William Murray (musician)

William A. Murray
Background information
Born	(1950-08-02)2 August 1950 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	30 August 1998(1998-08-30) (aged 48) Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Progressive folk
Occupation(s)	Drummer, Photographer
Instrument	Drum
Years active	1970s–1990s

William A. Murray (2 August 1950 – 30 August 1998) was a Scottish drummer and photographer.

Career

As a drummer in the early 1970s Murray played with acts including Richard and Linda Thompson's Sour Grapes band and Irish progressive folk band Mellow Candle.[1] In the 1970s Murray played on Kevin Ayers's album Whatevershebringswesing, and later worked with Paul Kossoff.[2]

Murray also worked with the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, who bought Murray a camera.[2] Murray worked with Oldfield on albums including Ommadawn, writing the lyrics for "On Horseback".[2] As a photographer he took the cover photo for Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s 1978 album Pronto Monto.[3] He also worked for Time Out.

Murray subsequently became a fashion photographer and moved to Dallas, Texas.[2] In America he formed a band called The Same with Clodagh Simonds, Carter Burwell, Stephen Bray and Chip Johanessen.[1]

Murray took the photograph of Mike Oldfield that appears on the cover of his 1990 album Amarok and wrote a short story for the booklet.[4]

Murray died in 1998 in Dublin, Ireland.[1]

References

1. "Mellow Candle". Irish Band. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
2. "Ommadawn notes". Tubular.net. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
3. "Pronto Monto, Kate & Anna McGarrigle". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
4. "Amarok notes". The Official Mike Oldfield Information Service. Retrieved 3 June 2008.