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Post by politician2 on Jul 12, 2020 10:31:04 GMT
Terribly sad news: Judy Dyble, the original female singer with Fairport Convention, has died at the age of 71.
The debut album she made with Fairport remains my favourite of their releases, with her contributions elevating it enormously. Whilst her replacement Sandy Denny was far more celebrated, Dyble had a much weirder musical sensibility that gave the band a pronounced psychedelic edge. This sensibility was also obvious in her second band Trader Horne and in the solo career that she launched decades later.
RIP Judy.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 12, 2020 10:46:49 GMT
RIP Judy Dyble
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Post by personunknown on Jul 12, 2020 11:05:43 GMT
Sad. I saw her at the Cropredy Fairport reunion where she came on stage to duet with former member Iain Matthew's for a few of the first album tunes.
The first FC incarnation was a far more psychedelic affair, captured well here.
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Post by politician2 on Jul 12, 2020 11:41:03 GMT
The early Fairport also had some prog leanings, as the superb first track here makes clear. Dyble was an early member of King Crimson, though she left before their first album. Had she remained with Fairport instead of being replaced by Sandy Denny, it's possible that they would have become proponents of progressive rock rather than electric folk.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 15, 2020 7:28:31 GMT
Writer Dave Thompson said.... Woke up to learn that Judy Dyble has left us.... the loveliest "accidental musician" of them all, and an accidental writer as well. When I first suggested we write her autobiography, she laughed her head off and called me "a daft pudding."
We carried on laughing throughout the writing of the book. I'm not sure I've ever known anyone who found so much to be happy about, and she spread that happiness so thickly that everyone who came into contact with her seemed to come away feeling better for the experience. I certainly did - so much so that, not so long ago, we were talking about reuniting to create an updated version of her book. Add a few more stories, cover the last few albums, unearth a few more rambling diary entries about the importance of doing nothing with something stupid. We were both looking forward to it, too.
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