![]() ![]() ![]() Looking in the mirror, Ava fancied herself on Broadway Joe's arm. He liked Bunnies, hung around Joe and knew a cute girl when he saw one. Her dad had a gold Playboy Club Key and used it when he wasn't running Joe Namath's ill-fated New York saloon, Bachelors III. The principal wondered what was going on in the Fabian household, but little Ava was on the level. Seventeen years ago, Ava told her first-grade class that she wanted to be a Playboy Bunny. Named for Ava Gardner, whom she resembles as much as Dad must have hoped she would, Ava spends the night of her birthday dancing off some of the energy that she thinks will make her one of Hollywood's irresistible objects. The spectators at Tramps wish they could see her second wind. The dynamite Italian girl retires with her friends for further partying. just when Ava is breathing the last breath of her first wind - the club holds last call for margaritas. Now that she has moved West, she gyres the night away at Tramps, a Los Angeles dance club that closes too early, at least for her. If she'd been back in Manhattan, her old stomping ground, she would have celebrated at the Palladium. And all the people in the world that haven’t helped me: Screw you.Tonight is Ava Fabian's birthday, and she hasn't slept for two days. I want to thank everyone in the world that’s ever helped me - you know who you are. I want to thank me for putting up with Justin and John for 50 years and counting. “The first thing I wanna do - I want to thank Justin and John for putting up with me for 50 years and counting. “I’m not gonna make a long speech - I’m 77 years old I haven’t got time,” the drummer joked onstage. ”Įdge showcased that sense of humor during the Moody Blues’ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2018, the year he retired from touring with the group. He said, ‘I’ve had an accident.’ We all looked at him and said, ‘We’ll see you in a minute.’ It was just his approach to everything. “Graeme came in in a wheelchair, with his legs and arms all bandaged up and a nurse pushing him. “We were playing Wembley Arena years ago, and we got there for rehearsals,” he said. Lodge - who recruited Edge to read his “Late Lament” poem for the bassist’s upcoming live record, The Royal Affair and After - also praised Edge as a “fun character,” noting his penchant for pranks. I used to see Graeme playing drums and I thought, ‘Yeah, one day, we’ll be in a band.’ Four years later, we were in the same band together and it was incredible.” “He had a gig on Saturday afternoon in the best venue in Birmingham, called the West End Ballroom, I believe. ![]() ![]() “Ray Thomas and I, when we were 15 or 16, we used to see Graeme ,” the bassist said. You can hear the recording of that chat below. In a recent UCR interview, Lodge reflected on seeing Edge onstage in a pre-Moodies band called Gerry Levene and the Avengers, who recorded one single for Decca Records. The trio issued a pair of records: 1975’s Kick Off Your Muddy Boots and 1977’s Paradise Ballroom. The drummer also led his own group, the Graeme Edge Band, formed during a Moody Blues hiatus in 1974. And he played on every single album, up through their 16th and final, the Christmas-themed 2003 project December. And Edge was a key part of that blossoming style: singing, playing drums and percussion, even penning poetry for two pieces.Įdge is credited as a writer or cowriter on various tracks, including highlights from 1968’s In Search of the Lost Chord, 1969’s On the Threshold of a Dream and To Our Children’s Children’s Children, 1970’s A Question of Balance, 1971’s Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1972’s Seventh Sojourn, 1978’s Octave, 1981’s Long Distance Voyager, 1983’s The Present, 1986’s The Other Side of Life and their penultimate LP, 1999’s Strange Times. The Moody Blues shifted from R&B toward a more symphonic sound for their 1967 concept LP, 1967’s Days of Future Passed, widely cited as a definitive example of proto-progressive rock. But the latter two members left after their debut LP, 1965’s The Magnificent Moodies, with new singer and bassist Lodge and singer and guitarist Justin Hayward joining the next year. Edge, born March 30, 1941, in Rocester, England, was part of the band’s original lineup alongside longtime multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas, keyboardist Mike Pinder, future Wings guitarist Denny Laine and bassist Clint Warwick. ![]()
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