William Murray (musician)
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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]
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