John Edwards

Known for ActingBorn 1953-05-09 (age 73)Chiswick, London, England, UK

John Victor 'Rhino' Edwards (born 9 May 1953) is an English bass guitarist, playing in the rock group Status Quo. Born in Chiswick, London, he learnt classical violin as a child and won a scholarship to the London College of Music at the age of eleven. He was educated at Chiswick Grammar School and Stinsford School, Dorchester. Around 1973–4, he was to be found playing simultaneously in two pub bands in The White Bear in Hounslow (a venue renowned at that time as a music venue, where Rick Wakeman had been a regular player). The two bands were The Sunday Band (playing on that day of the week), playing covers of rock standards, and Rococo, with a regular Friday slot, and sharing the same singer as well as bass player. Rococo released a single "Ultrastar"/"Wildfire" on Decca Deram in 1973. Later on he joined Judie Tzuke's backing band, where he was given the nickname 'Rhino' for being clumsy. He has played with Peter Green, ex-Fleetwood Mac, Climax Blues Band, Judie Tzuke and Dexys Midnight Runners. He was working with drummer Jeff Rich, when Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt approached them both to work on his solo album Recorded Delivery. When Status Quo reformed with a new lineup in 1986, Edwards and Rich were called in to replace founding member Alan Lancaster and drummer Pete Kircher. He released the album Rhino's Revenge in 2000, on which some tracks featured other members of Status Quo. Recently he has played a small number of gigs in the UK and Europe with Woodedz, playing alongside his children. As a fan of Brentford F.C., Edwards wrote a song in early 2006 about striker Lloyd Owusu's return to the club for the start of that football season. He owns several different basses from different manufacturers, including Rickenbacker and Wal. However while playing live with Status Quo he uses basses from Status Graphite, mainly two headless four stringed and a five stringed model. For amplification he uses a Markbass F1 amp with 2 4x10 horn loaded cabinets, with a repeater amp on the other side of the stage through a regular Marshall 4 x 12 cabinet. During the song "Gerdundula", Edwards plays a Tanglewood guitar through a Marshall JCM800 head and a 4x12 cabinet. His son Freddie is a guitarist. In October 2014 he accompanied Status Quo on stage at The Roundhouse in London, in a concert broadcast live by BBC Radio 2, to launch the band's album Aquostic (Stripped Bare). He is also a member of the subsequent Aquostic touring version of the band and a member of the band Flawes. After Parfitt's 2016 retirement from the band, due to ill health, Freddie also performed in place of Parfitt for shows in July and August. His daughter Mae and son Max are both drummers. Source: Article "John Edwards (musician)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

The BRIT Awards

Status Quo - Just Doin' It!

Status Quo - The Last Night of the Electrics

Status Quo - Aquostic - Live at the Roundhouse

Les Nuls, l'émission

Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009

Status Quo: Aquostic - Live at The Roundhouse

Status Quo - Avo Session 2005

Concert for Diana

Status Quo - Perfect Remedy Tour 1989

Champs-Elysées

Hello Quo

Sacrée soirée

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

Status Quo - Live at Zurich Airport

Status Quo - Live at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019

Status Quo – Down Down & Dirty at Wacken

Status Quo - Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2016

Status Quo: Accept No Substitute! - The Definitive Hits & More!

Status Quo - Live Legends

Status Quo – Live In Mexico Neza 2003

Status Quo – Live Alive Quo

Status Quo - Anniversary Waltz (A Celebration Of 25 Rockin' Years)

Status Quo - Rock 'Til You Drop