Original FAIRPORT COVENTION singer Judy Dyble dead at 71

13 July 2020

FAIRPORT COVENTION and TRADER HORNE vocalist Judy Dyble has died, aged 71.

Dyble announced she was suffering from lung cancer in November.

"The mindless thing in my lung is malignant and is spreading it's tendrils far and wide," she said at the time. "So yes, I have lung cancer, and I start chemotherapy next week."

Dyble was an early member of the folk rock band FAIRPORT COVENTION, originally hooking up with founding members Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicoll and Richard Thompson. She appeared in the band's 1968 self-titled debut album.

She also worked with pre-KING CRIMSON outfit GILES, GILES AND FRIPP, before forming acid folk band TRADER HORNE with Jackie McAuley, with whom she released Morning Way in 1970 as well as guesting on The Incredible String Band's 1968 album The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter.

Dyble recently announced that she will release an album with BIG BIG TRAIN singer David Longdon in September.