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Thread #156514   Message #3689527
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
24-Feb-15 - 04:02 PM
Thread Name: Folk Singer Name Change
Subject: RE: Folk Singer Name Change
I don't know if Helen (Richardson) O'Connell sings, but she plays a Hohner Pokerwork and fronted the Nottingham band called Patti O'Doors and The Sunloungers.

That band split but formed a new band Kelly's Heroes, who are still going. She is not to be confused with Patty O'Doors, the Irish drag queen.

Melanie Harrold is founder of The Singing Body and leader of the Trade Winds choir. As a folk singer, she toured extensively as Joanna Carlin.

In another career, she featured in the Hank Wangford Band as Irma Cetas from Nogales, Mexico, the Vera Lynn of the North Sea Oil Fields.