This post is a bit of an archaeological dig.
There used to be a Soundcloud account for the band Blue Eyed English. That account doesn’t exist anymore.
Other than that Soundcloud account there is not a thing on the web. Blue Eyed English doesn’t exist.
So how can I find any info about them? The first thing to know is that one of their songs, “The Riddling Knight”, is on Youtube. Our friend stoneeyedkiller had shared it in his channel about a year ago. He adds one little detail about this track, it dates from 1989.
Someone comments this video and he is dead on. He/she describes the song as The Darling Buds meets Voice of the Beehive with the Heart Throbs paying a quick visit. I think that explains the band’s sound perfectly.
So what can one find about this band online? There are some little bits and pieces that one can gather…
The band recorded many songs in the studio. At least we know a few of them like “The Gardiner” from 1986, “Locks’n’Bolts” also from 1986, “Glen Logie” and “Blue-Eyed Lullabye” from 1987 and the previously mentioned “The Riddling Knight”. From what I understand the band’s recordings in studio dated from 1986 to 1991.
Then I find a name and a place connected to Blue Eyed English. The name is Shelley Patt. The place is Enfield, England. Shelley Patt was also the singer that was in a rock band called Solstice.
I found a small Shelley bio on a Czech language site. It mentions that she left Solstice in 1989 and only then she joined the band. But it tells us something more. It tells us that Shelley replaced Vikki Clayton (who has a Facebook page). It mentions too that Blue Eyed English released an album! I didn’t know this. And that the band was recording a second album even. Who knows about this? Also that the band called it a day in 1993.
So now we know a little bit more. Still don’t know the name of the rest of the members of the band. I think there was a member called Maria. And I may be wrong about Enfield. Now I start to think the band actually hailed from somewhere in Lincolnshire.
Anyone remembers them? are there more recordings? does an album really exist?
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