Gordon John Edwards
Gordon John Edwards | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 December 1947 Southport, England, UK |
| Died | 28 February 2003 (aged 55) Greenford, England, UK |
| Genres | Rock |
| Instruments | Keyboards, guitar, bass, vocals |
| Formerly of | Pretty Things, The Kinks |
Gordon John Edwards (26 December 1947 — 28 February 2003) was a British pianist. He was a member of The Kinks from 1978 to 1979.[1]
Edwards was born in Southport on boxing day 1947. His mother played the organ in a Welsh chapel and taught him to sing and to play.[2] He was a guitarist and pianist for Pretty Things from 1973 to 1976, and performed on their Silk Torpedo album. He joined The Kinks in 1978 but was fired a few months later for failing to show up at the airport to fly to New York to record.[2] Edwards is credited with playing the piano on "Low Budget" a song from their 1979 album of the same name.[3]
Edwards suffered from drug addicition and depression and took his own life in Greenford in 2003.[2] He was buried at an unmarked grave at Llanharan cemetery until 2017 when his niece, Melanie, set up a GoFundMe to pay for a headstone.[2]