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Lewis Frederick William Caddick (27 June 1944 – 19 November 2018) was an English
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singer-songwriter and guitarist, particularly noted for his songwriting and as a member of the innovative and influential group
Home Service Home Service is a British folk rock group, formed in late 1980 from a nucleus of musicians who had been playing in Ashley Hutchings' Albion Band. Their career is generally agreed to have peaked with the album ''Alright Jack'', and has had an ...
.


Career outline

He was born in Hurst Hill,
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, England. Singing since the 1960s in
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s and
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s, in 1973 Caddick joined the street theatre group
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, formed by Taffy Thomas and described by Mel McClellan on the
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website as "legendary". He left Magic Lantern in 1975 to concentrate on his solo career, becoming well known as a festival artist in Britain and overseas. In 1977, he joined the
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in the National Theatre productions of ''
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'' and ''The Passion''. Caddick later collaborated with Tim Laycock and
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in a stage show and album about
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life, called ''A Duck on his Head''. About this time, he wrote songs for radio and TV, and performed his own songs in a film about the
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. From 1980 to 1985, Caddick was a member of the renowned folk-rock band
Home Service Home Service is a British folk rock group, formed in late 1980 from a nucleus of musicians who had been playing in Ashley Hutchings' Albion Band. Their career is generally agreed to have peaked with the album ''Alright Jack'', and has had an ...
. He continued to write and perform at clubs and festivals, albeit in a more low-key way than before, as well as continuing his involvement with the National Theatre, writing and appearing in several plays which included ''
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'', and ''
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'' (an award-winning trilogy performed in the West End, on TV and throughout Europe, as well as at the National). In later life Caddick ran a folk club in his home village of
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and, as well as his solo career, was a member of three groups: local band the Jackfield Riverbillies, ceilidh band All Blacked Up and as part of the
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Band.
 His songs, such as
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, "Unicorns" and "She Moves Among Men", have been recorded by numerous other musicians including
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, Chris Foster, Alex Campbell,
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,
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, Dan Evans,
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, John Kirkpatrick,
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,
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and The Yetties.


Personal life and death

Caddick's marriage, to June Powell, ended in divorce. He married his second wife, illustrator Katherine Soutar, in 1996. He died on 19 November 2018, aged 74. He is survived by his wife Katherine their son, Tam, and by Christy, his son from his first marriage.


Discography


Solo recordings

*''Rough Music'' (1976) *''Sunny Memories'' (1977) *''Reasons Briefly Set Down'' (1979) *''Wild West Show'' (1986) *''Urban Legend'' (1991) *''Winter With Flowers'' (1995) *''
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'' (2002) In 2009 ''Two-Fisted Heroes'' from ''Wild West Show'' was included in
Topic Records Topic Records is a British folk music label, which played a major role in the second British folk revival. It began as an offshoot of the Workers' Music Association in 1939, making it the oldest independent record label in the world.M. Brocken, ...
70-year anniversary boxed set ''
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'' as track seventeen on the fifth CD.


Group recordings

*(With The Albion Band) ''Lark Rise To Candleford'' (1979) *(With Bond, Caddick & Laycock) ''A Duck On His Head'' (1980) *(With Home Service) ''Doing The Inglish'' (1981) *(With Home Service) ''Home Service'' (1984) *(With Home Service) ''The Mysteries'' (1984) *(With Home Service) ''The Mysteries'' EP (1985) *(With Home Service) ''Wild Life'' (1995) *(With Home Service) ''Early Transmissions'' (1996) *(With The Jackfield Riverbillies) ''Cherokee'' (1999)


As session musician

* John Kirkpatrick – ''Going Spare'' (1978) *
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– '' First Light'' (1978) *Peter Bond – ''See Me Up, See Me Down'' (1979) *Tim Laycock – ''Capers & Rhymes'' *Various Artists – ''All Through The Year'' *Ashley Hutchings – ''The Guv'nor Vol 2'' (1997) *Jan Davies – ''Magpies'' *
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– ''Tubular Dogs'' *Various Artists – ''Festival'' *Anne Lennox-Martin – ''Born to the Breed'' (2004)


References


External links


Bill Caddick's website – Archived 15 September 2017
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