Badger were a
British
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rock band from the early 1970s. The band was founded by
keyboardist
A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical inst ...
Tony Kaye after he left
Yes, along with bassist and vocalist David Foster.
Background
David Foster had been in
the Warriors with
Jon Anderson before Anderson co-founded Yes. Foster later worked with the band on their second album ''
Time and a Word
''Time and a Word'' is the second studio album by English rock band Yes, released on 24 July 1970 by Atlantic Records. It was put together several months after the release of the band's 1969 eponymous debut, during which they continued to tour ...
'' (1970). Kaye had worked on a solo project by Foster that was never released.
The pair found drummer
Roy Dyke, formerly of
Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, and Dyke suggested guitarist and vocalist Brian Parrish formerly of Parrish & Gurvitz which later became
Frampton's Camel (after Parrish left P&G) on
guitar
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. The new band began rehearsing in September 1972 and signed to
Atlantic Records.
''One Live Badger'' (1973)
Badger's first release was the
live album, ''One Live Badger'', produced by Jon Anderson and Geoffrey Haslam, and was taken from a show opening for Yes at London's
Rainbow Theatre. Five of the songs were co-written by the whole band, with a sixth by Parrish (initially written for Parrish & Gurvitz). The cover art was done by
Roger Dean, the artist responsible for many of Yes's album covers, although Kaye left Yes before their partnership with Roger Dean.
; One live Badger :
* Tony Kaye ; Hammond organ, piano, Minimoog, mellotron
* Brian Parrish : Guitar
* David Foster : Bass guitar
* Roy Dyke ; Drums
* ''Wheel Of Fortune'' 7:40
* ''Fountain'' 7:12
* ''Wind Of Change'' 7:00
* ''River'' 7:00
* ''The Preacher'' 3:35
* ''On The Way home'' 7:10
''White Lady'' (1974)
By 1974, the band had been reduced to Kaye and Dyke. They recruited bassist
Kim Gardner, who had worked with Dyke in Ashton, Gardner and Dyke. Paul Pilnick, formerly of
Stealers Wheel
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, joined on guitar, as did singer
Jackie Lomax
John Richard Lomax (10 May 1944 – 15 September 2013) was an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his association with George Harrison, who produced Lomax's recordings for the Beatles' Apple record label in the late 1 ...
.
Lomax proceeded to turn them into the type of
R&B/
soul
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band he had used on his solo albums. The band became a vehicle for Lomax's songs and singing. During this period, they released one album, ''White Lady'', on Epic Records, produced by Allen Toussaint. All ten songs were written or co-written by Lomax. Guests on the album included Jeff Beck (contributing a guitar solo to the title track).
However, before the album's release, the band had split into two factions, with Lomax and Gardner leading a short-lived band called White Lady,
before Lomax returned to a solo career.
"White Lady" b/w "Don't Pull the Trigger" was released as a single (music), single in May 1974.
; White Lady''
* Tony Kaye : Keyboards, Minimoog, mellotron
* Jackie Lomax : Vocals, rhythm guitar
* Paul Pilnick : Lead guitar
* Kim Gardner : Bass guitar
* Roy Dyke : Drums
; Additional musicians :
* Jeff Beck : Lead Guitar on ''White Lady''
* Barry Bailey : Slide Guitar on ''Don't pull the trigger'', ''White Lady'', ''Be with you'' and '' Lord Who Give Me Life''
* Allen Toussaint : Horns, congas, piano, organ, background vocals
* Carl Blouin : Baritone saxophone, flute
* Alvin Thomas : Tenor saxophone
* Lester Caliste : Trumpet
* John Lango : Trombone
* Joan Harmon, Mercedes Davis, Teresipa Henry : Background vocals
* Jessie Smith and Bobby Montgomery : Background vocals on ''Everybody Nobody'' and ''One More Dream To Hold''
* ''A dream of you'' 4:15
* ''Everybody Nobody'' 3'26
* ''Listen to me'' 4:57
* ''Don't pull the trigger'' 4:06
* ''Just the way it goes'' 4:41
* ''White Lady'' 4:46
* ''Be with you'' 3:47
* ''Lord Who Give Me Life'' 3:04
* ''One More Dream To Hold'' 4:04
* ''The hole thing'' 6:10
See also
* British rock
References
External links
Badger biography, discography and album reviews, credits & releasesat AllMusic.com
Badger discography, album releases & creditsat Discogs, Discogs.com
Badger biographyat eMusic
David Foster - ''Open Road'' album releases & creditsat Discogs, Discogs.com
Badger - ''One Live Badger'' (1973) album credits at Yescography entry
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English progressive rock groups
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