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Athelstone replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
Your blog resonated with me in so many ways, Richard. I’m not quite the same generation as you, but I’m old enough to remember the rise of the pirate radio stations. I also remember listening under the bedclothes, not to a pirate station, but to Luxembourg. It wasn’t John peel that rocked my boat, but Tony Prince (my Prince and Ruler) who urged me to make love not war (because love is lovely and war is…). it was another tragic voice that I can still hear from back then, Cass Elliot, but I also remember Sandy Denny so well. Her voice was just perfect, but not in the way that many people think a perfect voice should be. It was powerful and pure, but it was also untrained. It had variety even as she sustained a note. It was authentic.
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Thank you for the blog, Richard.
A school friend was a fan of Fairport and Denny. I enjoyed listening but not enough to keep up an interest after school. Was the house in Hampshire Headley ?Grange. Led Zep recorded there. I still listen to them occasionally but after I left school I switched to classical and have stayed there ever since.
Tony Prince! ‘Your royal ruler.’
Yep, under the bedclothes. And trying to read books under the bedclothes too, with a torch, but it was just too stuffy and uncomfortable to make much progress. Cass Elliot’s voice still does it for me. When I was a child in the 60s her voice and songs seemed to be all about the future.
@libby, I’m copying your post onto the thread so I can reply without it all vanishing into limbo.