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9780993212031 English 0993212034 A Folk Rock legend, Judy Dyble was the original female vocalist with Fairport Convention as they set out to rewrite the story of traditional music from within the crucible of London's 1967 psychedelic scene. Sharing a stage with Pink Floyd, Jim Hendrix and other greats, Judy and the Fairports were regulars at legendary venues such as UFO and the Speakeasy, before she departed to continue her journey through the realms of progressive rock, jazz and today's eclectic musical landscape. Written with Judy's inimitable piquant humour and warm observation, An Accidental Musician is a saga of love, loss and laugher that begins in the folk clubs of the early 1960s and continues right up to the present day, in the company of Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings, Ian McDonald (Foreigner), Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Jackie McAuley (Them), Steve and Phil Miller, Lol Coxhill, Marc Swordfish (Astralasia), Tim Borwness and many more. Contained within are many previously unseen photographs from Judy's personal collection. Book jacket., Judy Dyble is a legend. The original female singer for Fairport Convention she left the band after their first album aged only 19, thinking her world had ended. The other members felt that her style of singing wasn't powerful enough (Judy does have a very ethereal voice). She was replaced by Sandy Denny, of course. Judy's boyfriend at the time was Ian McDonald. He knew Robert Fripp, who was on the point of forming Giles, Giles and Fripp, the forerunner of King Crimson. Judy joined this band, but left when her relationship with McDonald ended. She then teamed up with ex-Them singer Jackie McAuley to form Trader Horne.In 1973, Judy left the music business when she married DJ Simon Stable, who was Count Simon De La Bedoyere (this makes Judy a real life Countess!). Amongst other things they started a tape duplication business, though she did put in the odd appearance at Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival.Simon died in 1994 and Judy was knocked sideways for several years, which she movingly relates in the book. In 2003, she felt able to restart her musical career and has produced several albums to great critical acclaim. 2015's 3-CD anthology sold out immediately and was well reviewed in Prog magazine, amongst others. This book is a very human story of life, love and loss, which seems to capture the zeitgeist. Both Viv Albertine (The Slits) and Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) have written memoirs outlining their lives in and out of music (like Dyble, Albertine was only in the business for a couple of years but has come back to great acclaim in the last few years).This story is written with top music writer Dave Thompson who writes sympathetically and with style.
9780993212031 English 0993212034 A Folk Rock legend, Judy Dyble was the original female vocalist with Fairport Convention as they set out to rewrite the story of traditional music from within the crucible of London's 1967 psychedelic scene. Sharing a stage with Pink Floyd, Jim Hendrix and other greats, Judy and the Fairports were regulars at legendary venues such as UFO and the Speakeasy, before she departed to continue her journey through the realms of progressive rock, jazz and today's eclectic musical landscape. Written with Judy's inimitable piquant humour and warm observation, An Accidental Musician is a saga of love, loss and laugher that begins in the folk clubs of the early 1960s and continues right up to the present day, in the company of Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings, Ian McDonald (Foreigner), Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Jackie McAuley (Them), Steve and Phil Miller, Lol Coxhill, Marc Swordfish (Astralasia), Tim Borwness and many more. Contained within are many previously unseen photographs from Judy's personal collection. Book jacket., Judy Dyble is a legend. The original female singer for Fairport Convention she left the band after their first album aged only 19, thinking her world had ended. The other members felt that her style of singing wasn't powerful enough (Judy does have a very ethereal voice). She was replaced by Sandy Denny, of course. Judy's boyfriend at the time was Ian McDonald. He knew Robert Fripp, who was on the point of forming Giles, Giles and Fripp, the forerunner of King Crimson. Judy joined this band, but left when her relationship with McDonald ended. She then teamed up with ex-Them singer Jackie McAuley to form Trader Horne.In 1973, Judy left the music business when she married DJ Simon Stable, who was Count Simon De La Bedoyere (this makes Judy a real life Countess!). Amongst other things they started a tape duplication business, though she did put in the odd appearance at Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival.Simon died in 1994 and Judy was knocked sideways for several years, which she movingly relates in the book. In 2003, she felt able to restart her musical career and has produced several albums to great critical acclaim. 2015's 3-CD anthology sold out immediately and was well reviewed in Prog magazine, amongst others. This book is a very human story of life, love and loss, which seems to capture the zeitgeist. Both Viv Albertine (The Slits) and Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) have written memoirs outlining their lives in and out of music (like Dyble, Albertine was only in the business for a couple of years but has come back to great acclaim in the last few years).This story is written with top music writer Dave Thompson who writes sympathetically and with style.