In this episode Gearoid chats to singer songwriter Marcella Detroit who is well-known for her solo records and her time in Shakespears Sister (sic). Before she was a recording artist in her own right she was also a respected songwriter, session singer and backing vocalist working with greats such as Aretha Franklin, Better Midler, Burt Bacharach, Belinda Carlisle and many more. She toured extensively with Eric Clapton and was responsible for some of his best loved songs (she co-wrote “Lay Down Sally” and more with him).

Marcella chats about the highs and lows of Shakespears Sister. The heady period where they attained the longest-running number one for a female artist, a record still unbroken today, to the awards ceremony where it all imploded as they picked up a best album award.

She ruminates on the changes in the music industry and her pride at producing her own records in her home studio and constantly reinventing her sound. She recalls the heady glamour days of lear-jets, live-aid and Elton John. The constant in all of that is her consistently brilliant music.

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More Information: www.marcella-detroit.com

Watch a cool documentary about the old-school recording of her album “The Vehicle”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPE4t8zS_Rk

Read about and buy her brilliant new album “Gray Matterz” (“Fascinated” Listeners can get a signed copy!)

http://www.graymatterz.info

Watch a cool documentary about the old-school recording of her album “The Vehicle”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPE4t8zS_Rk

Buy her music

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/marcella-detroit/id42111298

Connect

https://www.facebook.com/marcelladetroitofficial

https://twitter.com/marcelladetroit

There is no greatest hits so here is Gearoid’s “Best of Marcella Detroit” Playlist: