Trevor Lucas

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Trevor Lucas

Trevor Lucas in 1985
Background information
Birth name Trevor George Lucas
Also known as Trevor Lucas
Born 25 December 1943(1943-12-25)
Melbourne, Australia
Died 4 February 1989(1989-02-04) (aged 45)
Sydney, Australia
Genres Folk, electric folk
Occupations Singer, musician
Instruments guitar
Years active 1965–1989
Labels Island Records
Associated acts Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Fotheringay, Eclection
Website In Memory of Trevor Lucas
Notable instruments
acoustic guitar

Trevor George Lucas (25 December 1943 - 4 February 1989) was an influential folk artist, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay. He mainly performed as a guitarist and vocalist but also produced many albums and wrote for the film industry toward the end of his career.

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[edit] Biography

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Lucas originally learned to play the guitar in order to help with his dyslexia. In his youth, Lucas studied to become a carpenter and performed nights at local clubs in Melbourne. He released his first two recordings in Australia before moving to England in 1965 with his first wife, Cheryl. There he worked as a solo artist and accompanist at various folk clubs. In 1967 Lucas joined the band Eclection -- other members included Kerrilee Male, Georg Kajanus (as George Hultgreen), Michael Rosen and Gerry Conway -- as the bass player and continued playing with them until their eventual breakup in 1969.

Lucas was dating the lead singer of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny in 1969 when he appeared on their album Unhalfbricking. The two formed the band Fotheringay after Sandy left Fairport Convention in 1969—other members included Gerry Conway, Pat Donaldson and Jerry Donahue.[1] Lucas played acoustic guitar but Fotheringay released only one album before the band broke up the following year (though a follow up had been recorded but abandoned until 2007, when it was finally completed and released in September 2008). From about 1969 to 1972 Trevor worked with various groups including some of the former members of Fotheringay.

Lucas was helping Fairport Convention with their album Rosie in 1973 when he joined the band with Jerry.[2] On 20 September 1973 Trevor and Sandy got married and shortly after Sandy rejoined Fairport Convention.[3] In Late 1975 Fairport started a large promotional tour and shortly afterwards Jerry, Sandy and Trevor left the band.[4]

In April 1978 Sandy fell down a flight of stairs and died leaving Trevor to raise their newborn daughter, Georgia, by himself. Shortly after her death Lucas moved back to Australia with Georgia.[5] There he married again and fathered a son (Clancy) with his third wife Elizabeth. In the 1980s, Lucas started producing more albums and later started working on scores from the film industry. In 1985 he returned to England to work on a tribute album to Sandy Denny.

In 1989, Trevor Lucas died of a heart attack in his sleep, in Sydney, Australia. His children were all left in the care of his wife Elizabeth.

[edit] Discography

Listed chronologically
Produced by Trevor Lucas: ~
Produced and performed by Trevor Lucas: ~~

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Humphries, p.77
  2. ^ Humphries, pp.77-78
  3. ^ Humphries, p.83
  4. ^ Humphries, p.91
  5. ^ Humphries, pp.91,93

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Fairport Convention
Studio albums

Fairport Convention (1968) · What We Did on Our Holidays (1969) · Unhalfbricking (1969) · Liege & Lief (1969) · Full House (1970) · Angel Delight (1971) · Babbacombe Lee (1971) · Rosie (1973)  · Nine (1973)  · Rising for the Moon (1975) · Gottle O'Geer (1976)  · The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977) · Tipplers Tales (1978) · Gladys' Leap (1985) · Expletive Delighted! (1986) · In Real Time: Live '87 (1987) · Red & Gold (1988) · The Five Seasons (1990)  · Jewel in the Crown (1995) · Old New Borrowed Blue (1996)  · Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1997)  · The Wood and the Wire (2000) · XXXV (2001) · Over the Next Hill (2004) · Sense of Occasion (2007) Festival Bell (2011)
Singles

"If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (1968) · "Meet on the Ledge" (1968) · "I'll Keep It with Mine" (1969) · "Si Tu Dois Partir" (1969) · "If (Stomp)" (1970) · "Now Be Thankful" (1970)
Live albums
Compilations
Box sets
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