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Bill Fay, Cult British Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 81

Bill Fay, the cult British singer-songwriter whose music was later championed by artists like Jeff Tweedy and Nick Cave, has died at the age of 81.

Bill Fay, the cult British singer-songwriter whose music was later championed by artists like Jeff Tweedy and Nick Cave, leading to a late-career resurgence, has died at the age of 81. Our hope is to find a way to finish and release it, but for now, we remember Bill’s legacy as the “man in the corner of the room at the piano”, who quietly wrote heartfelt songs that touched and connected with people around the world.” The London-born William Fay signed with the legendary British label Deram Records in the late Sixties, releasing two folk albums, his 1970 self-titled debut and 1971’s Time of the Last Persecution.

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