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last updated: October 28, 2014
Joseph Charles Molland of Liverpool, England was born on
June 21, 1947. He taught himself piano at age 7 and picked up his
first guitar at age 11. His first group as a teenager was called The
Assassins. In the early 1960's, he played in a Chuck Berry
cover group called The Profiles. In 1964, he joined The
Masterminds, making his first record in 1965. In
1966, he was recruited for a group called The Fruit Eating Bears,
backing The Merseys on tour. In 1967, he moved on to The
Crying Shames for a short time, then he successfully
auditioned and joined Gary Walker
& The Rain, who became very popular in Japan
by 1968. After they broke up in May 1969, Joey joined Badfinger
in November of 1969 (as they were in the process of changing their
name from The Iveys), replacing Ron Griffiths, eventually
quitting the group in November of 1974 over business differences. He
was a member of Natural Gas
from 1975-1976, but eventually reunited with Tommy Evans in 1978,
but they split again for good by 1981. Joey now records and tours as
a solo act and plays occasionally as Joey Molland's Badfinger.
biography information from
Dan Matovina's "Without You, The Tragic Story of Badfinger"
official site: www.badfingersite.com
myspace page: Badfinger
(Joey Molland)
Joey's
solo albums:
After
The Pearl [1983] reissued:
November 24, 2014 [sample
recording of Mean Jemima]
The Pilgrim [1992] reissued:
October 20, 2014 [sample
recording of Vampire Wedding]
Timeless (EP) [1996]
[sample
recording of Mirrors]
Basil (Joey Molland: Demos
Old And New) [1998] reissued:
May 5, 2014 [sample
recording of What You're Doin']
This Way Up [2001] reissued:
January 27, 2014 [sample
recording of Another Honeymoon]
Return To Memphis
[2013] released:
February 5, 2014 [sample
recording of Build A Ship To Mars]
Joey Molland song listings with lyrics
Joey Molland News:
ALL
OF JOEY'S SOLO ALBUMS REISSUED BY GONZO
In 2014, all of Joey
Molland's solo albums have become available on CD, released by Gonzo
Multimedia in the U.K. On January 27, 2014, the 2001 album, This
Way Up was reissued. On May 5, 2014, the 1998 release
originally title Basil, but renamed as Joey
Molland: Demos Old And New was reissued. On October 20,
2014, the 1992 album originally released by Ryko, The Pilgrim,
was reissued. On November 24, 2014, Joey's first solo album, After
The Pearl, from 1983 was reissued and released for the
first time ever on CD.
RETURN TO MEMPHIS
RELEASED IN 2013
On
December 2, 2013, Joey Molland released his 4th solo album,
"Return To Memphis" on UK’s Gonzo Multimedia, although it
actually didn't become available until February 5, 2014. The new
CD features ten Molland compositions recorded at Royal Studios
in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Carl Wise. Says Joey:
"There are no real Badfinger power chords or anything like that.
No real jamming guitars...well...maybe a little bit, and I do
play some slide on it... Carl had four girls come in to sing
'oohs' and 'aahs' and harmonies which was great, and I played
with a three-piece Memphis rhythm section. So it's a really
simple sounding record." Some of the new songs originate from
the demo recordings that were done back in 2007.
NEW MOLLAND RECORDINGS
FOR 2007
On
http://www.myspace.com/badfingerjoeymolland
(as of January 26, 2011), Joey Molland & The Echo Boys have 6 new
original songs posted, called "Still I Love You", "Hero", "Nothing's
Forever", "This Time", "Walk Out In The Rain", and "Yesterday". You
can play the full recordings online.
updated January 26, 2011
As of
October 26, 2014, only four songs remain on the myspace page: "Rain"
(5:29), "Hero" (4:01) and "Yesterday" (4:08) by Joey Molland &
The Echo Boys, and a demo of "All I Ever Dreamed" (4:33).
updated
October 26, 2014
NEW CHRISTMAS CD COMPILATION INCLUDES JOEY MOLLAND SONG
Not
Lame Recording Company has released a
Christmas CD compilation called, "Hi-Fi Christmas Volume 2". It
includes the Joey Molland Christmas song, King Of Kings,
that was produced by the Mollands in 2004 and previewed on their
website.
The CD is selling for $10. Proceeds from the label that released
this go to support research for Von Willibrand`s disease, a rare
bleeding disorder that is poorly funded. Additionally, Not Lame will
donate $3 on each sale of this release to this cause.
Artists appearing are; Sketch Middle, The Elvis Brothers, The Grip
Weeds, The Bradburys, Joey Molland, Lisa Mychols
& Wondermints, Rob Paravonian, Jeremy, Ed James, Husky Team, The
Spongetones, Gary Pig Gold, Dipsomaniacs, October Elsewhere, Mari
Pavelich, The Brothers Figaro Orchestra & Marti Jones.
thanks to Dan Pavelich, posted December 7, 2006
NEW CHRISTMAS
SONG FROM JOEY
Joey has recorded a new
Christmas song, available for mp3 download from www.joeymolland.com
starting in December 2004. The title is "The King Of Kings".
NEW
VIDEOS FROM JOEY
Joey's
video for "Isn't That A Dream" has been completed and the next
one will be for the excellent track "A Way To Be".
posted April 14, 2002
THIS WAY UP
His first solo CD since 1992. This Way Up was released on July
17, 2001.
The track listing is as follows:
01. Mirrors
02. Happy
03. A Way To Be
04. The Bust
05. This Must Be Love
06. Moonlight
07. Another Honeymoon
08. When I Was A Boy
09. Angels Like Us
10. What Else (Nothing)
11. Tell Me
12. Three Minute Warning
13. Isn't That A Dream?
older THIS WAY UP news:
The still untitled 3rd solo album is making good progress in
the studio as final tracks and fine tuning are being done with the songs
that were recorded with the Echo Boys over the past 1-2 years. Work is
being completed at Badfinger bassist Mark Healey's Aurora Borealis
Studios. Mark is engineering and helping to produce the final tracks in
his state of the art studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Songs worked on
during November 26, 1999: "Mirrors", "Angels Like Us", and "The Way To
Be".
story courtesy of Randy Justesen, updated November 29,
1999
There are over 16 songs recorded for Joey's new CD project. With the
current touring winding down, Joey plans on going in to the studio to do
the finishing touches on the basic tracks which have all been completed.
Mark Healy, Badfinger's bass player and owner of Aurora Borealis Studios
will be engineering and assisting with the final stages of this project.
Word is that the intention now is to have this completed and out by
Christmas this year. Joey has decided not to close on any current offers
from prospective record labels and will release this CD through his own
label Independent Artists. This is excellent news, as delays caused from
waiting for interested labels to get off the fence are no longer an
obstacle. The music is incredible and is definitely some of the best
Joey has ever written. As we get closer to a firm release date, I will
post more details on the songs.
story courtesy of Randy Justesen, updated October 23,
1999
Joey previewed a new song at the San Diego Beatlefair in July 1998
from his upcoming solo CD of all new material. He performed It's A
Bust on acoustic guitar. Other new songs completed so far: This
Must Be Love, Love Can't Hide, 3 Minute Warning, When I Was A Boy,
and Nothing. Two songs just recently recorded (Spring 1999) are:
The Way To Be and Tell Me. A total of 14 songs have been
completed by Joey, and he is awaiting a decision by the record company.
news courtesy of Randy Justesen, Spring 1999
JOEY'S BADFINGER ROCKS NEW HAMPSHIRE
Joey Molland's Badfinger played the Hopkinton State Fair in
Contoocook, New Hampshire on August 31, 2001, although the show almost
didn't happen, click
here for the full story...
NEW INTERVIEW WITH JOEY
Planet
Jani interview
posted April 14, 2000
JOEY MOLLAND'S BADFINGER, 1999 SUMMER U.S. TOUR
Joey Molland's Badfinger (Joey Molland, Mark Healey and
John Richardson) played two 45 minute sets at the Cinedrome Niteclub
in the Grand Cedar Hotel at Foxwood's Casino in Ledyard, CT on July
24, 1999. Here is the set list from the first performance that
lasted from 10:30 PM to 11:15 PM. Because of the shorter set times, Joey
wasn't able to play any new songs or as many solo songs, and relied
heavily on classic Badfinger songs. More details and photos below...
1st set (10:30-11:15 PM):
Come And Get It (except for ending)
I Don't Mind
Great harmonies between Joey and Mark on this.
Suitcase
Joey introduced this as: "a song about being on the
road."
Baby Blue
Joey mentioned Pete Ham as the writer.
Midnight Sun [Mark Healey on lead vocal, Joey on backing
vocal (see small photo above)] [large
photo]
Joey asked the audience if they ever heard of The Magic
Christian album before this song. Joey messed-up the solo on this
otherwise good performance.
The Dreamer
Very nice version of this track from Airwaves.
Moolah Rey
This really rocked.
Day After Day [small
photo] [large photo]
Joey mentioned (the late great) Pete Ham as the writer
again. Joey's voice can never handle this song very well.
Happy [small
photo] [large photo]
Joey described this as "a new song, but it's not really
new." He also called it a political love song and joked about how the
fat ladies in the casino can't stop playing the one-armed bandits
(slots) and so they have to have the stool removed from their butts
because they're sitting down too long. This song really rocked also.
No Matter What
No More [small
photo] [large photo]
Joey commented that he "learned this song in Miami 50
years ago", referring to the Say No More sessions in Florida in 1980.
Come And Get It (ending only) [small
photo] [large
photo]
2nd set (12:00-12:45 AM) [incomplete listing, not
necessarily in this order-thanks to Lew Bundles]:
Vampire Wedding
Long, Long Way Back Home
Andy Norris
Joey accidentally introduced this as a song off the
Ass LP (instead of the first Warners LP).
Name Of The Game [acoustic version]
Sweet Tuesday Morning
Money/Flying
No Matter What
Baby Blue
SWEET BASIL TOUR
Joey Molland's Badfinger (Joey Molland, Mark Healey and
John Richardson) completed their "Sweet Basil" tour of Japan in March of
1999. A live CD may be released in the future from these shows.
BASIL CD
The CD features demos he made for Badfinger from 1972-1973
as well as other recent previously unreleased recordings. Note that this
CD was not mastered. It was copied directly to CD from the original demo
tapes, so the quality varies greatly from track to track.
MERRY CHRISTMAS REISSUED
The compilation Missing Children Minnesota
including Joey's Merry Christmas (Follow Your Star) has
been reissued on CD.
