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On November 11th Graeme Edge, drummer and co-founder of The Moody Blues died at his home in Bradenton, Florida of metastatic cancer. He had previously suffered a stroke in 2016. He was 80.
His long-term friend Rita Louise shared that he had been diagnosed with cancer, he had third-stage cancer. She shared the news on her Facebook intending to let his fans know.
Edge was born in Rocester, Staffordshire, England, on March 30, 1941. In 1964, he 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).” He was married twice; first to Carol Edge in 1969 and were separated to following year, he remarried Susan Edge in 1970.
Edge played on 16 studio albums of the The Moody Blues’ starting with “The Magnificent Moodies” in 1965 and ending with their final album, the Christmas-themed “December” in 2003 and was the only remaining original member of the Moody Blues still performing in the band until his retirement in 2018. In 2018 the Moody Blues were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The Moody Blues front man Justin Hayward called Edge the backbone of the British rock band.
Edge used DW drums, Zildjian cymbals, Remo heads and Regal Tip drumsticks, namely their 5A model.
