Bill Caddick
b. 27 June 1944, Hurst Hill, Wolverhampton, England. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Caddick gained his first exposure to folk music while at college in Coventry. Occasionally he appeared with Mike Billington. Caddick performed at the Bromyard Folk Festival in 1972 and met Magic Lantern, a group using shadow puppets and music. Having duly impressed them with his songs he was asked to join. He later left, on New Years Day in 1975, in order to pursue a solo career, but until 1976 was out of action with throat and back problems. In 1980, Bill joined Home Service, playing guitar and dobro, as well as providing vocals. He left in 1985, unhappy with the lack of live work the group were doing. Moving back to Wolverhampton, Caddick was combining solo work with playing in a blues band. He then took a break from music and worked part-time in a psychiatric hospital until early in 1990. Caddick then moved back to London and started writing again, shortly after forming Urban Legend. He had originally intended to join Zumzeaux, but the group disbanded. URBAN LEGEND was produced by Andrew Cronshaw, and featured former Zumzeaux musicians Neti Vaandrager (fiddle) and Bernard O'Neill (double bass).