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'''Beau''' is a specialist [[Twelve string guitar|twelve-string guitar]] player who first became known in the late 1960s through his recordings for [[John Peel]]'s Dandelion label. He released two albums on [[Dandelion Records|Dandelion]] - ''Beau'' (1969) and ''Creation'' (1971) which featured Jim Milne and Steve Clayton from Tractor as backing musicians on some tracks, plus the single "1917 Revolution" which had greater success abroad than it did in the UK. "1917 Revolution" is said to have been the inspiration for [[America (band)|America's]] "[[A Horse With No Name]]".
His best known song however is probably "The Roses Of [[Eyam]]" (written under the name of John Trevor) which folk singer [[Roy Bailey (folk singer)|Roy Bailey]] took around the world and which he recorded on his ''Hard Times'' LP in 1985. This version was subsequently re-released on Bailey's ''Past Masters'' CD in 1998. Beau himself released the song officially for the first time as a bonus track on the 2007 UK reissue of the original ''Beau'' disc ([[Cherry Red]]), and on the 2008 Japanese release of the same album (Airmail Recordings).
Beau has produced several hundred songs, and has also recorded under the names of John Trevor and Trevor Midgley. Though mostly known as a "folk" performer, his writing has also been strongly influenced by [[blues]] and [[Rock music|rock]].
He co-wrote ''"[[Andy Warhol|WARHOL]] - The Musical"'' with Steve Clayton of the band [[Tractor (band)|Tractor]].
[[Category:English folk guitarists]]
[[Category:English songwriters]]
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