That's a fine YouTube clip. Her 'Rigs O' Rye' back in January at Steve Tilston's gig was equally spine-shivering. Steve had made contact with her - they're old friends, after getting her 'phone number from Ian Anderson following the fRoots piece and passed the number on to me. We'd often talked over the years at Festivals etc. along the lines of "I wonder what......" and it was just a jaw-dropping experience to meet her when he brought her along to his gig in Southport. I had loved the albums back in the day and as for over-production, well ANY sort of production was pretty rare back in 1971 - we were all just youngsters experimenting with what could be done. Shelagh herself will tell you that she was simply shepherded into the studio, meeting most of the session musicians for the first time and told to get on with it - "this is where it's at" sort of attitude. Spent some time with her in Glasgow last month and it's such a pleasure to see her back - alive and well would've been good enough but she's writing new songs and really enjoying playing again, whilst not rushing things and taking her time over full-blown gigs. She's my new best friend!!!!
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