Biography
Trevor Lucas occupied a supporting yet noteworthy position in the British folk-rock movement that flourished from the late 1960s into the 1970s, most prominently through his roles in Fotheringay and the mid-1970s edition of Fairport Convention. Born in Australia, he arrived in the UK in the mid-1960s to perform on the traditional folk circuit and issued Overlander, an obscure and conventional solo album of traditional material, in 1966.
Between late 1967 and late 1969 the singer-guitarist belonged to Eclection, a little-known British folk-rock band that recorded for Elektra. In the late 1960s he began a romantic relationship with Fairport Convention vocalist Sandy Denny, and the two founded Fotheringay, which released a strong folk-rock album in 1970. Despite the band’s evident promise, it dissolved after that single LP when Denny, by far its most gifted member, departed to launch a solo career.
Lucas joined Fairport Convention in mid-1972, by which time the group had lost all its original members; Denny, whom he married in 1973, rejoined in early 1974. Both left two years later, a stretch during which the band could scarcely be described as operating at its height. After Denny’s death in 1978 Lucas remarried and returned to Australia to raise his family, succumbing to heart failure in 1989. In addition to his work with Fotheringay, Eclection, and Fairport Convention, he supplied guitar and vocals to recordings by the Strawbs, Richard Thompson, Al Stewart, and Stefan Grossman.
Between late 1967 and late 1969 the singer-guitarist belonged to Eclection, a little-known British folk-rock band that recorded for Elektra. In the late 1960s he began a romantic relationship with Fairport Convention vocalist Sandy Denny, and the two founded Fotheringay, which released a strong folk-rock album in 1970. Despite the band’s evident promise, it dissolved after that single LP when Denny, by far its most gifted member, departed to launch a solo career.
Lucas joined Fairport Convention in mid-1972, by which time the group had lost all its original members; Denny, whom he married in 1973, rejoined in early 1974. Both left two years later, a stretch during which the band could scarcely be described as operating at its height. After Denny’s death in 1978 Lucas remarried and returned to Australia to raise his family, succumbing to heart failure in 1989. In addition to his work with Fotheringay, Eclection, and Fairport Convention, he supplied guitar and vocals to recordings by the Strawbs, Richard Thompson, Al Stewart, and Stefan Grossman.
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