Trevor Lucas

Trevor George Lucas (December 251943 - February 4 1989) was an influential folk artist, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay. He mainly performed as a guitarist and vocalist but also produced many albums and wrote for the film industry toward the end of his career.

Biography

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Lucas originally learned to play the guitar in order to help with his dyslexia. In his youth, Lucas studied to become a carpenter and performed nights at local clubs in Melbourne. He released his first two recordings in Australia before moving to England in 1965 with his first wife, Cheryl. There he worked as a solo artist and accompanist at various folk clubs. In 1967 Lucas joined the band Eclection -- other members included Kerrilee Male, Georg Kajanus (as George Hultgreen), Michael Rosen and Gerry Conway (musician) -- as the bass player and continued playing with them until their eventual breakup in 1969.

Lucas was dating the lead singer of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny in 1969 when he appeared on their album "Unhalfbricking". The two formed the band Fotheringay after Sandy left Fairport Convention in 1969, Lucas playing acoustic guitar but only produced one album before the band broke up the following year. From about 1969 to 1972 Trevor worked with various groups including some of the former members of Fotheringay.

Lucas was helping Fairport Convention with their album "Rosie" in 1973 when he joined the band. On September 20, 1973 Trevor and Sandy got married and shortly after Sandy rejoined Fairport Convention. In Late 1975 Fairport started a large promotional tour and shortly afterwards both Sandy and Trevor left the band.

In April of 1978 Sandy fell down a flight of stairs and died leaving Trevor to raise their newborn daughter, Georgia, by himself. Shortly after her death Lucas moved back to Australia with Georgia. There he married again and fathered a son (Clancy) with his third wife Elizabeth. In the 1980s, Lucas started producing more albums and later started working on scores from the film industry. In 1985 he returned to England to work on a tribute album to Sandy Denny.

In 1989, Trevor Lucas died of a heart attack in his sleep, in Sydney, Australia. His children were all left in the care of his wife Elizabeth.

Discography

Listed chronologically
"Produced by Trevor Lucas:" ~
"Produced and performed by Trevor Lucas:" ~~
* Various Artists, "The Folk Attick Presents" (1963)
* Trevor Lucas, "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (1964)
* Trevor Lucas, "Overlander" (1966)
* Trevor Lucas, "Waltzing Matilda / It's On"- (single) (1966)
* Bert Lloyd's, "Leviathan" (1967)
* Richard Rodney Bennett, "Far From The Madding Crowd" (soundtrack) (1967)
* Judy Collins, "In My Life" (1968)
* Eclection, "Eclection" (1968)
* Eclection, "Nevertheless / Mark Time" - (single) (1968)
* Eclection, "Another Time Another Place / Betty Brown" - (single) (1968)
* Eclection, "Please / St. George & the Dragon" - (single) (1968)
* Eclection, "Please Mk2 / In the Early Days" - (single) (1968)
* Paul McNeill, "Traditionally at the Troubadour" (1968)
* Fairport Convention, "Unhalfbricking" (1969)
* Fairport Convention, "Si Tu Dois Partir / Genesis Hall" - (single) (1969)
* Fotheringay, "Fotheringay" (1970)
* Fotheringay, "Peace in the End / Winter Winds" - (single) (1970)
* Stefan Grossman, "The Ragtime Cowboy Jew" (1970)
* Al Stewart, "Zero She Flies" (1970)
* Various Artists, "Bumpers" - (compilation) (1970)
* Bronco, "Ace of Sunlight" (1971)
* Sandy Denny, "The North Star Grassman and the Ravens" (1971)
* Eclection, "Nevertheless / Another Time Another Place" - (single) (1971)
* Marc Ellington, "Rains / Reins of Changes" (1971)
* Luther Grosvenor, "Under Open Skies" (1971)
* A.L. Lloyd, Martyn Wyndham-Read, Trevor Lucas, "The Great Australian Legend" (1971)
* Various Artists, "El Pea" - (compilation) (1971)
* The Bunch, Rock On (1972) ~~
* The Bunch, "When Will I Be Loved? / Willie and the Hand Jive" - (single) (1972) ~~
* Gerry Conway, "Let There Be Drums" - (single) (1972) ~~
* Fairport Convention, "The History of Fairport Convention" - (compilation) (1972)
* Stefan Grossman, "Hot Dogs" (1972)
* Sandy Denny, "Sandy" (1972) ~
* Sandy Denny, "Listen, Listen / Tomorrow is a Long Time - (single) (1972) ~
* Strawbs, "Grave New World" (1972)
* Sandy Denny, "Like an Old Fashioned Waltz" (1974) ~~
* Sandy Denny, "Whispering Grass / Friends" - (single) (1973) ~~
* Fairport Convention,"Rosie" (1973) ~~
* Fairport Convention, "Rosie / Knights of the Road" - (single) (1973) ~~
* Fairport Convention, "Rosie / Fiddlestix" - (single) (1973) ~~
* Fairport Convention, "Nine" (1973) ~~
* Steve Ashley, "Old Rock'n'Roll / Fire & Wine" (1974)
* Fairport Convention, "The Devil in the Kitchen / Possibly Parsons Green" - (single) (1974) ~~
* Fairport Convention, "Live" (1974) ~~
* Brian Maxine, "Ribbon of Stainless Steel" (1974)
* Richard & Linda Thompson, "I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight" (1974)
* Fairport Convention, "Rising For The Moon" (1975)
* Fairport Convention, "White Dress / Tears" - (single) (1975)
* Fairport Convention, "Tour Sampler" - (promotional compilation) (1975)
* Various Artists, "The Electric Muse" (1975)
* Various Artists, "Island June-July 1975 New Release" (1975)
* Eclection, "Nevertheless / Please" - (single) (1976)
* Sandy Denny, "Rendezvous" (1977) ~
* Sandy Denny, "Candle in the Wind / Still Waters Run Deep" - (single) (1977) ~
* Richard Thompson, "Live! More or Less" - (compilation) (1977)
* Julie Covington, "Julie Covington" (1978)
* Julie Covington, "I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight / A Little Bit More" - (single) (1978)
* Richard & Linda Thompson, "First Light" (1978)
* Richard & Linda Thompson, "Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart / First Light" (1978)
* Dave Warner's from the Suburbs, "Mug's Game" (1978)
* Dave Warner's from the Suburbs, "(We Got) Nothing To Lose / African Summer" - (single) (1978)
* The Tourists, "33° South" (1979) ~
* 33° South, "33° South / ?" (1979) ~
* 33° South, "This Time It's Love / ?" (1979) ~
* The Bushwackers, "Dance Album" (1980) ~~
* The Bushwackers, "Flying Pieman / Kangaroo Hop" - (single) (1980) ~
* Paul Kelly & The Dots, "Billy Baxter / Hard Knocks" - (single) (1980) ~
* The Bushwackers, "Faces In The Street" (1981) ~~
* The Bushwackers, "Les Darcey / Weevils in the Flour" - (single) (1981) ~~
* The Bushwackers, "Marijuana Australiana / Ned Kelly's Tunes" - (single) (1981) ~
* Fairport Convention, "The Airing Cupboard Tapes" (1981)
* Paul Kelly & The Dots, "Talk" (1981) ~
* Fairport Convention, "A Peculiar Old Weekend" (video) (1982)
* Goanna "Spirit of Place" (1982) ~
* Goanna, "Solid Rock / Four Weeks Gone" - (single) (1982) ~
* Goanna, "Razor's Edge / On the Platform" - (single) (1982) ~
* Fairport Convention, "Folk With Poke" - (compilation) (1983)
* Fairport Convention, "A.T. 2" (1983)
* Gordon Franklin & The Wilderness Ensemble (Goanna), "Let the Franklin Flow / Franklin River" (1983) ~
* Redgum, "I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)" / "Yarralumla Wine" - (1983) ~~
* Redgum, "Caught in the Act" (1983) ~
* Redgum, "Caught in the Act" / "Stewie" / "Lear Jets Over Kulgera" - (1983) ~
* Redgum, "The Long Run (live)" / "Fabulon" - (1983) ~
* Bill Smith, "A Fruitcake of Australian Stories" (1983) ~
* Various Artists, "Into the Past With the Future" - (promotional compilation)
* Bahloo, "Living on an Island" (1984) ~~
* Bahloo, "Living on an Island / Funky Monkey Mia" - (single) (1984) ~
* Bahloo, "Leave It in the Ground / Everyone Is Everyone" - (single) (1984) ~
* John Justin, "It's Magic / Only Without You" - (single) (1984) ~
* Goanna, "Oceania" (1984) ~
* Goanna, "Common Ground / Oceania (instrumental)" - (single) (1984) ~

Sources

* [http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/trevor.lucas/ Reinhard Zierke]

External links

* [http://thealbionchronicles2.tripod.com/id13.html Eclection]
* [http://thealbionchronicles2.tripod.com/id14.html Eclection Words]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0524296/ IMDb's Listing of Trevor Lucas]
* [http://music.com/person/trevor_lucas/1/ Music.com's Listing of Trevor Lucas]