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Dave Edmunds (born April 15, 1944) came out of Cardiff, Wales in the late 1960s, fronting a band called Love Sculpture who were playing blues and rocked up classical pieces. "Sabre Dance" was typical of this, a top ten hit after much airplay from DJ John Peel.

After the band split, Edmunds had a huge number one single with "I Hear You Knocking", a cover of a blues classic from Smiley Lewis. After learning his trade as a producer, culminating in a couple of Phil Spector type singles, "Baby I Love You" and "Born To Be With You", he became enamoured of the concurrent pub rock movement of the early 1970s, producing Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, and also The Flamin' Groovies, using a stripped down, grittier sound.

His own solo LP from that era, Subtle As A Flying Mallet, was similar in style. The Brinsley Schwarz connection brought about a collaboration with Nick Lowe, operating under the name Rockpile, with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. For contractual reasons they could not record as Rockpile until 1980, and so released albums as solo LP's backed by their band. Dave Edmunds had more hits during this time, including "Girls Talk", "I Knew The Bride", "Queen Of Hearts", "Crawling From The Wreckage", and "Singing The Blues".

Bizarrely, after their first LP as Rockpile, Seconds Of Pleasure, the band split. Edmunds spent the 1980s releasing more music to an ever selective audience, collaborating with and producing an assortment of artists, from Paul McCartney to King Kurt, via The Stray Cats and Status Quo. He soundtracked the third Porky's movie (Porky's Revenge), supplying the main theme, "High School Nights", and was musical director for a television special starring Carl Perkins, with assorted guests including George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Roseanne Cash.

On his 1983 and 1984 releases, Information and Riff Raff, Edmunds collaborated on two songs with Jeff Lynne, the lead musician of Electric Light Orchestra. This collaboration led to Jeff Lynne's own career as a producer, and ultimately led to the supergroup, the Traveling Wilburys.

He now lives in L.A. in semi-retirement, releasing the occasional album and touring infrequently, mainly due to ill health. The list of artists he has worked with is immense, from legends to footnotes in rock history. Many of his fans consider him very underrated as a performer, guitarist, and producer.

Discography

as Love Sculpture:

• Blues Helping (December 1968)
• Forms and Feelings (January 1970)

as Dave Edmunds' Rockpile:

• Rockpile (June 1972)

as Dave Edmunds:

• Subtle As a Flying Mallet (April 1975)
• Get It (April 1977)
• Tracks on Wax 4 (September 1978)
• Repeat When Necessary (June 1979)

as Rockpile:

• Seconds of Pleasure (October 1980)

as Dave Edmunds:

• Twangin' (April 1981)
• D.E. 7th (March 1982)
• Information (April 1983)
• Riff Raff (September 1984)
• I Hear You Rocking (June 1987)
• Closer to the Flame (April 1990)
• Plugged In (August 1994)

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