FILE – Ex-Badfinger guitarist Joey Molland strums a 1967 Epiphone Casino, while talking about the early years in Badfinger in his Shorewood, Minn. home, Monday, Sept. 10, 2001.

But Badfinger was a gamble that worked, and its members enjoyed their new status as rock stars. Badfinger in about 1970. From left: Pete Ham, Tommy Evans, Mike Gibbins and Mr. Molland. via Getty ...

Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as "No Matter What" and "Day After Day," has died at age 77.

EDINA, Minn. — Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as “No Matter What” and “Day After Day,” has died at age 77. Molland ...

Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as "No Matter What" and "Day After Day," has died at age 77. Molland was the last to join and ...

Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as "No Matter What" and "Day After Day," has died at age 77. Molland was the last to join and ...

Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as "No Matter What" and "Day After Day," has died at age 77. Molland was the last to join and ...