Thanks for that, that's amazing. I never saw her in my 1970s Crawdaddy days, sadly, though have now seen Richard ten times and I am Facebook friends with Sandy's pal Linda. My daughter and grandson now live near Greenwich, my dad was born in Yorkshire. Add anything else you wish.
I was born in the same bed as Sandy. A 'joke' our mothers shared. She preceded me by a year and a half in the then tiny Nelson Hospital that had a birthing room with a single bed. Locally we first knew Sandy as a concert standard pianist but later her guitar playing became better known. She could tip a pint or two then play and sing brilliantly, which she often did outside the Hand in Hand pub on the edge of Wimbledon Common. There was a good number of musicians living in SW19, so she had a lot of encouragement, quit nursing then went pro. Popular local views were that she should have stayed solo though. As good as the Fairport work was, she was capable of being better. A pity she didn't try, she may still be with us.
Thanks for that, that's amazing. I never saw her in my 1970s Crawdaddy days, sadly, though have now seen Richard ten times and I am Facebook friends with Sandy's pal Linda. My daughter and grandson now live near Greenwich, my dad was born in Yorkshire. Add anything else you wish.
I was born in the same bed as Sandy. A 'joke' our mothers shared. She preceded me by a year and a half in the then tiny Nelson Hospital that had a birthing room with a single bed. Locally we first knew Sandy as a concert standard pianist but later her guitar playing became better known. She could tip a pint or two then play and sing brilliantly, which she often did outside the Hand in Hand pub on the edge of Wimbledon Common. There was a good number of musicians living in SW19, so she had a lot of encouragement, quit nursing then went pro. Popular local views were that she should have stayed solo though. As good as the Fairport work was, she was capable of being better. A pity she didn't try, she may still be with us.