1. Graeme Charles Edge was an English musician, songwriter and poet, best known as the co-founder and drummer of the English band the Moody Blues.
17 Facts About Graeme Edge
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Graeme Edge contributed his talents to a variety of other projects throughout his career.
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In 2018, Edge was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues.
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Graeme Edge became a poet for the band, contributing "Morning Glory" and "Late Lament" to Days of Future Passed in 1967.
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Graeme Edge himself opened In Search of the Lost Chord with his brief poem "Departure", though Mike Pinder narrated his "The Word" poem later on that set.
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Graeme Edge stated in 2018 that the reason most of his poetry was recited by Pinder was that Pinder, having smoked so many cigarettes and drunk so much whisky, had the best voice for it.
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Later in 1969, as the band launched their own label, Threshold Records, Graeme Edge began contributing songs.
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Graeme Edge returned to recording later in 1974, forming his studio-based The Graeme Edge Band, which first issued a non-album single, "We Like To Do it", on Threshold in July 1974.
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The Graeme Edge Band released two albums in the mid-1970s.
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Graeme Edge appeared as himself in the 2016 film comedy Characterz.
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Graeme Edge's "Going Nowhere" was his lone composition on The Present album in 1983, and he teamed with Moraz for "The Spirit" on The Other Side of Life album in 1986.
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Graeme Edge was joined onstage by Gordon Marshall as second drummer for Moody Blues concerts from 1991 to 2015 and by Billy Ashbaugh from 2016 on.
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Graeme Edge participated in the 2011 Moody Blues bluegrass tribute album Moody Bluegrass TWO.
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In 2013, Justin Hayward spoke of Graeme Edge's learning Transcendental Meditation in 1967, along with other members of the Moody Blues.
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Graeme Edge was the only remaining original member of the Moody Blues still performing in the band until his retirement in 2018.
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Graeme Edge used DW drums, Zildjian cymbals, Remo heads and Regal Tip drumsticks, namely their 5A model.
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Graeme Edge died of metastatic cancer at his home in Bradenton, Florida, on 11 November 2021, aged 80.