Dave EdmundsDave Edmunds (born April 15, 1944) came out of Cardiff, Wales in the late 1960s, fronting a band called Love Sculpture who were playing blues and rocked up classical pieces. "Sabre Dance" was typical of this, a top ten hit after much airplay from DJ John Peel. After the band split, Edmunds had a huge number one single with "I Hear You Knocking", a cover of a blues classic from Smiley Lewis. After learning his trade as a producer, culminating in a couple of Phil Spector type singles, "Baby I Love You" and "Born To Be With You", he became enamoured of the concurrent pub rock movement of the early 1970s, producing Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, and also The Flamin' Groovies, using a stripped down, grittier sound. His own solo LP from that era, Subtle As A Flying Mallet, was similar in style. The Brinsley Schwarz connection brought about a collaboration with Nick Lowe, operating under the name Rockpile, with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. For contractual reasons they could not record as Rockpile until 1980, and so released albums as solo LP's backed by their band. Dave Edmunds had more hits during this time, including "Girls Talk", "I Knew The Bride", and "Queen Of Hearts". Bizarrely, after their first LP as Rockpile, Seconds Of Pleasure, the band split. Edmunds spent the 1980s releasing more music to an ever selective audience, collaborating with and producing an assortment of artists, from Paul McCartney to King Kurt, via The Stray Cats. He even soundtracked a Porkies movie. He now lives in L.A. in semi-retirement, releasing the occasional album and touring infrequently, mainly due to ill health. The list of artists he has worked with is immense, from legends to footnotes in rock history. Many of his fans consider him very underrated as a performer, guitarist, and producer. This page about Dave Edmunds includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Dave Edmunds News stories about Dave Edmunds External links for Dave Edmunds Videos for Dave Edmunds Wikis about Dave Edmunds Discussion Groups about Dave Edmunds Blogs about Dave Edmunds Images of Dave Edmunds |
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Many of his fans consider him very underrated as a performer, guitarist, and
producer. He even soundtracked a Porkies movie. Edmunds spent the 1980s releasing more music to an ever selective audience, collaborating with and producing an assortment of artists, from Paul McCartney to King Kurt, via The Stray Cats. Bizarrely, after their first LP as Rockpile, Seconds Of Pleasure, the band split. Dave Edmunds had more hits during this time, including "Girls Talk", "I Knew The Bride", and "Queen Of Hearts". For contractual reasons they could not record as Rockpile until 1980, and so released albums as solo LP's backed by their band. The Brinsley Schwarz connection brought about a collaboration with Nick Lowe, operating under the name Rockpile, with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. His own solo LP from that era, Subtle As A Flying Mallet, was similar in style. After learning his trade as a producer, culminating in a couple of Phil Spector type singles, "Baby I Love You" and "Born To Be With You", he became enamoured of the concurrent pub rock movement of the early 1970s, producing Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, and also The Flamin' Groovies, using a stripped down, grittier sound. After the band split, Edmunds had a huge number one single with "I Hear You Knocking", a cover of a blues classic from Smiley Lewis. "Sabre Dance" was typical of this, a top ten hit after much airplay from DJ John Peel. Dave Edmunds (born April 15, 1944) came out of Cardiff, Wales in the late 1960s, fronting a band called Love Sculpture who were playing blues and rocked up classical pieces. |