Julie Driscoll Tippetts

Julie Driscoll Tippetts

Driscoll in 1968
Background information
Birth name Julie Driscoll
Born (1947-06-08) 8 June 1947
London, England
Genres Pop, R&B, jazz, folk rock, psychedelic pop, jazz-rock, soul
Occupation(s) Singer, actress
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1960s–present
Labels Marmalade
Associated acts Brian Auger, Keith Tippett, Working Week
Website mindyourownmusic.co.uk

Julie Driscoll Tippetts (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress, known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's "Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger and the Trinity. Along with The Trinity, she was featured prominently in the 1969 television special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, singing "I'm a Believer" in a soul style with Micky Dolenz.[1] She and Auger had previously worked in Steampacket, with Long John Baldry and Rod Stewart.

"This Wheel's on Fire" reached number five in the United Kingdom in June 1968. With distortion, the imagery of the title and the group's dress and performance, this version came to represent the psychedelic era in British rock music. Driscoll recorded the song again in the early 1990s with Adrian Edmondson as the theme to the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous.[2]

Since the 1970s, Driscoll has concentrated on experimental vocal music. She married jazz musician Keith Tippett and collaborated with him and now uses the name Julie Tippetts, adopting the original spelling of her husband's surname. She took in Keith Tippett's big band Centipede and in 1974 sang in Robert Wyatt's Theatre Royal Drury Lane concert.[3] She released a solo album, Sunset Glow in 1975;[4] was lead vocalist[5] on Carla Bley's album Tropic Appetites; and also performed on John Wolf Brennan's "HeXtet".[6]

Later in the 1970s, she toured with her own band and recorded and performed as one of the vocal quartet Voice, with Maggie Nichols, Phil Minton, and Brian Eley.[7]

In the early 1980s, Julie Tippetts was a guest vocalist on an early single by pop-jazz band Working Week, on the song "Storm of Light",[8][9] which brought them to the attention of a wider audience. Between 2009-2015, she recorded 4 albums with Martin Archer.[10][11]

Discography

LP/CD releases of note

Below is a selected list of Driscoll's work, sorted mostly by recording date:

Early UK singles

Parlophone (uk) Records:

References

  1. ↑ "Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll brainwash The Monkees – Voices of East Anglia". Voices of East Anglia. 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  2. ↑ "Pop: New name, new songs, but the voice remains the same". The Independent. 1999-12-17. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  3. ↑ "Robert Wyatt and friends, Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 | OMM | The Observer". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  4. ↑ Sunset Glow at AllMusic
  5. ↑ Tropic Appetites at AllMusic
  6. ↑ "HeXtet: Through the Ear of a Raindrop - John Wolf Brennan | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  7. ↑ "Julie Driscoll | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  8. ↑ "Working Week - Storm Of Light / Venceremos". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  9. ↑ "Working Week | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  10. ↑ "Discus Music". Discus Music. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  11. ↑ Jazz, All About. "Julie Tippetts: Didn't You Used To Be Julie Driscoll?". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
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