Nickey Barclay
{{short description|American singer, songwriter and musician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| instrument = Piano, Hammond organ
| years_active = 1969–1976
| label = Reprise, Casablanca, Ariola
| associated_acts = Fanny, Joe Cocker, Barbra Streisand, Keith Moon
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Nicole Barclay (born 1951){{cite magazine|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/ten-women-who-influenced-rock-n-roll-more-than-you-know|title=Ten women who influenced rock 'n' roll more than you know|magazine=Goldmine|date=February 13, 2013|accessdate=February 28, 2019}} is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She was a member of the all-female rock group Fanny and has collaborated with Joe Cocker, Barbra Streisand and Keith Moon.
Career
In the late 1960s, Barclay joined the collective of session musicians known as the Musicians Contact Service in Los Angeles. In January 1970, she was asked to join the all-female rock group Fanny as a singer and keyboardist. She was one of the main songwriters and lead singers in the group, and appeared on all their albums, adding soul, blues and funk influences to the group's overall sound.{{cite web|url=http://www.fannyrocks.com/about-2/how-it-began/|title=How It Began|publisher=Fanny (official website)|access-date=February 24, 2019}}
After joining Joe Cocker for a few months on his March 1970 US tour as a backing vocalist, during which she was recorded for the live album Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Barclay returned to Fanny.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-colossal-triumph-of-joe-cockers-mad-dogs-and-englishmen-joe-cocker-by-c-michael-bailey.php|title=The Colossal Triumph of Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"|magazine=All About Jazz|date=October 21, 2006|access-date=February 24, 2019}}{{cite web|last1=Unico|first1=Grethcen|title=Rock Photographer Linda Wolf at Home With Fanny and on the Road With Joe Cocker|url=http://www.rebeatmag.com/rock-photographer-linda-wolf-at-home-with-fanny-and-on-the-road-with-joe-cocker/|website=Rebeat|access-date=February 25, 2018|date=October 3, 2016}} She played on Barbra Streisand's 1971 album, Stoney End{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stoney-end-mw0000651041/credits|title=Stoney End – Credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 24, 2019}} and along with the other members of Fanny, performed on the follow-up Barbra Joan Streisand.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/barbra-joan-streisand-mw0000192624/credits|title=Barbra Joan Streisand – Credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 24, 2019}}
Barclay left Fanny at the end of 1974, shortly before the band split up.{{cite web|url=http://www.fannyrocks.com/about-2/the-end-of-the-road/|title=The End of the Road|publisher=Fanny (official website)|access-date=February 24, 2019}} Her song "Solid Gold", first appearing on Fanny's 1973 album Mothers Pride, was re-recorded by Keith Moon for his 1975 solo album, Two Sides of the Moon; Barclay also played keyboards on the album.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/two-sides-of-the-moon-mw0000023951|title=Two Sides of the Moon|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 24, 2019}} The following year, she released a solo album Diamond in a Junkyard, which was commercially unsuccessful.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/diamond-in-a-junkyard-mw0000836813|title=Diamond in a Junkyard|first=Charles|last=Donovan|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 24, 2019}}
After Diamond in a Junkyard, Barclay semi-retired from the music business and moved to the United Kingdom. In the 1980s, she formed the Nickey Barclay Band, performing in venues around London with former Rory Gallagher sidemen Wilgar Campbell on drums, Lou Martin on keyboards, Pete Bingham on bass and ex-Procol Harum guitarist Dave Ball.{{cite web |url=http://www.tuvstarr.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/johnconroy/John%27s%20Story.htm |title=John Conroy's Story |publisher=John Conroy|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223141607/http://www.tuvstarr.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/johnconroy/John's%20Story.htm |archive-date=December 23, 2012 }}
Barclay appears in archival footage in the 2021 documentary film Fanny: The Right to Rock, directed by Bobbi Jo Hart. The film presents a history of the band including Barclay's participation.{{cite magazine |last=Martoccio |first=Angie |title=Joe Elliott, Bonnie Raitt, Cherie Currie Talk Fanny's Influence in New Doc |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/fanny-doc-trailer-1145396/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 23, 2021 |access-date=May 29, 2023}}{{cite magazine |last=Lines |first=Madeline |date=May 26, 2021 |title=Finding Fanny: Bobbi Jo Hart's newest documentary is poetic justice for the first women of rock and roll |url=http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/finding-fanny |magazine=Point of View |access-date=May 29, 2023}}
Discography
- Diamond in a Junkyard (1976)
References
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External links
- [http://www.fannyrocks.com/the-way-it-was/nickey/ Nickey Barclay] – Fanny's official website
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Category:American rock keyboardists
Category:American women rock singers
Category:American women songwriters