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Posted on 10/12/2025 10:48:15 AM PDT by Morgana
(UPI) — Longtime Moody Blues bassist, singer and songwriter John Lodge died suddenly and unexpectedly at age 82 on Friday while surrounded by his family.
His family announced his death in a prepared statement but did not say his cause of death.
“It is with the deepest sadness that we have to announce that John Lodge, our darling husband, father, grandfather, father-in-law and brother, has been suddenly and unexpectedly taken from us,” his family said, as reported by The Guardian.
“As anyone who knew this massive-hearted man knows, it was his enduring love of his wife, Kirsten, and his family that was the most important thing to him, followed by his passion for music and his faith.
“John peacefully slipped away surrounded by his loved ones and the sounds of the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly,” the statement continued.
“We will forever miss his love, smile, kindness and his absolute and never-ending support.”
Lodge’s family thanked his fans for “keeping the faith”
Lodge was born in Birmingham, England, on July 20, 1943, and joined the Moody Blues in 1966, along with singer Justin Hayward, to replace the band’s founding bassist Clint Warwick and singer/guitarist Denny Laine, respectively.
Lodge played on the Moody Blues’ most successful albums and penned several of its hit songs, including “I’m Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band” and “Ride My See-Saw.”
The Moody Blues formed in 1964 as a blues act and transformed into one of England’s most successful progressive rock bands with the release of their best-selling “Days of Future Passed” album in 1967, according to The New York Times.
The Moody Blues sold more than 70 million albums and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Nights in white satin
Never reaching the end
Letters I’ve written
Never meaning to send
The days of future passed …..
RIP, John.
Denny Laine decided to join a band being created by a bassist and his wife.
I heard this new 3-piece band got a record deal but had to go to Africa for a recording studio...not sure what happened to that upstart band after that nightmare.
Thanks to my parents, I grew up on the Moody Blues. I even got to see them in concert. And I still regularly listen through their discography because it’s just that awesome to go through from start to ... ok, until the mid-1990s. Recently they became woke, and that tarnished my enjoyment, but their early albums were absolutely perfect expressions of musicality. Or, as Christopher Walken might say, they had an absolutely perfect amount of cowbell for their band.
I’m saddened for the end of an era and for Lodge’s family’s loss. Music has lost a great.
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colours from our sight
Red is grey and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion
Third time this has been reported here.
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Search function STILL works.
Awesome band, had them on eight track and now CD.
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