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27: 535:(Sentience Records 70002) with Leslie Chew and David Kronemyer which revived the Keats work along with ten other romantic English poems set to music. Her own favourite of these was "Complaint of the Absence of Her Lover Being Upon the Sea", as stated privately to a fan. She died at the age of 54 from 559:
At the age of 19, he formed the well loved Natural Acoustic Band, taking them down to London, where 16 different record companies tried to sign them on the strength of their live work. They eventually settled with RCA, making two highly acclaimed albums with John Denver's producer, Milton Okun. They
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After leaving Magna Carta, for around 10 years Hoy toured Holland, Germany, Scandinavia, the Middle East, Central America and even The Falkland Islands with his wife Geraldine. He then worked solo for several years and went on to take an extended break to help look after his autistic son Rory.
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Over the years Hoy has teamed up with Simpson from time to time to play some of the old songs together, including the 30th Anniversary show and, more recently, their appearance together at the Royal Carré Theatre, Amsterdam, where they rolled back the years for the band's 40th Anniversary
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Tom Hoy was born in Glasgow in the quaintly named “Rotten Row Maternity Hospital“. He started playing gigs at the age of 15, mainly rock and soul music, with a dusting of blues. It was around this time he also began to write songs and has been doing so successfully ever since.
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played gigs in Europe, Morocco and Tunisia, also appearing at every major U.K. venue from the Royal Albert Hall down. They often supported such acts as Don McLean, Ralph McTell and Country Joe and The Fish, appearing on the prestigious Old Grey Whistle Test on
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and released an album with the same title in 1981 (RSO 2394 297). On this Kocjan used her occasional alternative name of Krysia Kristianne and her few solo lead vocals here include "Some Towns".
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Tom joined Chris Simpson and Glen Stuart in Magna Carta in the early 1970s, staying constant through changing line-ups and going on to record such albums as
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celebrations. They later went on tour in South Africa and undertook some UK dates with
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The NAB continued as a duo comprising Hoy and Thyne until 1975, when Hoy joined
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6. Is it True Blue ? (There's nothing unnatural about electricity) (Hoy)
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She later moved to the US and in 1995 sang the track "The Lament" on the CD
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Tom Hoy (born 5 February 1950, in Glasgow, Scotland) — Guitar and Vocals
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The band only produced two albums and one single (reaching No 1 in the
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As a replacement for Krysia Kocjan the NAB had at first recruited
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but was trying to avoid confusion with the better known Melanie (
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but she never recorded with them. She was actually called
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in 1974 (RCA LPL1 5052) with musicians including some
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Krysia Kocjan went on to provide backing vocals for
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Sometimes I Could Believe In You 49:adding citations to reliable sources 20: 471:/Fotheringay members (specifically 421:11.Travellers on the Road (R Thyne) 244:, United States) — Vocals, Guitar, 187:Tom Hoy, Robin Thyne, Krysia Kocjan 13: 240:, Scotland, – 21 February 2007 in 236:Krysia Kocjan (10 August 1953, in 14: 702: 664: 447:Krysia Kocjan (Krysia Kristianne) 427:Both albums now available on C.D. 441: 25: 36:needs additional citations for 647: 638: 378:7. Maybe It Was The Sunshine 346: 1: 653:Andrew Greig and Mike Heron, 631: 487:, and renowned percussionist 382:9. All I Want Is Your Love 7: 609: 539:, on February 21, 2007, in 419:10.Moontime Writer (Kocjan) 409:5. Road to the Sun (Kocjan) 10: 707: 686:Scottish folk music groups 655:You Know What You Could Be 644:Krysia LP sleeve, RCA 1974 550: 431: 413:7. First Boy (Kocjan, Hoy) 384:10. Waiting For The Rain 258:folk charts). They played 407:4. Follow Your Love (Hoy) 351: 289:The Old Grey Whistle Test 212:The Natural Acoustic Band 195: 191: 181: 177: 167: 157: 147: 132: 125: 498:La Belle Dame Sans Merci 423:Produced by Milton Okun 691:Psychedelic folk groups 417:9. Little Leaf (Kocjan) 415:8. I'll Carry You (Hoy) 403:2. Echoes (Hoy, Kocjan) 60:"Natural Acoustic Band" 312:Later years of the NAB 16:British acid-folk band 573:Prisoners on the Line 533:Tyger and Other Tales 370:3. Subway Cinderella 366:1. Learning To Live 260:The Royal Albert Hall 127:Natural Acoustic Band 531:In 1996 came the CD 399:Track Listing : 388:12. High In My Head 376:6. February Feeling 364:Track Listing : 45:improve this article 616:Scottish folk music 564:with Alice Cooper. 547:on March 10, 2007. 469:Fairport Convention 380:8. Midnight Study 231:Newcastle upon Tyne 201:naturalacousticband 276:Glasgow City Halls 598:Hoy now lives in 405:3. 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