Eddie Rayner
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Eddie Rayner, born Anthony Edward Rayner November 19, 1952, is a New Zealand musician who has played in bands such as Split Enz, Space Waltz, The Makers and 801. He has released two solo albums. The first, entitled 'Horse' was an instrumental offering, recordced entirely at Eddie's home studio in Melbourne, Australia.The second album is entitled 'Play it Strait', which is a play on a Philip Judd Split Enz song called Play it Strange which was a particular favourite of Eddie's during the mid to late 70's. The song never made an album, but was played live when Phil rejoined the band in 1977. 'Play it Strait' consisted of re-arranged and re-recorded versions of material gleaned from kiwi composers.
Eddie Rayner is considered a legend in his field. Paul McCartney caught a Split Enz show in 1979 and became a fan of the band (as did his children). He asked Eddie to play keyboard on one of his albums, something which is considered a huge honour in the music world & a testament to his talent.