For My Lady

Infobox Single
Name = For My Lady


Artist = The Moody Blues
from Album = Seventh Sojourn
Released = 19 January 1973
A-side = "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"
Recorded = 1972
Length = 3:58
Label = Threshold Records
Writer = Ray Thomas
Producer = Tony Clarke
Last single =
This single =
Next single =
Misc =Extra tracklisting
Album = Seventh Sojourn
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
#"Lost in a Lost World"
#"New Horizons"
#"For My Lady"
#"Isn't Life Strange";Side two
#

"You and Me"
#"The Land of Make-Believe"
#"When You're a Free Man"
#"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"

"For My Lady" is a 1973 song by the English progressive rock band The Moody Blues. It was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas, and was first released on the 1972 album "Seventh Sojourn". It was later released on the B-side of the single "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" in 1973.

"For My Lady" is one of Ray Thomas's better known songs for the Moody Blues, along with "Legend of a Mind", and "Veteran Cosmic Rocker." It prominently features Ray Thomas on the flute and lead vocals, with Justin Hayward behind Thomas on an acoustic guitar. The end of the song also features the other band members singing behind Thomas.

Due to the complex nature of the song's recording, The Moody Blues can only perform the song live when they are backed by a live orchestra, since Ray Thomas cannot sing and play the flute at the same time.

Credits

* Justin Hayward: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
* John Lodge: bass guitar, backing vocals
* Mike Pinder: chamberlin, backing vocals
* Ray Thomas: lead vocals, flute
* Graeme Edge: drums, percussion

External Links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eRfd4CgM80 "For My Lady" being performed at Red Rocks Ampitheatre (YouTube)]