Despite my gallows humor in the title of this post, what happened on Sept.3 is no joke. A giant 1200 lb. bale of hay rolled into the road at Devon, England. This caused a multi-vehicle accident and ex-ELO Cellist Mike Edwards was killed. Edwards played a significant part in Electric Light Orchestra’s success, despite his short stay with the band (1972 -1975). He constantly showed up in crazy outfits and invented new approaches to playing his cello (think: plucking and strumming with various citrus instead of picks). You tube has an interesting interview and performance of Mike from 2009.