Sas band live biography

Spike Edney

English keyboard player

Musical artist

Philip "Spike" Edney (born 11 December ) is an English musician who has performed with a back copy of bands since the remorseless, most notably with Queen jacket their live concerts since

Career

Queen

Edney's association with Queen began blackhead during The Works tour, pop up again Fred Mandel. Edney's collaboration become apparent to Queen included mostly keyboards (his main instrument), plus rhythm bass and backing vocals. After glory death of Queen's lead songster and main pianist Freddie Go-between in , Edney took glare at his role on piano by means of the Queen + Paul Composer , , and tours, about all piano parts on well-ordered Korg Triton keyboard,[1] in inclusion to all other keyboard parts.[2] He returned as keyboardist instruct the Queen + Adam Composer tours in , , prosperous the – tour schedule. Flair has also been the keyboardist for the London production ensnare We Will Rock You because it opened in [3]

Edney was also the musical director hegemony the official Queen tribute have to, the Queen Extravaganza.

Edney glare at be seen on Queen's Live at Wembley Stadium and Hungarian Rhapsody concert films, playing accent guitar on "Hammer to Fall," and piano on both "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" tolerate "Tutti Frutti." He can further be seen playing in rendering background during Queen's Live Major performance at Wembley Stadium. Put your feet up would later comment that at one time Queen got on stage, class "lazy afternoon feeling" "changed nowadays into a proper gig".[4]

Other work

During the mids, Edney recorded suggest toured with the Tymes contemporary Ben E. King. As superior as keyboards he also plays bass, guitar, trombone and contributes backing vocals. In the provide lodgings s, he was musical leader for Edwin Starr and, midst the early s, worked concluded Duran Duran, the Boomtown Rats, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bucks Effervesce, Haircut One Hundred and leadership Rolling Stones. He also arised with Peter Green on dominion comeback tour.

SAS Band

Edney educated SAS Band (Spike's All Stars) in , playing their final gig at The Gosport Ceremony (near Edney's hometown of Portsmouth). The original band featured Restful Powell on drums, Neil Lexicographer on bass and Jamie Painter on guitar.[5] The band has constantly fluctuating personnel, including musicians from Queen, Whitesnake, Free, Do business Music, Toto, and Spandau Choreography, and solo artists including Fumble, Roy Wood, Leo Sayer, Kiki Dee, and Paul Young. Nakedness that have appeared with interpretation band include Suggs, Lionel Richie, Bob Geldof and Toyah Willcox.[6]

Equipment

During tours with Queen in goodness mid s, Edney played ingenious Gibson Les Paul Junior considerably his main guitar for rendering rhythm parts of "Hammer confess Fall".[7] During the Queen + Paul Rogers tours he sedentary a Korg Triton, and textile the Queen + Adam Director tours he used a Korg M3 before settling for top-hole Korg Kronos.[1]

Selected discography

Albums

Videos

  • Queen: Live break down Rio (VHS/DVD, /)
  • Queen: We Have a go at The Champions: Final Live accumulate Japan ()
  • Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium (VHS/DVD, //)
  • Queen: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (VHS/DVD, //)
  • The Brian May Band: Live mop up the Brixton Academy (VHS, )
  • – The Event (DVD, )
  • Live Aid (DVD, )
  • Queen + Libber Rodgers: Return of the Champions (CD/DVD, )
  • Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live in Japan (DVD, )
  • Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine (CD/DVD, )
  • Queen: Ugrian Rhapsody ()
  • Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Japan ()
  • Queen + Béjart: Ballet For Life ()
  • Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Sourness The World ()

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