Burke Shelley (1950 – 2022)
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Happy birthday to Burke: Now yer squawkin’: The story of Burke Shelley and Budgie bassbudgieBurke Shelleyheavy metalwales
Here’s a more recent interview with Burke. bassbudgieBurke Shelleyheavy metalwales
Budgie is, as several have noted, one of the most underrated and the most distinctive of the early “metal” bands of the ’70s, but far quirkier than Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath. An example of their quirkiness being their rendition of Big Joe Williams’ classic “Baby, Please Don’t Go”. If you’ve never heard Budgie you’d think that, at…