Schellas went on to play on two of Fardon’s subsequent albums, The God Given Right, The Savage Art of Love and EP Palestine. While Fardon continued to write and perform his own material in London’s folk venues, by 1974 he was also playing bass guitar in the band Ross Stagg (who later formed the rock band Strapps), along with Jan Schelhass on Hammond organ. Lee Fardon has produced a number of albums throughout his career and continues to write, record and perform his work. One might add other names to the list, such as Warren Zevron, but ultimately Fardon’s style is distinctively his own. Following a tour in Italy in 1993, Italian journalist Mauro Zambellini, described Fardon’s work as “bitter and twisted ballads that have a close kinship with the songwriters of the calibre of Van Morrison, Paul Brady, Randy Newman”, as well as Graham Parker and Lou Reed. In 1981, Allan Jones, writing for Melody Maker makes reference to Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed, but states “you know you’re listening to one man: Lee Fardon….”. Mick Wall, wrote in “Sounds” magazine in 1978, “watching him (Fardon) perform on the last night of the recent Dire Straits tour before a packed house, he reminded me of a whole host of other people.” He likens Fardon to Leonard Cohen with “traces of pure Springsteen, moments of pure Dylan, except with Lee Fardon it’s more than being a clever imitator….he really means it”. Īlways his own man, Fardon’s influences are nonetheless evident. Writing for Melody Maker a year later, journalist Patrick Humphreys described Fardon’s album, “ The God Given Right”, as having “Laceratingly honest lyrics tied to irresistible melodies”. (he) searches continually for unusual, potentially disquieting perspectives”. As Alan Jones wrote for Melody Maker in 1981, “Lee Fardon’s songs contradict and contravene typical rock symbols…. ĭifficult to categorize in a single genre, Fardon’s work fuses rock, folk, soul and pure poetry. Journalist Patrick Humphreys, in an article in Melody Maker, described Fardon as “the God given writer”.
Fardon’s second album received critical acclaim, notably, Alan Jones the editor of Melody Maker wrote that “The God Given Right” was “bold, thrilling and breathtakingly assured". Subsequently, Fardon toured with Dire Straits, was produced by Mark Knopfler and recorded with Annie Lennox. By 1982 he was signed by Aura Records and formed The Lee Fardon band. The Legionares played most of the pub rock venues in London including the Hope & Anchor, Islington, Finsbury park Rainbow Theatre, The Hammersmith Odeon and the Marquee Club, where the band supported Dire Straits for four Sunday nights. He was signed in 1977 by Arista Records when he formed his first band, Lee Fardon and the Legionaires. At this time, he began writing his own lyrics. In the early 70’s Fardon played as a solo artist, playing folk based rock and roll in various London folk clubs such as The Nag's Head pub in Battersea, The Crypt at St Martin in the Field, Trafalgar Square, The Mandrake Club in Soho and The Half Moon pub in Putney. For his 10 th birthday, Lee’s father brought him a Dansette record player and Bob Dylan’s album Freewheelin, which proved to have a profound influence on his future career. He was born in Battersea, south London in 1953. Lee Fardon is an English singer/songwriter, instrumentalist and recording artist.
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