William Murray (musician)
- William Murray (musician)
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Name = William Murray
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Born = Glasgow, Scotland
Died = 1999
Dublin, Ireland
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Genre = Progressive folk
Occupation = Drummer, Photographer
Years_active = 1970s–1990s
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Associated_acts = Mellow Candle, Kevin Ayers, Mike Oldfield
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William Murray (died 1998) was a drummer and photographer from Glasgow, Scotland.
Career
As a drummer in the early 1970s Murray played with acts including Richard and Linda Thompson's 'Sour Grapes' band and Irish progressive folk band Mellow Candle[cite web |url=http://www.irishshowbands.net/bgmellow.htm |title=Mellow Candle |publisher=Irish Band |accessdate=2008-06-03] . In the 1970s Murray acted as drummer on Kevin Ayers's album "Whatevershebringswesing" and he later worked with Paul Kossoff][cite web |url=http://tubular.net/discography/Ommadawn.shtml |title="Ommadawn" notes |publisher=Tubular.net |accessdate=2008-06-03] .]As a musician Murray also worked with the British multi-instrumentalist, Mike Oldfield, who bought Murray a camera[. Murray worked with Oldfield on albums such as "Ommadawn", writing the lyrics for "On Horseback"][. Murray became a fashion photographer and moved to Dallas, Texas, USA][. In America Murray also formed a band called The Same with Stephen Bray and Clodagh Simonds][.]Murray took the photograph of Mike Oldfield that appears on the cover of his 1990 album, "Amarok" and wrote a short story for the booklet[cite web |url=http://www.mikeoldfield.org/info/discography/amarok.htm |title="Amarok" notes |publisher=The Official Mike Oldfield Information Service |accessdate=2008-06-03] .]Murray later died in 1998 in Dublin, Ireland[.] References
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