Badger (band)

Badger were a British rock band from the early 1970s.

"One Live Badger"

The band was co-founded by keyboardist Tony Kaye after he left Yes, with David Foster. Foster had been in The Warriors with Jon Anderson before Anderson co-founded Yes. Foster later worked with the band on "Time and a Word". Kaye had worked on a solo project by Foster that was never released.

The pair found drummer Roy Dyke, formerly of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, and Dyke suggested Brian Parrish on guitar. The new band signed to Atlantic Records.

Badger's first release was the live album, "One Live Badger", co-produced by Jon Anderson and Geoffrey Haslam, and was taken from a show opening for Yes. In the progressive rock genre, five of the songs were co-written by the whole band, with a sixth by Parrish.

1. Wheel of Fortune - 7:50

2. Fountain - 7:22

3. Wind of Change - 7:15

4. River - 6:50

5. The Preacher - 3:59

6. On the Way Home - 7:39

"White Lady"

By 1974, the band had been reduced to Kaye and Dyke. They recruited bassist, Kim Gardner, who had worked with Dyke in Ashton, Gardner & Dyke. Paul Pilnick, formerly of Stealers Wheel, joined on guitar, as did singer Jackie Lomax.

Lomax proceeded to turn them into the type of R&B/soul 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 LP, "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, [http://theband.hiof.no/albums/three.html] before Lomax returned to a solo career.

"White Lady" b/w "Don't Pull the Trigger" was released as a single in May 1974.

1. Dream of You

2. Everybody, Nobody

3. Listen to Me

4. Don't Pull the Trigger

5. Just the Way It Goes

6. White Lady

7. Be With You

8. Lord Who Give Me Life

9. One More Dream to Hold

10. Hole Thing

References

* [http://www.relayer35.com/Yescography/One_Live.htm Yescography entry] for "One Live Badger"
* [http://www.emusic.com/artist/11573/11573162.html emusic biography]