Trader Horne (vocal duet)
| Trader Horne | |
|---|---|
| Origin | England |
| Genres | Folk, electric folk |
| Years active | 1969–1970 |
| Labels | Pye Records |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/traderhorne |
| Past members |
Judy Dyble Jackie McAuley Hugh Thomas Ian Gumblefinger |
Trader Horne was a British duo consisting of multi-instrumentalist and former Them keyboard player and vocalist Jackie McAuley and former Fairport Convention lead vocalist Judy Dyble. The short-lived musical partnership broke up after releasing only one LP, Morning Way, in 1970. The band was named after DJ John Peel's nanny, Florence Horne, nicknamed "Trader" in reference to explorer Trader Horn.
McAuley, born John McAuley to a highly talented musical family (14 December 1946, in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland), came to London in 1963 where he met up with Gene Vincent and joined his brother Pat as keyboard player with Them from January to April 1965. McAuley left and moved to Dublin where he joined The Kult with Paul Brady from about April to December 1965. He then rejoined his brother in The Belfast Gypsies, with whom he recorded two singles and one album before their split in November 1966.
After her stint with Fairport Convention, Dyble (and her then-boyfriend Ian McDonald) joined pop band Giles, Giles and Fripp and contributed to demo recordings, but she left after her relationship with McDonald ended. Giles, Giles and Fripp - retaining McDonald - would later evolve into King Crimson. After moving to Fulham in early 1969, Dyble befriended the members of the band Steamhammer. Her roommate started a romantic relationship with the band's guitarist, Martin Quittenton and the three of them moved to Notting Hill Gate. Quittenton was recording and writing with Rod Stewart and working with Pete Sears, whom Quittenton had known from Steamhammer days) amongst others, on Stewart's solo albums, Gasoline Alley and Every Picture Tells A Story. Sears was sharing a flat with Jackie McAuley and they, together with Dyble, rehearsed a number of songs and were planning to perform as a trio, but Sears decided to go to the US to join Silver Metre (with Leigh Stephens), then Stoneground, Copperhead, Jefferson Starship and Hot Tuna, leaving Dyble and McAuley to continue as a duo.
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