Eddie Hardin
Eddie Hardin was an English rock pianist and singer-songwriter. Born Edward Harding, he was best known for his associations with the Spencer Davis Group, Axis Point, and Hardin & York. Hardin, along with the drummer, Pete York, left the Spencer Davis Group on 26 October 1968, due to 'differences over musical policy'.
Hardin and York performed as a duo on and off over the years and Hardin cut his solo debut Home Is Where You Find It in 1972. Both men rejoined the Spencer Davis Group in 1973 but the band broke up again after two albums. Hardin continued as a solo artist, occasionally reuniting with York, much of his work from 1974 onwards was produced by Roger Glover who had recently left Deep Purple. Hardin featured on Glover's solo project The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast that year, singing lead on the track "Sir Maximus Mouse" and playing on and co-writing others, most notably the hit song "Love Is All".
His best known work is perhaps his lead vocal on the theme from the Thames Television children's magazine series Magpie, recorded by the then line-up of the Spencer Davis Group under the pseudonym The Murgatroyd Band.
He died following a heart attack on 22 July 2015, at the age of 66.
Discography
a wild Uncertainty
- "Man With Money" / "Broken Truth" Planet
Spencer Davis Group
With Their New Face On United Artists UA 1192 Gluggo Vertigo 6360088 Living in a Back Street Vertigo Catch You on the Rebop Taking Out Time 1967–69
Reissues
With Their New Face On Repertoire REP 4684-WY Funky One Way OW 34529The Masters Eagle Records
Hardin and York
Tomorrow Today Bell SBLL125 The World's Smallest Big Band Bell SBLL136 For The World Bell SBLL141 Hardin & York with Charlie McCracken Vertigo 6360622 Hardin & New York Teldec 624595 Live at the Marquee 1971 RPM RPM135 Hardin & York Live Repertoire REP 4459-WY 1970 recording, previously a bootlegStill A Few Pages Left RPM Thunderbird CSA 106
Reissues
For The World See For Miles Tomorrow Today Repertoire REP 4481-WY World Smallest Big Band Repertoire REP 4482-WY
Axis Point
Axis Point RCA PL 30039 Boast of the Town RCA PL 25277
Reissues
Axis Point / Boast of the Town BGO
Solo albums
Home Is Where You Find It, Decca TXS 106 Wizard's Convention, RCA Records You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks, Attic LAT 1023 Circumstantial Evidence, RCA Eddie Hardin & Zak Starkey's Musical of Wind in the Willows, President Dawn 'Til Dusk, Coda Records Situations, President PTLS1089 Survival, Coda Records Wind in the Willows Live, in-akustik INAK/BOSE INAK 9010 When We Were Young, in-akustik INAK 11005 Just Passing Through, self-released
Reissues
You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks Repertoire REP4464WY Wind in the Willows Live Angel Air Circumstantial Evidence Angel Air SJPCD024Eddie Hardin & Zak Starkey's Musical of Wind in the Willows RPM 327 Home Is Where You Find It RPM 271
Composer
The 1975 pop song "Love Is All" from the album The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast by Roger Glover was credited to "Roger Glover & Friends" in the credits but was in reality sung by Ronnie James Dio and composed by Hardin.
As sideman
With Bo Diddley