ELO cellist dies in freak accident

[Yuri]

I know there are some fans here...

ELO cellist dies in freak accident

Falling hay bale crushes former rock group member's van

From BBC News

An early member of 1970s British rock group ELO was killed in a "freak" accident when his van was crushed by a bale of hay, police said.

Cellist Mike Edwards, 62, died instantly in the accident on the A381 in Halwell, Devon, on Friday. Police believe the 600kg bale fell from a tractor on nearby farmland before rolling on to the road.

Mr Edwards was identified using photos and YouTube footage. He was with the Birmingham band from 1972 to 1975. The musician, who lived in Totnes, was a founder member of the classical Devon Baroque
Orchestra.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11195393

http://thestrad.com/Article.asp?ArticleID=1656

[jj]

sad, i remember McDowell as the primary cellist but Edwards was a founding member

he is to the left of Jeff Lynne

YouTube- ELO - rare interview (1974)

he is playing in the formal attire here...this was their encore number when i saw them after he'd left the band

YouTube- ELO - Roll Over Beethoven Live In Hamburg Germany Stereo Remaster

i love baroque...in small doses, as is the case with most genres

click on the play button for a sampler...what fun he must have had with these folks

http://www.devonbaroque.co.uk/index.html

[charlene]

http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=19580&highlight=electric+light+orchestra

pics from concert I attended in 1975 at Massey Hall:

[jj]

you may have seen one of Edwards's last gig with elo

[timetraveler]

I had never realized that he wore formal wear before. I never really cared either as I was too busy enjoying the way that they had managed to blend fantastic rock & roll with classical music. Damn!!! First Grocutt, who passed away last year, and now Edwards. The first that I had heard of what happened was when I was half asleep & starting the morning coffee when the report came over the radio. I thought that I was just hearing things. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself when Lynne passes one day.:(

[jj]

I don't know what I'm going to do with myself when Lynne passes one day.:(

i hear ya, but it's not like we will be hearing any less music (he's pumping albums out every 20 years, lol)...this is the last cut i recall on his last album, 1990!

YouTube - Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre - Save Me Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VChiKsQo534&feature=related)

on that note, bon appetite:

http://www.vimeo.com/11817894

[Borderstone]

I read about this on another website. Very bizarre.

[timetraveler]

It was a tough way to go. According to an article that I read about it, he went instantly. Still, it was a hell of a tragedy. The odd part about it all is that the impression I got was that he had no family around that could identify him, which is apparently why they had to rely on old photos as well as footage from YouTube.