Sandy Dillon


Sandy Dillon is an American singer and songwriter. She has released several solo albums, describing her music as "jazz-punk western blues", and has also worked with worked with Ensemble Modern and Man Parrish.

Career

Born near Cape Cod, Dillon took up piano at the age of 6, and studied Orchestral Composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston, before moving to New York City where she lived at the Chelsea Hotel. She played Janis Joplin on Broadway in Rock n Roll: The First 5,000 Years where she was spotted by Tony DeFries, who had managed both David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Defries steered her to Elektra, for whom she recorded two albums Candy From A Stranger and Flowers, those songs previewed in a performance at Ronnie Scotts alongside Ronson on guitar. Elektra released her third set as her debut album.
Dillon moved to London where she met her husband Steve Bywater, who was a member of the Churchfitters alongside Pete Brown Geoff Coombs and Angus Wallace. Steve Bywaters subsequently went on to produce several of Dillons albums. She signed to One Little Indian for whom she recorded Electric Chair. In 2000 she released Las Vegas Is Cursed, a collaboration with Hector Zazou and East Overshoe. in 2001 Steve Bywater died after suffering a heart attack. Dillon went on and recorded the well-received Nobody's Sweetheart, produced by Julius from Kinobe and featuring guest vocals from Heather Nova, which was the first of Dillon's albums to be released in the US, in 2004. She then recorded the album Pull the Strings, which was released in 2006. Her 2008 album, Living in Dreams, was recorded in Germany together with her new husband Ray Majors and produced by David Coulter. Dillon and Majors also contributed vocals and guitar to Sisters Euclids album 96 Tears, a collection of cover versions.

Discography

Albums