RIP Graeme Edge (80), drummer, Moody Blues

[Astronuc]

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

https://apnews.com/article/entertai...ayward-music-4539837e7e0a8f59c2050c87c260ee42

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).”

Nights in White Saturn
I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band

 

[BillTre]

Sad to hear.
Here are a couple Moody Blues songs with one of my favorite transitions between then:

 

[Hornbein]

I remember him and the Moody Blues on television in 1967 or so. I believe they all wore mod suits. I thought "that keyboard imitating a orchestra sounds great." Little did I know they were miming to a recording that included a real orchestra. Graeme spoke the "hear the grass sing" intro, which was clearly about LSD. I'm sure that song got a lot of people tripping.

 

[Astronuc]

I thought "that keyboard imitating a orchestra sounds great." Little did I know they were miming to a recording that included a real orchestra.

That was probably Mike Pinder's Melletron. He had some tracks that sound like violins.