New sandy denny biography sample

Sandy Denny is widely acknowledged by all who knew and heard her as the finest female singer of her generation by some distance. Her singing had the power to move grown men to tears and to put her contemporaries and rivals firmly in their place. Yet because she was always portrayed and generally perceived as a folk-singer she was never a true commercial success and never received the wider recognition that her talent should have made possible.

She was also, like an awful of people with a rare talent, a deeply flawed character which, combined with the frustrations of an under-achieving career resulted in a tragic, premature conclusion and an enduring fascination. In this new biography of Sandy Denny, Mick Houghton has, with diligent research and judicious use of quotes from an extensive range of people associated with her life and career, pieced together the story of a lady blessed with natural ability, infused with an adventurous, sometimes reckless spirit, dogged by insecurity and unfortunate choices and of a life lived out in a manner that inspired devotion and unconditional love from those around her.

He also very wisely refrains from lengthy, pedantic analyses of her songs and instead highlights her most notable work, offers his own authoritative opinion on her various album, and pretty much leaves it up to the reader to rise to the challenge of investigating further. Sandy Denny came from a non-musical background although there was always music in the house of Neil and Edna Denny.

This Sandy Denny bio is informative and thorough in fleshing out the details of one of the great tortured artists and difficult personalities of poplar music.

A very bright girl but hated school — she was from an early age too free-spirited and undisciplined for a formal education. Impetuous, a bit of a rebel. Also something of a drama queen, a trait that would appear to have manifested itself periodically throughout her life. Her musical gifts were soon apparent though and these her conventional middle-class parents thankfully supported if not encouraged her in.

As a 16 year old she was already playing gigs at the Kingston Barge Folk Club from which her father used to pick her up in the middle of the night.

I've Always Kept a Unicorn tells the story of Sandy Denny, one of the greatest British singers of her time and the first female British singer-songwriter.

After leaving school she had a spell nursing and started playing more prestigious venues like The Troubadour in London. However, as a 14 year old caught up in the euphoria of life-changing rock music spawned the year before I was blissfully unaware of this at the time. Soon after the album was released she left the band thereby scuppering any chance they had of promoting it properly.