Claire Hamill in conversation

<p>Claire Hamill in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>www.clairehamill.co.uk</p> <p>Active in the music business since age 17. In 1971, she was launched as one of Britain's first female singer-songwriters. Shortly following the release of her debut album, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_House_Left_Standing'>One House Left Standing</a>, Hamill went on her first UK tour, supporting <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn_(singer)'>John Martyn</a>. She performed at the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_10'>Concert 10</a> festival in the United States July 1972 before a crowd of 200,000. By 1973, she had toured the United States with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_Harum'>Procol Harum</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)'>Jethro Tull</a>, and returned to Britain to record her next album, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_(Claire_Hamill_album)'>October</a>, at <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_Studio'>Manor Studio</a> in Oxfordshire. She next toured with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Crimson'>King Crimson</a>.</p> <p>In 1973, she met <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Davies'>Ray Davies</a> of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kinks'>the Kinks</a>, who signed her to his Konk label for her third album <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_Door_Johnnies_(album)'>Stage Door Johnnies</a>. She toured America for the second time that year and went on another UK tour supporting <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_O%27Sullivan'>Gilbert O'Sullivan</a>. In addition, she recorded what would be her final album of the '70s and the second one for Konk, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabra_(Claire_Hamill_album)'>Abracadabra</a>.</p> <p>In 1979, she provided vocals on the song "Look Over Your Shoulder" on <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Steve_Howe_Album'>The Steve Howe Album</a>. In the early 1980s she worked with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi