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The Move/Electric Light Orchestra in 1972. In 1968, Roy Wood—guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of the Move—had an idea to form a new band that would use violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, allowing rock music to "pick up where the Beatles left off" in a new direction. [17]
Philip Bates (born 30 March 1953 [1]) is an English musician who has been a member of many notable bands, including Trickster and Quill, and was the lead guitarist, songwriter and joint lead vocalist for ELO Part II from 1993 through to 1999 and then its successor band The Orchestra from 2007 to 2011 and both times being replaced by Parthenon Huxley.
But to help finance the fledgling band, one further Move album, Message from the Country, was recorded during the lengthy ELO recordings and released in mid-1971. The resulting debut album The Electric Light Orchestra was released in December 1971. Only the trio of Wood, Lynne and Bevan played on all songs, with Bill Hunt supplying the French ...
Mann was supposed to play with the Electric Light Orchestra on their tour for the promotion of their album Zoom, but the tour was cancelled. [citation needed]Mann played keyboards for Oingo Boingo (another collaboration with Elfman) from 1994 to 1995 and performed on their final live album and video release Live from the Universal Amphitheatre.
L.E.O. is a 2006 project by Boston musician Bleu and collaborators which produced Alpacas Orgling, a 2006 album of original songs similar in style to Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the Traveling Wilburys, and 1970s AM radio pop music. [1] [2] [3]
By 2000, Bev Bevan quit ELO Part II and sold his 50 percent share of the Electric Light Orchestra name as well as the rights to the ELO Part II name to Jeff Lynne.Lynne thereby became the full owner of the ELO name, and took legal action to prevent the band's remaining members, Mik Kaminski, Louis Clark, Parthenon Huxley, Eric Troyer and Kelly Groucutt from continuing to call themselves ELO ...
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) Part II was a British-American rock band formed by Electric Light Orchestra drummer and co-founder Bev Bevan.The band also included former ELO bassist and vocalist Kelly Groucutt, and violinist Mik Kaminski for most of its career, along with conductor Louis Clark, who toured as a guest with ELO in its later years; ELO cellist Hugh McDowell likewise briefly ...
Jeff Lynne (The Idle Race, The Move, The Electric Light Orchestra) Roy Orbison (solo) Albums: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988), Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990) [24] Mr. Big: Eric Martin (415/Eric Martin Band, solo) Paul Gilbert ; Billy Sheehan (Talas, UFO, David Lee Roth) Pat Torpey (Impellitteri, John Parr, Belinda Carlisle, American Bandstand)