Badger was a British rock band from the early 1970s co-founded by keyboardist Tony Kaye after he left Yes, with David Foster. Foster had been in The Warriors with Jon Anderson before Anderson co-founded Yes. Foster later worked with the band on Time and a Word. Kaye had worked on a solo project by Foster that was never released. The pair found drummer Roy Dyke, formerly of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, and Dyke suggested Brian Parrish on guitar. The new band began rehearsing in September 1972 and signed to Atlantic Records. By 1974, the band had been reduced to Kaye and Dyke. They recruited bassist, Kim Gardner, who had worked with Dyke in Ashton, Gardner & Dyke. Paul Pilnick, formerly of Stealers Wheel, joined on guitar, as did singer Jackie Lomax. Lomax proceeded to turn them into the type of R&B/soul band he had used on his solo albums. The band became a vehicle for Lomax's songs and singing. During this period, they released one LP, White Lady, on Epic Records, produced by Allen Toussaint. All ten songs were written or co-written by Lomax. Guests on the album included Jeff Beck (contributing a guitar solo to the title track). However, before the album's release, the band had split into two factions, with Lomax and Gardner leading a short-lived band called White Lady, before Lomax returned to a solo career. "White Lady" b/w "Don't Pull the Trigger" was released as a single in May 1974.
Line-up / Musicians - Roy Dyke / drums - Kim Gardner / bass - Tony Kaye / keyboards, Mellotron - Jackie Lomax / rhythm guitar, vocals - Paul Pilnick / lead guitar
Guest musicians: - Barry Bailey / slide guitar (4-8) - Jeff Beck / guitar solo (6) - Carl Blouin / baritone saxophone, flute - Lester Caliste / trumpet - Mercedes Davis /backing vocals (1-3,5-8) - Joan Harmon / backing vocals (1-3,5-8) - Bryn Haworth / slide guitar (3) - Teresipa Henry / backing vocals (1-3,5-8) - John Lango / trombone - Bobby Montgomery / backing vocals (2-9) - Jessie Smith / backing vocals (2-9) - Alvin Thomas / tenor saxophone - Allen Toussaint / piano (3-4), organ (9), congas (1-3,10)
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