Badfinger - Baby Blue (Kenny Rogers Show 1972)

Badfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s and was one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. During the early 1970s the band was tagged as the heir apparent to The Beatles, partly because of their close working relationship with the 'Fab Four' and partly because of their similar sound. However, Badfinger fell victim to some of the worst elements of the music industry, resulting in its two principal singers and songwriters committing suicide in 1975 and 1983.

Badfinger: The Apple years

In October 1969, while the release of "Come and Get It" was pending, the band and Apple Records agreed that a name change was now critical. "The Iveys" were still sometimes confused with "The Ivy League", and the name was considered too trite for the current music scene. After much debate, the group changed their name to Badfinger. Other suggestions had included: "The Glass Onion," "The Prix", and "The Cagneys" from John Lennon, and "Home" by Paul McCartney.^[2]

For over a month the group unsuccessfully auditioned band members to replace Ron Griffiths, chiefly bass players. With the release date of "Come and Get It" fast approaching, Badfinger finally hired Liverpudlian guitarist Joey Molland (previously with Gary Walker & The Rain, The Masterminds, and The Fruit-Eating Bears), which required Evans shift to bass guitar.^[1]

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Additional notes: What destroyed this band was actually bad rumor, they were said to be an imitation Beatles band. When in fact they were not but they did have the Beatles sound and for good reason they did. George Harrison did the sound production for and with them on their top U.S. album "Straight Up", given that of course they would have the Beatles sound, but they were imitating no one.

Bonus: You can really hear George Harrison's guitar influence in this one and I heard he wrote some of it for Badfinger, for this song. Here is Day After Day..