Sporting his greatcoat in the late 60s and early 70s, Ruts DC drummer David Ruffy was a teenage follower of Edgar Broughton Band. He tells Prog why they mattered so much.
“I recently passed the site of the old Marquee Club on Wardour Street in London. I used to be a regular in my teens and I saw Edgar Broughton there a few times. I also saw Led Zeppelin there when they were still The New Yardbirds.
I used to go out a lot then, and over at the Red Lion in Leytonstone I saw the original line-up of Yes, Quintessence, Mick Abrahams Band; and my old band, Emerge 1943, supported Quiver there.
Edgar Broughton was quite political – not overtly or party political, but he was quite outspoken – but he also liked Howlin’ Wolf and Captain Beefheart; and he could do it, so he did.
He famously did Apache Drop Outas a single. It was a …