MUSIC HISTORY 101 JANUARY 27, 1948 - Born on this day in Dulwich, London, England: Bassist KIM GARDNER (d. October 24, 2001) Kim Gardner and his neighbor Ron Wood shared a passion for both art and music. They began drawing and playing music together as a teenagers in Yiewsley, England. From their late teens and onward, the focus was primarily on music. While attending art college together in 1964 Gardner and Wood met Tony Munroe, Ali McKenzie and Pete McDaniels and formed The Thunderbirds. They were signed to Decca Records at the end of that year, and in 1965 released several singles, including No Good Without You Baby and Leaving Here, after a name change from The Thunderbirds to The Birds. The singles didnt fare well on the charts however and adding to the difficulties was a legal battle with the American group The Byrds, challenging the bands new name. In late 1965 the Birds left Decca to sign with Reaction Records under the name Birds Birds, but Gardner and Wood quit the band and joined The Creation, a mod band popular in Europe, especially Germany. The band was little known outside of the U.K. but within Britain they were accepted as a competitor to the likes of The Who and The Kinks, but a lack of mainstream success in the U.S. doomed the group In 1967, Gardner recorded some tracks with Jon Lord, Ronnie Wood and Twink under the name Santa Barbara Machine Head, but both Gardner and Wood were going in new directions. In 1968 at the dissolution of the Creation, Kim Gardner joined with Tony Ashton and Roy Dyke to form Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, a jazz-rock band (lead guitarist Mick Liber was added later). Wood went on to The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces, and eventually to the Rolling Stones. The Ashton Gardner & Dyke song Resurrection Shuffle, from the groups first album, was an unexpected hit in 1971. Their second album featured guest performances by Eric Clapton and George Harrison. They produced a third album before disbanding. Gardner briefly became a member of Quiet Melon with Rod Stewart. He also toured with the group Pacific Gas and Electric as well as a few other bands. Gardner moved to Los Angeles in 1974 and spent the rest of the 1970s as both a touring musician and session musician. During this time he played on twenty-seven albums for such artists as Bo Diddley and Eric Clapton. He toured with several bands including Pacific Gas & Electric. In 1973, while recording an album with Jackie Lomax and George Harrison in New Orleans, Gardner met his future wife, Paula, a successful entrepreneur in the clothing business. They moved to Los Angeles in 1974, married and had three daughters, Eva, Ashlee and Camille. In 1974 Gardner joined Badger as bassist, a group featuring Jackie Lomax on vocals with drummer Roy Dyke and keyboardist Tony Kaye (formerly of Yes) and guitarist Paul Pilnick (formerly of Stealers Wheel). After releasing the live document One Live Badger, the band released their only studio record White Lady on the Epic label, produced by Allen Toussaint. Before the record was released Gardner and Lomax left the band to form White Lady, a short lived effort. In 1982 Gardner opened the 50-seat Cat & Fiddle Restaurant and Pub in Laurel Canyon, which proved so successful it was moved in 1984 to larger quarters on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. The spot became a favorite destination for British rockers and notables such as Robert Plant and Rod Stewart often made a visit when in Los Angeles. Gardner’s passion for art was also revived during the 1980s and he became an accomplished painter, displaying lithographs of his artwork at the Cat and Fiddle. In the mid 1980s Gardner was a member of Ian Wallaces Tea Bags group with Jackie Lomax, David Mansfield, Peter Banks and Graham Bell. Gardner’s last recording was a collaboration with Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Don Adey. There are several prominent guests featured on these recordings including Carmine Appice, Bruce Gary, Mick Taylor, Jackie Lomax, Brian Auger and Ivan Neville. Gardner died of cancer at age 53 in 2001. READ MORE: last.fm/music/Badger/+wiki rockdetector/artist/uk/ashton+gardner+dyke rockdetector/artist/uk/badger mst3kinfo/rolodex/Gardner.html allmusic/…/ashton-gardner-dyke-mn0…/biography thecatandfiddle/about en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Gardner en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton,_Gardner_and_Dyke en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger_%28band%29
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