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 Graeme Edge, guitarist/vocalist Denny Laine, keyboardist/vocalist Mike Pinder,...

bassist Clint Warwick, and drummer Graeme Edge. The band remained active until late 2018, when sole constant member Edge retired from performing, at which...

co-found The Moody Blues with Ray Thomas, Denny Laine, Clint Warwick and Graeme Edge. The band moved to London and signed with Decca Records. Their first...

Germany. Thomas and Pinder then recruited guitarist Denny Laine, drummer Graeme Edge, and bassist Clint Warwick to form a new, blues-based band, The Moody...

Threshold of a Dream. It was inspired by the 1969 Moon landing. Drummer Graeme Edge remembers, "It was a very exciting time. Man had just gone to the moon...

approach at that time." For "Procession", Graeme Edge uses a recently invented electronic drum kit, which Edge developed with Brian Groves of Sussex University...

and then questions the meaning of his existence. Written by drummer Graeme Edge, keyboardist Mike Pinder remembers the introduction's production being...

tracks on the album, "Question" and "Balance". According to drummer Graeme Edge, "We very much wanted to reflect what the title says: that maintaining...

the group's last album together until 1978's Octave. Remembers drummer Graeme Edge, "At the time of recording Seventh Sojourn, it was my least favourite...

it worked." The album opens with the Graeme Edge poem "Morning Glory" and concludes with his "Late Lament". Edge remembers, "I'd written both those pieces...

group with the addition of Denny Laine, who had fronted the Diplomats, Graeme Edge, who had been a member of Gerry Levene and the Avengers, and Eccles—who...

by a spoken word introduction called "Departure" that was written by Graeme Edge. Billboard described the single as a "blockbuster rocker" that "comes...

Supplementing the Moody Blues—Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ray Thomas, Graeme Edge, and Patrick Moraz—was a string section performed by the New World Philharmonic...

Fire (1976). Gurvitz was asked by drummer Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues to join his band, the Graeme Edge Band. He wanted Gurvitz to help write, sing...

December 2010. The Moody Blues, with Hayward, Lodge and original drummer Graeme Edge, continued to tour extensively, and in a BBC World Service interview...

Changes" (Graeme Edge) — 3:32 Justin Hayward — vocals, guitar John Lodge — vocals, bass guitar, guitar Ray Thomas — vocals, flute, tambourine Graeme Edge — drums...

greatest song, calling it "a great song, a beautiful historic song." Graeme Edge credits the song's belated success in 1972 to autonomous DJs in the United...

keyboards, vocals Ray Thomas – vocals, flute, percussion, harmonica Graeme Edge – drums, percussion, vocals Track 01: Blue Jays Justin Hayward – guitar...

(keyboards/vocals), Ray Thomas (flute/harmonica/percussion/vocals) and Graeme Edge (drums). Lead vocals were shared by Laine, Pinder and Thomas. The album...

was really hard work. But it was a great learning experience for us. Graeme Edge reflects on the improved dynamic within the band during the sessions...

NYC-based studio of the same name). Drum machines are still used heavily; Graeme Edge only performs on three songs, with session drummer Andy Duncan providing...

composed by Moraz (his only songwriting credit with the band) and drummer Graeme Edge. The music on the album is characterized by the heavy use of synthesizers...

5 album. Track 12, "Late Lament," which rounds out the album, is the Graeme Edge poem that appears at the end of Days of Future Passed as the second part...

the Wheel" (Lodge) – 5:40 (lead singer: John Lodge) "Going Nowhere" (Graeme Edge) – 5:33 (lead singer: Ray Thomas) "Hole in the World" (Lodge) – 1:54...

"Are You Sitting Comfortably?" (Hayward, Thomas) – 4:21 "The Dream" (Graeme Edge) – 0:58 "Have You Heard (Part 1)" (Pinder) – 1:22 "The Voyage" (Pinder)...

experience." In Search of the Lost Chord opens with a spoken word poem by Graeme Edge, "Departure", delivered by Mike Pinder. Its lyrics describe how a sensory...

high energy, driving song which begins with a strolling drum intro from Graeme Edge." AllMusic critic Lindsay Planer said that "Even though this is an uptempo...

"22,000 Days" is a song written by Graeme Edge that was first released by the Moody Blues on their 1981 album Long Distance Voyager. It was also released...

guitar Graeme Edge – drums, EMS VCS 3 Ray Thomas – flute Mike Pinder – Mellotron, Hammond organ, cello, piano Ray Thomas – oboe, flute Graeme Edge – percussion...