Elf is tagged as: hard rock, blues rock, classic rock, rock, blues
There are both a band and a solo-artist with the name Elf.
1) Elf, was a Blues-rock band founded in 1967 in Cortland, NY by singer Ronnie James Dio (Ronnie Padavona), bassist Doug Thaler, keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule, drummer Gary Driscoll, and gutiarists Nick Pantas and David “Rock” Feinstein. The band was orignially called The Electric Elves, but was shortened to The Elves, and finally Elf in 1969. |In 1970 the band was involved in an automobile accident which claimed the life of Nick Pantas, whom the band decided not to replace. After recovering from his injuries, Doug Thaler quit the band, and was replaced by Micky Lee Soule. (Upon leaving in 1972, Thaler moved to New York and got a job as a booking agent — Elf was one of the bands he booked. In 1983, he became co-manager of Mötley Crüe. Present day he works at Metropolitan Talent as an artist manager, working with artists such as Art Garfunkel, Bruce Hornsby & Ratdog).|Cover of Elf’s debut self-titled albumElf’s self-titled debut album was produced by Deep Purple members Roger Glover and Ian Paice, who happened to see Elf auditioning in 1972. For the next few years, the band enjoyed mild success as an opening act for Deep Purple.|Dio both sang and played the bass guitar until, in 1973, bass...
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