Micky Moody
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Micky Moody | |
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Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, author |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, slide guitar |
Website | mickymoody |
Michael Joseph Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden he founded the Moody Marsden Band, and later, The Snakes, having previously collaborated with unofficial 5th Status Quo member Bob Young in Young & Moody. Along with Marsden and ex-Whitesnake bassist, Neil Murray, he formed The Company of Snakes and M3 Classic Whitesnake with which they mainly performed early Whitesnake songs. From 2011 to 2015, Moody toured and recorded with Snakecharmer, a band he co-formed.
Besides this, Moody has also toured with
Biography
1960s
While at school in
1970s
In 1970 he joined recently repatriated keyboard player
1980s
In 1981, Graham Bonnet's
Moody returned to session work with Mike Oldfield, Gary Glitter, Mike d'Abo and Roger Chapman, as well as selected TV music library work. He toured with Chris Farlowe and worked with former Meal Ticket singer Willy Finlayson and his band the Hurters. Taking a wry, witty view of some of the people and experiences they'd encountered over the years, he and Bob Young wrote a book on musicians' humour, the acclaimed Language of Rock and Roll. He also put together the first version of the Micky Moody Band, featuring former Taste bassist Charlie McCracken and drummer Chris Hunt. Towards the end of the decade, he and Bernie Marsden played selected venues with their own Moody Marsden Band.[citation needed]
1990s
During the early 1990s, Moody toured extensively with Roger Chapman. "What a bloke," marvelled the singer. "Every hotel we stayed in, he used to get his black bin-liners out and start taping them to the windows – can't sleep if there's any light in the room. They used to think he was mad. Lovely fella though. A great guitarist. And intelligent too. Too intelligent for Coverdale."[6]
Moody reunited on a more permanent basis with Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden, to tour and record as the Moody Marsden Band in U.K and Europe. They issued two live albums, Never Turn Our Back on the Blues and Live in Hell and a studio set, Real Faith. In 1996, Moody toured the US as part of the Best of British Blues tour, also featuring
2000s
In 2000, Moody wrote and produced library music prior to the release of his first official solo album, I Eat Them For Breakfast. Continuing to perform with Company of Snakes and take on occasional session work, Moody joined his former
Around this time Moody played on Nah Aufnahme by German musician Westernhagen, which eventually appeared in the national charts. 2006 saw the release of Moody's self-produced solo album Don't Blame Me, released at the same time as his memoirs Playing with Trumpets – A Rock 'n' Roll Apprenticeship. M3 broke up later that year, after which Moody performed more shows with Roger Chapman plus selected dates with a line-up of the Micky Moody Band that featured his eldest son Micky Moody Jr. on drums. In 2008, he toured Japan as special guest of Jimmy Copley and Japanese guitarist Char. Also featured was ex-Herbie Hancock bassist Paul Jackson and keyboard player Yoshinobu Kojima. The shows were recorded and released on DVD as Jimmy Copley & Char: Special Session. To celebrate his love of instrumental music, Moody wrote and produced the albums Acoustic Journeyman (2007) and Electric Journeyman (2009).
2010s
In 2011, Moody co-wrote library music for both Warner/Chapell and Universal before co-forming Snakecharmer, a line up which also included former Whitesnake colleague
2020s
In 2020, Micky and Ali Maas Moody released their second co-written album and continued to work together.
Discography
With Tramline
- 1968 Somewhere Down The Line
- 1969 Moves of Vegetable Centuries
With Juicy Lucy
- 1970 Lie Back and Enjoy It
- 1971 Get a Whiff a This
- 1972 Pieces
With Snafu
- 1973 Snafu
- 1974 Situation Normal
- 1975 All Funked Up
With Bob Young
- 1977 Young and Moody
- 1995 The Nearest Hits Album
- 2010 Back for the Last Time Again
With David Coverdale
- 1977 White Snake
- 1978 Northwinds
With Whitesnake
- 1978 Snakebite
- 1978 Trouble
- 1978 Live at Hammersmith
- 1979 Lovehunter
- 1980 Ready an' Willing
- 1980 Live...in the Heart of the City
- 1981 Come an' Get It
- 1982 Saints & Sinners
- 1984 Slide It In
With The Moody Marsden Band
- 1992 Never Turn Our Back on the Blues
- 1994 Live in Hell
- 1994 The Time Is Right For Live
- 1994 Real Faith (reissued in 2000 as Ozone Friendly)
- 2000 The Night the Guitars Came to Play
With The Snakes, Company of Snakes & M3
- 1998 Once Bitten (Japan)
- 1998 Live in Europe
- 2001 Here They Go Again
- 2002 Burst the Bubble
- 2005 Classic Snake Live
- 2005 Rough An' Ready (live album)
- 2007 Rough An' Ready (live DVD)
With Snakecharmer
- 2013 Snakecharmer
- 2017 Second Skin
With The Bad Apples
- 2014 Played
With Ali Maas
- 2016 Black & Chrome
- 2020 Who's Directing Your Movie?
Solo
- 2000 I Eat Them for Breakfast
- 2002 Smokestacks Broomdusters and Hoochie Coochie Men (with Paul Williams)
- 2006 Don't Blame Me
- 2007 Acoustic Journeyman
- 2008 Live and Rocking! – Live at the Hell Blues Festival 2000 (Micky Moody & Friends)
- 2009 Electric Journeyman
Guest appearances
- 1969 You Can All Join In (VA)
- 1970 Zoot Money (Zoot Money)
- 1973 In Memory of Robert Johnson (Paul Williams)
- 1973 I Never Got (Tony Kelly)
- 1973 Manor Live (VA)
- 1973 Me and My Friend (Patrick Campbell Lyons)
- 1974 Funkist (Bobby Harrison)
- 1975 Squire (Alan Hull)
- 1975 Legend (Mickey Jupp)
- 1977 Graham Bonnet (Graham Bonnet)
- 1977 Fancy That (Joanna Carlin)
- 1977 City to City (Gerry Rafferty)
- 1979 Chappo (Roger Chapman)
- 1981 Line Up (Graham Bonnet)
- 1982 Riff Burglars (Roger Chapman)
- 1982 Madness, Money & Music (Sheena Easton)
- 1986 In Quo Country (Bob Young)
- 1987 Islands (Mike Oldfield)
- 1987 Party Album (Gary Glitter)
- 1987 Reaching Out (Paul Millns)
- 1987 Indestructible (Mike D'Abo)
- 1987 No Angel (Sanne Salomonsen)
- 1988 New Day (Jane Harrison)
- 1989 Walking The Cat (Roger Chapman)
- 1990 Hybrid and Lowdown (Roger Chapman)
- 1991 Blue-Eyed Slide (Brian Knight)
- 1992 Parlour Games (John Spencer)
- 1992 Blues Brittania (VA)
- 1992 Waiting in the Wings (Chris Farlowe)
- 1992 Very Much Alive (Willy Finlayson and The Hurters)
- 1993 Midnight Postcards (Adam Faith)
- 1994 Tellin' Stories (Walter Trout)
- 1994 Line Up (Borderline)
- 1995 Together (Peter Smith)
- 1995 Green and Blues (Bernie Marsden)
- 1996 Kiss My Soul (Roger Chapman)
- 1996 Blue Thunder (Blue Thunder)
- 1998 Pinboard Wizards (Jackie Lynton)
- 2000 Here After (Jamie Marshall)
- 2000 Gimme All Your Topp (VA)
- 2000 Snakebites (VA)
- 2000 Glory Bound (Chris Farlowe)
- 2001 Another Hair of the Dog (VA)
- 2001 Tam de ti ye... (Ani Lorak)
- 2002 Fairytale (Peer Gynt)
- 2002 Who's He Calling Me Him (Norman Beaker Band)
- 2003 Freak Out (Chris Catena)
- 2004 On The Wire (Smokie)
- 2005 Nah Aufnahme (Westernhagen)
- 2007 One More Time For Peace(Roger Chapman)
- 2007 Human Spirit (Gary Fletcher)
- 2008 Slap My Hand (Jimmy Copley)
- 2009 Live at Abbey Road (Endangered Species)
- 2010 Live in Kawasaki/Demons & Wizards in Kawasaki (Official Bootleg) (Uriah Heep)
- 2013 The Proof (The Proof)
- 2013 Tailshaker (Brothers in Blues)
- 2013 Friends for a LIVEtime (The Hamburg Blues Band)
- 2014 Celebrating Jon Lord (VA)
- 2015 Hold On (Eugene Hideaway Bridges)
References
- ^ a b "Micky Moody's website". Mickymoody.com. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Rock'n Roll Guitar". Micky Moody. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ISBN 978-0946719860
- ^ "Tramline Down the Line". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011.
- ^ Phillip Hackney (30 August 1950). "Hard Roxx magazine 1997". Whitesnake.f9.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Welcome back: Juliette Lewis"; Classic Rock #138, November 2009, p26
- ^ "Paul Williams, British singer official website". Paulwilliams-uk.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.