Elf was an American hard-rock band that released a self-titled 1972 album on Epic, followed by the 1974/75 MGM albums Carolina County Ball and Trying to Burn the Sun. They were a frequent opening act of Deep Purple, whose bassist, Roger Glover, produced Elf’s three albums.
Singer Ronnie James Dio joined guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in his post-Purple outfit Rainbow. After a spell in the 1980/81 lineup of Black Sabbath, Dio recorded multiple albums with his namesake metal band Dio.
Members: Ronnie James Dio (vocals, bass), David Rock Feinstein (guitar, 1970-73), Gary Driscoll (drums, percussion), Mickey Lee Soule (piano, keyboards, vocals), Steve Edwards (guitar, 1973-75), Craig Gruber (bass, 1973-75), Mark Nauseef (percussion, 1975)
Elf evolved from The Electric Elves, a garage-psych band formed in upstate New York in 1967.
Discography:
- Elf (1972)
- Carolina County Ball (1974)
- Trying to Burn the Sun (1975)
Sources:
Artist/Album Pages:
Magic Carpet were an English raga-folk combo from London that released a self-titled album on Mush...
Spirogyra was an English folk-rock band that released the album St. Radigunds on B & C Records i...
Quiver was an English rustic-rock band from London that released two albums on Warner Bros. in 197...
George Freeman (born April 10, 1927) is an American jazz-funk guitarist from Chicago. Discograp...
Maple Leaf were a Japanese folk-rock band that released a self-titled album on Victor in 1972. ...
Amazing Blondel were an English neo-medieval folk-rock trio from Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, that de...
Lesley Duncan (Aug. 12, 1943 — March 12, 2010) was an English singer/songwriter from Stockton-on-T...
Coloured Balls were an Australian hard-rock/jam band from Melbourne that cut a collaborative album...
Odin was an English-European hard-rock/psych band based in Gaukönigshofen, Bayern, Germany, that r...
Tudor Lodge was an English folk-rock trio from Reading, Berkshire, that released a self-titled alb...
Ronnie McNeir — aka Lewis Ronald McNeir (born Dec. 14, 1951) — is an American soul singer from Cam...
Trust In Men Everywhere, commonly billed under the acronymic moniker T.I.M.E., were an American p...