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Friday, October 3, 2025
Fotheringay - The Way I Feel
Today’s song is The Way I Feel by Fotheringay. The band was singer Sandy Denny’s first project on leaving Fairport Convention. Working with seasoned British folk musicians and her Australian husband, Trevor Lucas, she formed a powerful folk-rock band that might have been a solid heir to Fairport. Sadly, the band lasted only one album before disintegrating. Most of the members would work together again in versions of Fairport before Denny’s death, but the promise of Fotheringay (named for a song she wrote for Fairport) was unfulfilled.
The one eponymous album is an impressive mix of originals, traditional songs, and covers. This song is a brilliant interpretation of a Gordon Lightfoot composition. Lightfoot had recorded the song a few years earlier, but was still best known as a writer. His performing career would take off internationally at about the same time that this album was released. Using a mother bird, chick, and the oak tree where their nest rests as a metaphor, Lightfoot creates an inspired take on the “if you love something, set it free” tradition. His version (and a number of other covers, including one by John Bottomley) is stellar, but Denny and Lucas make the song truly their own. Wish Gordon Lightfoot a happy 73rd birthday today and enjoy this perfect interpretation of one of his finest compositions. From: https://rbhsjukebox.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/song-of-the-day-november-17-the-way-i-feel-by-fotheringay/
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