Richard Tandy

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Richard Tandy (born 26 March 1948) is an English musician. He was the keyboardist in the band Electric Light Orchestra ("ELO").[1] His palette of keyboards (including Minimoog, Clavinet, Mellotron, and piano) was an important ingredient in the group's sound, especially on the albums A New World Record, Out of the Blue, Discovery, and Time.

Tandy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 7 April 2017 as a member of Electric Light Orchestra.[2]

Life and career

Tandy was born on 26 March 1948 in

The Uglys.[4]

In 1972, Tandy served as the bassist in the first live line-up of

Armchair Theatre and Lynne-produced Dave Edmunds album Information
.

Tandy's keyboards are an integral part of ELO's sound, and include

harmonium. He is also proficient on guitar. On some albums he is also credited with vocals or backing vocals, without any specification of which songs. Tandy was Jeff Lynne's right-hand man in the studio and co-arranged the strings with Lynne and Louis Clark from Eldorado onwards.[citation needed
]

In 1985, Tandy formed the Tandy Morgan Band featuring

Dave Morgan and Martin Smith, both of whom had worked with ELO in live concerts. In 1985, the Tandy Morgan Band released the concept album Earthrise
. A remastered version was released on CD on the Rock Legacy label in 2011. A follow-up to Earthrise with previously unpublished tracks was released as The BC Collection, containing one track written by Tandy: "Enola Sad".

Tandy is featured on every ELO album except 1971's No Answer, recorded by Wood, Lynne, Bevan, Bill Hunt and Steve Woolam prior to his arrival, and 2015's Alone in the Universe, on which all of the instruments aside from some percussion were played by Lynne.

In 2012, Tandy reunited with Lynne to record another ELO project, a live set of the band's biggest hits recorded at Lynne's Bungalow Palace home recording studio, which was broadcast on television.[5] In 2013, Tandy joined Lynne in performing two songs for Children In Need Rocks, "Livin' Thing" and "Mr Blue Sky". He was also part of ELO's set on Radio 2's Festival In A Day in September 2014, and played a piano solo on the song One More Time from Lynne's ELO 2019 album From Out of Nowhere.[6]

Equipment

After permanently switching from bass to keyboards, Tandy's initial onstage setup was of

Oberheim synthesizers from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.[citation needed] Tandy played a harmonium on "Kuiama" on ELO 2
.

Personal life

Tandy's first marriage was to Carol "Cookie", a friend of Cleo Odzer,[8] but the marriage ended in divorce; he is now[when?] married to his second wife, Sheila. He has lived variously in Birmingham, France,[9] and Los Angeles,[8] but currently[when?] resides in Wales.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Rewired Electric Light Orchestra Hitting The Road". MTV. 13 July 2001. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Inductees: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)". Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Richard Tandy Interview - April 1999". Archived from the original on 26 July 2021.
  4. ISBN 1-84195-017-3
    .
  5. ^ "FULL PERFORMANCE: Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy reunite for Evil Woman". Youtube. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Jeff Lynne's ELO releasing new album, 'From Out of Nowhere,' in November; title track available now". 94.3 Jack FM. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  7. ^ Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven. 23 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ a b "Richard Tandy". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  9. ISBN 9781291374667
    . Retrieved 20 November 2016 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Cole, Paul (14 March 2014). "ELO's Jeff Lynne: The lad from Birmingham who reunited The Beatles". Business Live. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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