Cara Tivey

Cara Tivey is an English keyboardist, known best for her collaborations with Billy Bragg.

Biography

Tivey first came in the spotlight in 1986 playing keyboards on Baby the Stars Shine Bright, an album by Everything But The Girl. [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/492102 Baby the Stars Shine Bright] on www.discogs.com] In 1988 she started working with Billy Bragg, first playing on the "Come on home" single and the Workers Playtime album. [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/680833 Workers Playtime] on www.discogs.com] She got a shared bill with Bragg on the song She's Leaving Home, that she and Bragg recorded for the Beatles tribute Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father compilation. The song eventually reached number one in the UK Singles Chart as the b-side of Wet Wet Wet's With a Little Help from My Friends. In 1990 she played on the The Internationale [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/860095 The Internatinonale] on www.discogs.com] and in 1991 on Don't Try This at Home [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1170573 Don't Try This at Home] on www.discogs.com] , after which Billy Bragg took a five year break in recording.

In the hiatus that followed Tivey contributed to the "Music In Colors" album by Stephen Duffy and Nigel Kennedy [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/524166 Music in Colors] on www.discogs.com] and became live keyboardist for Blur, during their Modern Life Is Rubbish and Parklife era. [ [http://www.vblurpage.com/info/bios/people/concert.htm Blur Concert Musicians] ]

In 1996 she was reunited with Bragg, and played on his William Bloke album. [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/803887 William Broke] on www.discogs.com] This would be the last collaboration between the two, Bragg recorded his next two records with American band Wilco, before forming a new backing band called "The Blokes". After this Tivey retired from proffesional music. She currently works at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford, England.

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