DYBLE LONGDON
Between A Breath And A Breath ENGLISH ELECTRIC
The first, and sadly final, meeting of two remarkable minds.
When Judy Dyble met David Longdon in the foyer of King’s Place, London, in August 2015, she knew next-to-nothing about his band. Big Big Train were playing some rare live shows and, on the recommendation of this writer, Dyble had hopped on a train, post-that year’s Cropredy Convention, and found herself - along with a venue-full of Passengers - swept away by what she heard and saw. “I’d love to sing with that band!” she enthused, and, after the show, she briefly met vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Longdon and bassist Greg Spawton before her return trip home. Longdon was a little starstruck by the woman from Fairport Convention who he’d read of as a teen; he asked for a photo with her and the pair were soon in frequent contact. By the end of the year, two tracks were written and Dyble Longdon - Longdon’s first partnership with another songwriter - had sprouted wings, and a tail.