Bill Fay, The Cult British Singer-Songwriter Whose Music Was Later Championed by Arts Like Jeff Tweedy and Nick Cave, Leading to a Late-Career Resurgence, Has Diad at the Age of 81.
Dead Oceans – The Record Label That Released Fay's Three Most Albums, Which Arrival Decades After Incetivity – Confirmed the Folk Artist's Death on Social Media Saturday. No causes of death was provided.
“It is with Great Sadness that we get the passing of Bill Fay, Who DaD Peacefully This Morning in London, Aged 81 He was a private person with the biggest of Hearts, Who Wrote Immensel Moving, Meaningful Songs That Will Continue To Find People For Years to how, “Dead Oceans Wrote.
“Only a Month Before His Passing, Bill Was Busy Working on a New Album. Our Hope is to Find a Way to Finish and Release it, but for now, we Remember Bill's Legacy as the “Man in the corner of the room at the piano”, Who Quietly Wrote Heartfelt Songs That Touched and Connected With People Around the World “.”
The London-Born William Fay Signed With the Legendary British Label Deram Records in the Late Sixties, Releasing Two Folk Albums, His 1970 Self-Titled Debut and 1971's Time of the last persecution. In the album was successful, and fay was dropped by deram, after which he and his music Largely fell into obscurity.
However, Decades Later, producer Jim O'Rourke Introduced Fay's Music to Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Who would Soon Lead a Revival of Fay's Music. “There's a Simplicity and an elegance to it,” Tweedy, Who Also Covered Fay's “Filled with Wonder Once Again,“ Told The Guardian Last Year. “You immediate recordnize This is Something Uncut by Ambition and Fashion; It's Just Somebody Humbly Adding Their Voice To Contribute Some Beauty In, and Maybe Make Peace With, The World. ”
Wilco Often Covered “Be Not So Fearful” Live in Concert – Fay Joined The Band in One of the Performance in 2007 – And When Renewed Interest in Fay's Work Led To His Return To Recording, Tweedy Guested on Fay's 2012 Album Life is PeopleHis First Album in Over 40 Years.
Cave Considered Fay – Who declined an invitation to serve as opening act on a grindman tour – “One of the Greats,” The Guardian Reported, and the War on Drugs, Kevin Morby, and Cate Le Bon Are Among the Contemporary Artists Who Have Covered Fay's Work.
Over the Past Decade and in Half, Fay Releasd Three More Albums – Life is People2015's Who is the sender? and 2020's Countless Branches – On Dead Oceans, AS Well As Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrowan LP Recorded by Fay in the Late Seventies That Remained Unreleased Until It Came Out Last Year.
“Bill's First Two Albums, Bill Fay and and Time of the last persecutionFound A Modest But Loving Audience Upon Their Release at the Dawn of the 1970s, “Dead Oceans Aided. “While they weren't Considered Commercial Next at the time, they continuous to inspire devotion decodes on, now Known as overlooked classics from the era.”
