Roy Hill on MySpace

Guess who's been in touch....Roy Hill no less. Yes, I can hardly believe it myself, he's a virtual recluse! The man himself is Roy Hill, the ultra-talented singer-songwriter who made a massive impression on me, musically, back in 1978. Then, for me, he completely disappeared off the radar, until 26 years later. In the intervening years, whilst I was busy listening to Steel Pulse, Ennio Morricone, Billy Bragg and so on, Roy had licked his wounds after a bloody nose from his unfulfilled solo career to rise again in the guise of Cry No More, who for a decade wowed audiences in stockbroker-belt SE England, and beyond. My re-introduction to seeing Roy in the flesh again, accompanied by his straightfaced sidekick Chas Cronk, in the form of Cry No More was a revelation. Roy has matured his boyish charm and comic monologues into the funniest music set I’ve ever seen. He is simply brilliant.
Anyway, back to his latest email. Roy has all but completed his first two cd releases of a smorgasbord of delights that he's gearing up to release on the unsuspecting public. In addition, you can find out much more about Roy and his own unique style of music and wit at his new MySpace website. Click here.
Now, if I tell you what Roy’s plans are, then hopefully that will be an additional prod to make him complete the mammoth task he’s set himself. He’s currently putting all six Cry No More albums onto cd’s with his own inspired artwork, as well as compiling a dvd to be called The Cry No More Story, which will include clips from old vcr tapes, videos from three recent compositions and narration from Roy himself. If that’s not enough to whet your tastebuds, he’s also clicking into gear with his own stuff too. He’s nearly completed those first two releases I mentioned: Hello Sailor – very early tracks recorded before he signed to Arista in 1976 – and Fun With Dave – 12 songs recorded with Dave Richards in Switzerland during the early ‘80s. The target he’s set himself is ten releases in all, fifteen if he includes “the real rubbish!” If all that comes to fruition, I beseech everyone to buy the whole set. You will love it, I promise. My decision to relocate to Cambodia has some drawbacks to it, one of them is missing the annual live Cry No More Christmas extravaganza. Link: Roy Hill.