BADFINGER-petition Swansea to honor them!!
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:14 pm
So I see there was a petition for Swansea Council to honor the fantastic Welshman Pete Ham & BADFINGER.
They are so much my favorite Welsh band...though all members were not Welsh....they started all Welsh.
So lets honor them here!![/size=6]
So many great live performances on youtube!!
Come & Get It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk57K4OGrAg&NR=1
Without You....the original is always best!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU&NR=1
Badfinger was a British rock band consisting originally of Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, Mike Gibbins and Tom Evans, active from 1968 to 1983, and evolving from The Iveys, formed by Ham, Griffiths and David "Dai" Jenkins in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s. Joey Molland joined the group in 1969, following the departure of Griffiths. Picked up by The Beatles' Apple label in 1968, in 1969 they adopted the name Badfinger. Initially drawing Beatle comparisons on account of some musical resemblance and individual Beatles' mentorship , Badfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits over 1970-71 with "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), "No Matter What", "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue", providing a seminal example of the post-'60s power pop genre.
Day After Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um4pnvJr07A&NR=1
Badfinger lives on....
They are so much my favorite Welsh band...though all members were not Welsh....they started all Welsh.
So lets honor them here!![/size=6]
So many great live performances on youtube!!
Come & Get It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk57K4OGrAg&NR=1
Without You....the original is always best!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU&NR=1
Badfinger was a British rock band consisting originally of Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, Mike Gibbins and Tom Evans, active from 1968 to 1983, and evolving from The Iveys, formed by Ham, Griffiths and David "Dai" Jenkins in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s. Joey Molland joined the group in 1969, following the departure of Griffiths. Picked up by The Beatles' Apple label in 1968, in 1969 they adopted the name Badfinger. Initially drawing Beatle comparisons on account of some musical resemblance and individual Beatles' mentorship , Badfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits over 1970-71 with "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), "No Matter What", "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue", providing a seminal example of the post-'60s power pop genre.
Day After Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um4pnvJr07A&NR=1
Badfinger lives on....