Clayhill
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Clayhill | |
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Folk |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2002–2009 |
Clayhill was a British three-piece folk band comprising
In 2004, they appeared in the special Christmas concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London as one of Aqualung's special guests. In the same year their song "Afterlight" was used in the soundtrack of acclaimed Shane Meadows thriller Dead Man's Shoes. Their cover of The Smiths's "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" is featured on This Is England, also directed by Meadows.
Gavin Clark, lead singer of Clayhill, is featured on four albums by
In 2005, Clayhill recorded a version of Tim Buckley's "The River" for the tribute album Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley.
Barnes and Clark provided the original music for another Shane Meadows movie, Somers Town (2008). Tracks by Clayhill and by Clark (co-written with Nick Hemming) also appeared in Meadows's 2009 film, the mockumentary Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee.
During a 5 September 2009 concert at the King's Place Music Festival, the band announced that the performance would be their last.
Gavin Clark died on 16 February 2015.[1]
Discography
- Cuban Green EP (2004)
- Small Circle (2004)
- Acoustic (2005)
- Mine at Last (2006)
- Afterlight (2007)
See also
- Red Snapper, of which Ali Friend was also a member
References
- ^ Mountford, C (17 February 2015). "Musician at the heart of new Shane Meadows film – Gavin Clark – dies". The Sentinel. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016.
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