Robin date for ELO's Bev Bevan By John Corser Birmingham Music Published: Mar 11, 2020 Former Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan will be performing at The Robin in Bilston. Kel-n-Rich react to Jeff Lynne's ELO live performance of Strange Magic. Andrew Neil joins critics calling for Harry and Meghan to be stripped of their royal titles, Families will be reunited by Easter: Boris Johnson is set to allow outdoor get-togethers next month under 'roadmap' out of lockdown - while pubs could serve outdoors in April, You can't cut those lockdown locks until 'late APRIL': Hair salons 'will stay shut until at least then under exit roadmap', Somebody shoot that f***ing dog! A founding member of ELO has been killed in a freak accident when a giant hay bale rolled out of a field and landed on his van. Bevan also served as the touring drummer for Black Sabbath during the Born Again Tour, and later played percussion on The Eternal Idol album in 1987. 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'Mike quickly became a crowd favourite with his exploding cello and rather unique solo party piece that involved playing the cello with a grapefruit! DRUMMING legend Bev Bevan will take the Kidderminster stage as part of the rock group Quill to delight music fans. Drummer Bev Bevan in 2013 (Image: Dale Martin). A better example - Bev Bevan was clearly a great drummer, as anyone whose heard ELO could figure out. Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard cellist Hugh McDowell has died from cancer at the age of 65. Sean Reinert, Drummer for Death and Cynic, has passed away at the age of 48. He was a beautiful free spirit, had such a natural gift as a cellist and just a lovely bloke.". From 1972 to 1986, ELO enjoyed a string of top 20 hit singles on both sides of the Atlantic, and sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. McDowell returned to ELO shortly after, featuring on their albums Eldorado and Face the Music. El Duce was the drummer with The Mentors, ... but I chose to include him because of the bizarre manner of his death.) After the end of ELO in 1986, he founded ELO Part II. But have you heard that song by the Move, "It … MIKE EDWARDS (1972-1975) Cellist until The Night The Light Went On In Long Beach. ELO’s Bev Bevan Talks Rock Hall Induction, Jeff Lynne Rift Drummer discusses possible reunion with former bandmates and looks back on infamous 1983 Black Sabbath tour that inspired ‘Spinal Tap’ With Wood playing a cheap Chinese cello, multi- tracked by Lynne, it sounded to Wood like: “a monster heavy metal orchestra”. Reflecting now on what the drummer added to the record - which was reissued on July 31 with double CD and LP box sets as part of the 'Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Macca simply said: "Magic." The tribute said: 'He played in ELO's first ever live concert (Croydon, 16 April 1972) and over the next three years toured with them as the band strove to develop and establish their distinctive sound. McDowell, who was born in London in 1953, began playing the instrument at a young age, winning a music scholarship as a 10-year-old to the Yehudi Menuhin School. The drummer, who was one of the founding members of art rock band Electric Light Orchestra, will perform a set of new songs and classic hits with Quill at Kidderminster Town Hall on Friday November 9. 'The van came into contact with a very large bale of hay.'. 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He performed at ELO's first concert in 1972 but left a year later with fellow bandmate Roy Wood to form Wizzard. He was replaced by former Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan for the Born Again '83–'84 world tour, (often unofficially referred to as the 'Feighn Death Sabbath '83–'84' World Tour) which began in Europe with Diamond Head, and later in the U.S. with Quiet Riot … He was born in Coseley, Staffordshire. They were able to mix genres such as Reggae, Jazz, and Rock, into one amazing band. He performed on albums Electric Light Orchestra II, On the Third Day, The Night The Lights Went On (In Long Beach) and Eldorado. It's the same drummer, but the drums have an effect on the albums which makes them sound pretty different and distinctive. 'Flaming Pie' track 'Little Willow' was an emotional one to record, as it was written about the tragic death of Ringo's first wife Maureen Starkey, who sadly lost her life to leukaemia aged 48. 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