvitz was asked by drummer GraemeEdge of the Moody Blues to join his band, the GraemeEdge Band. He wanted Gurvitz to help write, sing...
and then questions the meaning of his existence. Written by drummer GraemeEdge, keyboardist Mike Pinder remembers the introduction's production being...
Germany. Thomas and Pinder then recruited guitarist Denny Laine, drummer GraemeEdge, and bassist Clint Warwick to form a new, blues-based band, The Moody...
co-found The Moody Blues with Ray Thomas, Denny Laine, Clint Warwick and GraemeEdge. The band moved to London and signed with Decca Records. Their first...
tracks on the album, "Question" and "Balance". According to drummer GraemeEdge, "We very much wanted to reflect what the title says: that maintaining...
the group's last album together until 1978's Octave. Remembers drummer GraemeEdge, "At the time of recording Seventh Sojourn, it was my least favourite...
Supplementing the Moody Blues—Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ray Thomas, GraemeEdge, and Patrick Moraz—was a string section performed by the New World Philharmonic...
greatest song, calling it "a great song, a beautiful historic song." GraemeEdge credits the song's belated success in 1972 to autonomous DJs in the United...
(keyboards/vocals), Ray Thomas (flute/harmonica/percussion/vocals) and GraemeEdge (drums). Lead vocals were shared by Laine, Pinder and Thomas. The album...
composed by Moraz (his only songwriting credit with the band) and drummer GraemeEdge. The music on the album is characterized by the heavy use of synthesizers...
NYC-based studio of the same name). Drum machines are still used heavily; GraemeEdge only performs on three songs, with session drummer Andy Duncan providing...
age of 19, although the quoted line was penned by the band's drummer, GraemeEdge. The song "Solitary Confinement" from The Members album At the Chelsea...
group with the addition of Denny Laine, who had fronted the Diplomats, GraemeEdge, who had been a member of Gerry Levene and the Avengers, and Eccles—who...
December 2010. The Moody Blues, with Hayward, Lodge and original drummer GraemeEdge, continued to tour extensively, and in a BBC World Service interview...
experience." In Search of the Lost Chord opens with a poem by GraemeEdge, which was spoken by Edge himself (rather than Mike Pinder as in most cases). Its...
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