Bridget St John

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Genre = folk rock
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Years_active = 1968 to 1976. Reappeared in 2004, but gigs are rare.
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Bridget St John is a singer and songwriter best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel's Dandelion record label. Peel produced her debut album "Ask Me No Questions." She also recorded a large number of BBC and Peel sessions and toured regularly on the early UK college and festival circuit. Her popularity peaked in 1974 when she was voted fifth most popular female singer in that year's "Melody Maker" readers poll.

An accomplished guitar player, she credits John Martyn (with whom she has been friends since college) as her guitar mentor.

The second album "Songs for the Gentle Man", was produced by Ron Geesin. St. John then recorded another album, "Jumble Queen", for Chrysalis Records in 1974. She emigrated to Greenwich Village in 1976 and virtually disappeared from the public eye for over 20 years. She appeared at a Nick Drake tribute concert in New York in 1999, performing "Northern Sky" and "One of These Things First". She toured Japan in 2006 with the minimalist French musician Colleen.

Aside from work under her own name, Bridget St John has also recorded with Mike Oldfield (on Amarok), Kevin Ayers and Robin Frederick. In 2007 she reunited with Kevin Ayers to record on his album "The Unfairground" in New York. They duetted on the song "Baby Come Home".

All her albums are now (2007) available on CD - some containing songs originally only released as singles, as well as previously unreleased 'live' material.

There is another recording artist named Bridget St. John in Seattle, Washington, USA, who has since changed her stage name to "Sweet Punch" to avoid confusion with this Bridget St. John.

Albums by Bridget St John

*"Top Gear" (BBC) 1969 includes four tracks by Bridget
*"Ask Me No Questions" (Dandelion) 1969
John Martyn (Guitar), Richard Sanders (Guitar), Bridget St John (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards), Simon Stable (Bongos), Producer: John Peel
#To B Without A Hitch
#Autumn Lullaby
#Curl Your Toes
#Like Never Before
#The Curious Crystals Of Unusual Purity
#Barefeet And Hot Pavements
#I Like To Be with You in the Sun (Song for the Laird of Connaught Hall)
#Lizard-Long-Tongue-Boy
#Hello Again (Of Course)
#Many Happy Returns
#Broken Faith
#Ask Me No Questions
*"Songs for the Gentle Man" (Dandelion) 1971
*"Thank You For" (Dandelion) 1972
*"Jumblequeen" (Chrysalis) 1974
*"Take the 5ifth" (Road Goes on Forever) 1996

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20071121151048/bridgetstjohn.port5.com/main.htm Bridget St John website] (via Wayback)