Bill Fay

UK based singer, songwriter and pianist, who began writing in the early 1960s while studying at university and in 1966 recorded a demo using the mobile studio of John Boden. Impressed by the demo, ex-Them drummer Terry Noon helped Fay to sign a recording contract with Decca. Between 1967 and 1971 the label released a beautifully odd single (“Some Good Advice”/”Screams In The Ears”) and two excellent albums (the lush, orchestrated Bill Fay and the rawer Time Of The Last Persecution). Unfortunately these recordings did not sell well and Decca decided to end Bill’s contract shortly after the release of Time Of The Last Persecution. He returned to the studio in the late 1970s to record a third album, which finally emerged in January 2005 on Durtro/Jnana records (entitled Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow, credited to the Bill Fay Group). In 2004 Wooden Hill Records released From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock - a beautiful collection of demos recorded between 1966 and 1970 (plus one recorded in 2000). Bill’s songs have touched and inspired many- his fans include country rockers Wilco, songwriter/producer Jim O'Rourke, Ben Chasny of Six Organs Of Admittance and David Tibet of Current 93.