Fotheringay - Too Much Of Nothing

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Fotheringay was a short-lived British folk rock group, formed in 1970 by vocalist Sandy Denny on her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from Denny's 1968 composition "Fotheringay" about Fotheringhay Castle, in which Mary, Queen of Scots, had been imprisoned. The song originally appeared on the 1969 Fairport Convention album, What We Did on Our Holidays, Denny's first album with that group. The band expressed Denny's vision of the potential of folk rock to express complex meaning and deep personal emotion, using traditional ballad forms, but with the power of a rock band. Their self-titled first album was one of only two albums, as they broke up a year later, in January 1971, while working on their second (recently released). The rhythm section was formed by Gerry Conway and Pat Donaldson, lauded by Denny as the best in the business. In the absence of Richard Thompson - who was prepared to tour with her, and act as session musician, but wanted to follow his own career - lead guitar was taken by Jerry Donahue, whose transatlantic country roots and softer personality brought a different, less edgy feel to the music. However he was a skilled technician, with great feel, as he showed on their album, and later Fairport Convention records. The group was completed by rhythm guitarist and second lead vocalist Australian Trevor Lucas, whom Denny was to marry, and who also later accompanied her back into Fairport.  From: https://www.last.fm/music/Fotheringay/+wiki

Fotheringay - Nothing More

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Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny upon her departure from Fairport Convention, together with her future husband, Australian singer-songwriter Trevor Lucas and Gerry Conway, both from the band Eclection, and two former members of Poet and the One Man band, Jerry Donahue and Pat Donaldson. Fotheringay played folk-rock similar to Fairport Convention, introducing Jazz elements like The Pentangle. The band drew it's name from Fotheringay Castle, where Mary Queen Of Scots was imprisoned in England; a name that Denny had already used for one of her finest compositions on the second Fairport Convention release What Did We Do On Our Holidays (1969). In 1970 the band recorded their lone self-titled album with producer Joe Boyd. The record mixed Rock, Folk and Jazz-elements and sounded similar to Fairport Convention with a less rockier side; Trevor Lucas’ rhythm guitar work giving the record an overall lighter feeling. The record contains two traditional songs, among them the outstanding "Banks Of The Nile", a Gordon Lighfoot composition "The Way I Feel", a Dylan cover "Too Much Of Nothing" and original songs by Denny, (among them "Nothing More" and "The Sea"), Lucas and Dave Cousins of Strawbs. Although the album and the group was well received, the band broke up in 1971. Sandy Denny embarked on a solo career (some songs for a projected second Fotheringay record surfaced on Denny's first solo album "The Northstar Grassman and The Ravens"), Donaldson and Conway began session work, while Lucas and Donahue rejoined Fairport Convention.  From: https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2384