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Post by the Scribe on Dec 14, 2022 11:00:41 GMT
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 14, 2022 11:10:11 GMT
OBIT: ROCHE SISTER MAGGIE
Maggie Roche, one of three sisters who comprised the folk singing Roches that also included Suzzy and Terre, died of cancer at age 65, according to a statement posted online by Suzzy. At various times, the sisters recorded and performed as a trio and also in pairs.
Maggie and Terre Roche were discovered by Paul Simon, who used the pair as backup singers in his smash 1973 album, “There Goes Rhymin’ Simon.” The two-some released their debut album two years later.
A short time later, the third sister, Suzzy, joined and they became a trio, performing as The Roches. The trio’s self-titled debut LP, produced by King Crimson guitar great Robert Fripp, was released in 1979.
The sisters were a popular act during the mid and late-‘70s on the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York, where they also worked as bartenders in between gigs.
Maggie’s song, “The Married Men” became a hit for Phoebe Snow in 1979, eclipsing anything the sisters ever recorded. That year, Snow and Linda Ronstadt performed the song on “Saturday Night Live.” It went over well, so a few months later at Simon’s behest, The Roches were invited to perform on “SNL.”
During the past three decades, they continued to perform on and off around the New York City area, either as a trio or as duos, never becoming a huge draw or selling a lot of records, but maintaining a small, but loyal fan base. In 2007, they released their final studio album, “Moonswept.”
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