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Badger were aBritishrock band from the early 1970s. The band was founded bykeyboardistTony Kaye after he leftYes, along with bassist and vocalist David Foster.
David Foster had been inthe Warriors withJon Anderson before Anderson co-founded Yes. Foster later worked with the band on their second albumTime and a Word (1970). Kaye had worked on a solo project by Foster that was never released.
The pair found drummerRoy Dyke, formerly ofAshton, Gardner and Dyke, and Dyke suggested guitarist and vocalist Brian Parrish formerly of Parrish & Gurvitz which later becameFrampton's Camel (after Parrish left P&G) onguitar. The new band began rehearsing in September 1972 and signed toAtlantic Records.
Badger's first release was thelive album,One Live Badger, produced by Jon Anderson and Geoffrey Haslam,[1] and was taken from a show opening for Yes at London'sRainbow Theatre. Five of the songs were co-written by the whole band, with a sixth by Parrish (initially written for Parrish & Gurvitz). The cover art was done byRoger Dean, the artist responsible for many of Yes's album covers, although Kaye left Yes before their partnership with Roger Dean.
By 1974, the band had been reduced to Kaye and Dyke. They recruited bassistKim Gardner, who had worked with Dyke in Ashton, Gardner and Dyke.Paul Pilnick, formerly ofStealers Wheel, joined on guitar, as did singerJackie Lomax.
Lomax proceeded to turn them into the type ofR&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 album,White Lady, onEpic Records, produced byAllen Toussaint. All ten songs were written or co-written by Lomax. Guests on the album includedJeff Beck (contributing aguitar 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,[2] before Lomax returned to a solo career.
"White Lady" b/w "Don't Pull the Trigger" was released as asingle in May 1974. The album was issued in June.
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