Beau

Beau — the stage name from the British singer/songwriter given birth to Christopher John Trevor Midgley — released several obscure albums for the Dandelion label in the past due 1960s and early 1970s. These demonstrated far more impact from American folk vocalist/songwriters from the middle-1960s — such as for example Tom Paxton (of whom Beau was a big lover) and Phil Ochs — than most such English folk information, though there is some similarity towards the acoustic attempts of British vocalist/songwriters like Donovan, as well. Beau’s tone of voice and melodies had been very basic, though, as well as the information had been also-ran footnotes of English folk-rock. Beau got his nickname from a French instructor in college, and began his musical profession in the Leeds rock and roll cover music group the Raiders. When he was 19, he remaining the Raiders to are a single folk artist, associated himself on the 12-string classical guitar. After auditioning for Elektra in the past due 1960s, he was found by Dandelion Information, that was founded by Elektra U.K. professional Clive Selwood with famous United kingdom radio announcer John Peel off. Beau’s self-titled debut arrived in 1969 with acoustic preparations featuring just his 12-string electric guitar, and its most powerful & most dramatic monitor, “1917 Trend,” was in fact a hit one in Lebanon (though nowhere else). For his second and last Dandelion record, Creation, Beau was presented with electric-band support on some paths by fellow Dandelion performers JUST HOW We Live. A few songs even got hints of odd psychedelia, though his tracks continued to be plaintive troubadour folk, generally. Although Beau and JUST HOW We Live documented more material, it had been under no circumstances released, as Dandelion went of business. At that time, Beau turned from professional music as his major profession, though he do continue steadily to perform and record beneath the name John Trevor. Incidentally, he’d currently transformed his stage name before Dandelion proceeded to go bust, and one John Trevor monitor recorded through the Dandelion period, “Sky Dance,” shows up for the 1972 Dandelion sampler THERE IS CERTAINLY Some Fun IN THE YEARS AHEAD.