Women Singers in Celtic Folklore and Rock-Metal

[Gold Dust Woman]

Steeleye Span- Cam ye o'er frae France

Shirley Collins voice is also amazing

 

[Nai Noswad]

Though English, the late Judy Dyble must be remembered in the life of Fairport... to see her knitting on stage whilst singing was.... fun!

Fairport Convention - Sí Tú Dois Partir.

 

[Nai Noswad]

She did have issues with alcohol for sure, but she also is one of the top female folk rock voices if not the top folk rock female singers of all time.

The janis Joplin of folk was her tag, tragic end, to fall downstairs in her parents home.

 

[dr wu]

The janis Joplin of folk was her tag, tragic end, to fall downstairs in her parents home.

Richard Thompson wrote this about Sandy......his ex wife Linda on vocals.... also a fine folk singer.

 

[dr wu]

Anyone spot Peter Green during the guitar break?

First heard 'Basket of Light' in 1969 coming out of a dorm room at college....been a fan since then
As to Green,,,,is that him on the left sitting against the wall?....I have no idea what he looked like back then...could be I suppose.

 

[dr wu]

Celia Humphris from 'Trees' a lessor knowm Brit folk rock band..one of my favorites...simiar to Fairport.
fyi...They wrote the track The Garden of Jane Delawney that All about Eve covered in an earlier post by Nai.

 

[dr wu]

Mary Black....sang on some lps by De Dannan but mostly solo.
Here's her doing Farewell Farewell which Richard Thompson wrote and of course Sandy Denny first recorded.

(Richard Thompson wrote Farewell, Farewell after the crash of Fairport Convention's van late at night on 12 May 1969 on the way back home from a gig which killed their drummer Martin Lamble and Richard's girlfriend Jeannie Franklyn (Jeannie the Tailor.)

 

[Gold Dust Woman]

Richard Thompson was a genius of the folk rock music scene. My father really likes him and his guitar playing. My father is the one credited for damn sure that got me to listen to this music. Richard Thompson also wrote one of the best Fairport Convention songs and much later covered by the band Greta Van Fleet, "Meet On The Ledge." The song has been covered by multiple artists. The Fairport version also has Sandy Denny singing on it.

 

[Gold Dust Woman]

Another fact about the late great folk rock legend Sandy Denny is she sang the female part on the Led Zeppelin hit song "The Battle Of Evermore". This was on the studio album version only as far as I know she never sang it live with Led Zeppelin on tour, that part was always sung live as far as I know by John Paul Jones and much later by Alison Krauss & Najma Akhtar when she performed the song with Robert Plant.

With Najma Akhtar

With Alison Krauss

The Original Studio Album Version with Sandy Denny

 

[dr wu]

Another fact about the late great folk rock legend Sandy Denny is she sang the female part on the Led Zeppelin hit song "The Battle Of Evermore". This was on the studio album version only as far as I know she never sang it live with Led Zeppelin on tour, that part was always sung live as far as I know by John Paul Jones and much later by Alison Krauss & Najma Akhtar when she performed the song with Robert Plant.

With Najma Akhtar

With Alison Krauss

The Original Studio Album Version with Sandy Denny

I saw Plant and Krauss in Indianapolis 2 summers ago and of course they did that track...great show.
I saw Richard Thompson once in Chicago around the late 90's....a double bill with Randy Nerwman on piano.
The version of Evermore I saw in Indy...