Gerald Conway (born 11 September 1947 in King's Lynn, Norfolk) is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the band Jethro Tull during the 1980s. He is currently playing with Fairport Convention.
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Prior to his association with Jethro Tull, Gerry Conway was the drummer for the band Fotheringay as well as for Eclection (other members included Kerrilee Male, Georg Kajanus [as George Hultgreen], Michael Rosen and Trevor Lucas). In their early years, Steeleye Span also drafted on the services of Conway, who was a friend of the band. Conway played on their now-classic song "Dark-Eyed Sailor".[1] His studio works also include the debut solo albums of Sandy Denny and Shelagh McDonald and appearances on albums by Wizz Jones, Jim Capaldi[2] and others. He toured and recorded as a member of Cat Stevens' band for six years. In late 2007, he recorded percussion parts on Dan Crisp's debut album Far From Here.
Gerry is currently the drummer in Fairport Convention (on a regular basis since 1998) and Pentangle (occasionally). He has also been playing with another old bandmate from the Cat Stevens days; Alun Davies, who was Stevens' guitarist, from 1970-1977, in the band, "Good Men in the Jungle", which features Davies' daughter, Becky Moncurr.
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- ^ From their first album, Hark! The Village Wait (1970).
- ^ Conway appears on Capaldi's Short Cut Draw Blood (1975), considered to be a masterpiece, among Capaldi's earlier work.
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