Biography
by Charlotte Dillon
Vocalist Dana Gillespie's first album was released when she was only 15. Over the next four decades, as a strong presence in the world of music, she was part of the recording of around 40 albums. In the beginning of her career in the '60s, she sang folk tunes. At some point in the '70s, she moved on to rock. By the '80s she turned her attention fully to something that was one of her first loves: the blues. In between all of that recording, Gillespie the actress stayed in the spotlight on the theater stage in shows like Jesus Christ Superstar, and in films like The Hound of the Baskervilles.
A young Dana Gillespie began performing folk music at festivals where she had large and diverse audiences to please. It gave her the perfect chance to polish her skills and learn to entertain, as well as to simply perform. During those first few years, Gillespie recorded a number of singles and two albums on the Decca and Pye labels. By 1973, she had moved on to the major label RCA and found herself working with David Bowie, who stood in as producer on a number of her recordings. The '70s saw her release such albums as Weren't Born a Man and Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle. When not performing behind the microphone, Gillespie was working behind the camera in films like Sink or Swim, Mahler, and the cult classic, The People That Time Forgot, which was a sequel to The Land That Time Forgot.
In the '80s, Gillespie maintained a hectic professional schedule, leading a double life, and maybe a triple one at times. She kept at her music, touring through the United States, Europe, and other countries. She also went back into the studio to complete several albums, including I'm a Woman, Blue Job, Move Your Body Close to Me, Below the Belt, Hot News, and Sweet Meat. She continued to show off her acting abilities, and her beauty, in movies like Parker, Scrubbers, Bad Timing, and Strapless. In between the rest, she fit in numerous television appearances.
No one could accuse Gillespie of slowing down in the '90s -- not with the more than a dozen albums she released that decade. She entered the new millennium much the same way. By these later years, she had come full force into the blues, her voice reaching that edge, her life experiences varied enough to feel and understand the songs she both sings and writes. Some of the tunes fans will find on albums from this Gillespie period are "Who's Got the Blues to Blame," "Give Me Your Best Shot," "The Sky Will Still Be Blue," "Guardian Blue Angel," "You Make Me Feel So Good," "Who Blew the Blues Away," and "Turning Over a Blue Leaf." She has stayed a strong part of the music scene by organising The Mustique Blues Festival every year and through her radio show called "Globetrotting" With Gillespie, which airs on Blue Danube Radio in Vienna and focuses on African and Indian music with a bit of blues too. In 2003 Gillespie released a new record for Ace called Staying Power which celebrated her 40th year in the music industry and showed her to be as strong a vocalist as ever.
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Biografía
por Charlotte Dillon
El primer álbum de la vocalista Dana Gillespie se publicó cuando sólo tenía 15 años. A lo largo de las cuatro décadas siguientes, con una fuerte presencia en el mundo de la música, participó en la grabación de unos 40 álbumes. Al principio de su carrera, en los años 60, cantaba temas folclóricos. En algún momento de los años 70, se pasó al rock. En los años 80 se dedicó de lleno a lo que fue uno de sus primeros amores: el blues. Mientras grababa, la actriz Gillespie seguía actuando en el teatro en espectáculos como Jesucristo Superstar y en películas como El sabueso de los Baskerville.
Una joven Dana Gillespie comenzó a interpretar música folk en festivales en los que tenía que complacer a un público numeroso y diverso. Esto le dio la oportunidad perfecta para pulir sus habilidades y aprender a entretener, además de simplemente actuar. Durante esos primeros años, Gillespie grabó varios singles y dos álbumes en los sellos Decca y Pye. En 1973, pasó a la gran discográfica RCA y empezó a trabajar con David Bowie, que actuó como productor en varias de sus grabaciones. En los años 70 publicó álbumes como Weren't Born a Man y Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle. Cuando no actuaba detrás del micrófono, Gillespie trabajaba detrás de la cámara en películas como Sink or Swim, Mahler y el clásico de culto The People That Time Forgot, que era una secuela de The Land That Time Forgot.
En los años 80, Gillespie mantuvo una agitada agenda profesional, llevando una doble vida, y quizás una triple a veces. Siguió con su música, haciendo giras por Estados Unidos, Europa y otros países. También volvió al estudio para completar varios álbumes, como I'm a Woman, Blue Job, Move Your Body Close to Me, Below the Belt, Hot News y Sweet Meat. Siguió mostrando sus dotes de actriz, y su belleza, en películas como Parker, Scrubbers, Bad Timing y Strapless. Entre medias, hizo numerosas apariciones en televisión.
Nadie puede acusar a Gillespie de haber bajado el ritmo en los años 90, ni siquiera con los más de una docena de álbumes que publicó en esa década. Entró en el nuevo milenio de la misma manera. En estos últimos años, se ha adentrado de lleno en el blues, su voz ha llegado a ese límite, sus experiencias vitales son lo suficientemente variadas como para sentir y comprender las canciones que canta y escribe. Algunos de los temas que los fans encontrarán en los álbumes de esta época de Gillespie son "Who's Got the Blues to Blame", "Give Me Your Best Shot", "The Sky Will Still Be Blue", "Guardian Blue Angel", "You Make Me Feel So Good", "Who Blew the Blues Away" y "Turning Over a Blue Leaf". Se ha mantenido muy presente en la escena musical organizando cada año el Festival de Blues de Mustique y a través de su programa de radio "Globetrotting" con Gillespie, que se emite en la radio Blue Danube de Viena y se centra en la música africana e india con un poco de blues también. En 2003, Gillespie publicó un nuevo disco para Ace, titulado Staying Power, con el que celebraba sus 40 años en la industria musical y demostraba que era una vocalista tan fuerte como siempre.
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2. Love Matters
3. Eternally Yours
4. Eureka Moment
5. Last Chance Saloon
6. Hands Of Hope
7. Love Moves
8. Running Out Of Steam
9. It's Alchemy
10. Two Faced Girls
11. Giving Out To Everyone
2014
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