Q&A in Q magazine

[ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi)]

The August issue of _Q_ magazine includes the following in its
Q&A column:

Q:  Patrick Humphries writes in his book about Fairport Convention,
Meet On The Ledge, that Sandy Denny was commemorated in a song by
Kate Bush, Paul Metsers and Dave Cousins after her tragic death.  What
is the name of the song and where can I find it?
                                    -- Levent Varlik, Ankara, Turkey

Here's part of the answer:

A:  A small misunderstanding here.  Patrick Humphries did not mean to
imply in Meet On The Ledge -- which will be republished next year --
that these three artists had collaborated on a tribute song.  In fact,
Kate Bush has never written a song with anybody, but on her 1980 album
Never For Ever the chorus of the song Blow Away lists a selection of
dead pop stars thus:  "Hello Minnie, Moony, Vicious, Vicious, Buddy Holly,
Sandy Denny."  (Minnie is the soul singer Minnie Riperton of five-octave
range and Lovin'You hit single fame who died of cancer in 1979, while
Moony is The Who's drummer Keith Moon who accidentally overdosed in 1978,
the same year as Sandy Denny suffered her fatal fall).

Ed
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