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    Moody Blues drummer, co-founder Graeme Edge dies at 80
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    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Graeme Edge, a drummer and co-founder of The Moody Blues, has died. He was 80.

    FILE - Graeme Edge, drummer for The Moody Blues, waves on the red carpet before the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony April 14, 2018, in Cleveland. Edge, a drummer and co-founder of the band, has died. He was 80. The band’s frontman, Justin Hayward, confirmed Edge’s death Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, on the group’s website. The cause of his death has not been revealed. Hayward called Edge the backbone of the British rock band. The band's last album was released in 2003. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)© Provided by Associated Press FILE - Graeme Edge, drummer for The Moody Blues, waves on the red carpet before the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony April 14, 2018, in Cleveland. Edge, a drummer and co-founder of the band, has died. He was 80. The band’s frontman, Justin Hayward, confirmed Edge’s death Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, on the group’s website. The cause of his death has not been revealed. Hayward called Edge the backbone of the British rock band. The band's last album was released in 2003. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)
    The band’s frontman Justin Hayward confirmed Edge’s death Thursday on the group’s website. The cause of his death has not been revealed.

    Hayward called Edge the backbone of the British rock band, which was inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. The band's last album was released in 2003.

    “When Graeme told me he was retiring I knew that without him it couldn’t be the Moody Blues anymore,” Hayward said. “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).”

    FILE - Jon Bon Jovi, left, Richie Sambora, and Graeme Edge, are seen at Hall of Fame Dedication at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on April 13, 2018 in Cleveland. Edge, a drummer and co-founder of The Moody Blues, has died. He was 80. The band’s frontman, Justin Hayward, confirmed Edge’s death Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, on the group’s website. The cause of his death has not been revealed. Hayward called Edge the backbone of the British rock band. The band's last album was released in 2003. (Photo by Michael Zorn/Invision/AP, File)© Provided by Associated Press FILE - Jon Bon Jovi, left, Richie Sambora, and Graeme Edge, are seen at Hall of Fame Dedication at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on April 13, 2018 in Cleveland. Edge, a drummer and co-founder of The Moody Blues, has died. He was 80. The band’s frontman, Justin Hayward, confirmed Edge’s death Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, on the group’s website. The cause of his death has not been revealed. Hayward called Edge the backbone of the British rock band. The band's last album was released in 2003. (Photo by Michael Zorn/Invision/AP, File)
    “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,” said Hayward, who joined The Moody Blues in 1966 with bassist John Lodge after Denny Laine’s departure from the band.


    “He delivered that beautifully and brilliantly, while creating an atmosphere and setting that the music would never have achieved without his words,” he continued. “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 paid homage to Edge on the band’s Facebook page, also lauding him for his spoken word talents.

    “To me he was the White Eagle of the North with his beautiful poetry,” he said. “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.”
    Some of us are old enough and experienced enough to know about this great band.
    To appreciate the bands that set the foundation of Rock-n-Roll..
    And remember the heydays of Rock-N- Roll.....---Tyr
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    RIP Graeme Edge.

    Another reminder we are losing musicians and rockers that entertained us for decades. Sadly I don’t see much on the horizon to replace them.
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    Another day and another piece of my youth dies...


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    Quote Originally Posted by MtnBiker View Post
    RIP Graeme Edge.

    Another reminder we are losing musicians and rockers that entertained us for decades. Sadly I don’t see much on the horizon to replace them.
    So true. So few replacements. Baby boomers are seeing this massive loss of so many things. Death and decay are certainly not for those faint of heart
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