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Happy 62 To Masterly Guitar Hero THE EDGE
8 August 2023
I guess U2‘s masterly guitarist THE EDGE doesn’t need an introduction.
One story tells that members of the Dublin’s Lypton Village surrealist street gang
to which Bono belonged gave him his nickname The Edge. However, the origin of
the name is disputed and other theories include a description of his guitar playing
and his preference for not becoming fully involved and therefore remaining on the
edge of things.
He was born named Dave Evans in Dublin (Ireland) on 8 August 1961.
Happy 62 to an extraordinary musician who’s six-string play was/is
fabulous and fundamental to the band’s sound and success.
Two examples of his brilliance.
– PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) –
Live in Denver, US in 1987
– OUT OF CONTROL –
Live at Red Rocks in Denver in 1983
THE EDGE: Story
(Photo on top: from cover of U2’s ‘Rattle And Hum’ LP)
Happy 60 To U2’s Guitar Wizard THE EDGE
8 August 2021
David Howell Evans – better know as The Edge – was born
on 8 August 1961 in London, UK. Happy 60 to the brilliant
guitarist who defined the electrifying sound of mega stars U2 .
He moved with his family to Dublin, Ireland at the age of 2.
During his triumphant career, he also played with big
shots like Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Tina Turner en Ron Wood.
Anecdote: he’s the proud owner of 200 guitars.
The Edge: “By referencing our past, by allowing ourselves to sound
like the ‘old U2’—the Eighties U2—we’re not in a box anymore. Now
we’re free to sound any way we please. It’s very liberating.”
Three big EDGE moments…
– PRIDE (In The Name Of Love) –
– WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME –
– OUT OF CONTROL –
U2: Facebook
(Brussels 2017 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume)
To Hell With Blue Mondays – Here’s… THE EDGE
4 January 2021
OMG! I miss live music so much. For years a great and important piece of my life took/takes place in concert venues, small and big, enjoying the ecstatic, buzzing,
boosting, mind-boggling and out-of-control experience of a gig. In the past years,
I saw a yearly average of 200 artists doing their thing on a stage. In 2020 I was at
3 concerts, yes, just 3 !!! And we all know why. Fuck that awful coronavirus.
And so far, 2021 doesn’t look hopeful yet.
Fingers crossed. Bring on the vaccine!
I need my shots of live adrenaline.
I want to go out-of-control again!
Capice?
Here comes… THE EDGE