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Ireland
Patrick Campbell-Lyons
About Patrick Campbell-Lyons
An Irish expatriate, Patrick Campbell-Lyons first came to notice with the short-lived Second Thought, which never managed to make it into the studio (after Campbell-Lyons departed, the band evolved into July, which later splintered, with Jade Warrior being one of the results.) After his separation from the band, he formed Nirvana (UK) with Alex Spyropoulos and several other players, and the band eventually became a duo by the time their second album was released.
By the time of Local Anasthetic (1971), Nirvana was just Campbell-Lyons and session players, with Spyropoulos having left to pursue a solo career. Campbell-Lyons recorded and released a second album, once again essentially solo, under the Nirvana name, Songs of Love and Praise. The album failed to sell, and neither of the two singles achieved much airplay or sales. He worked for Vertigo as an A&R man and producer at the same time, handling some of their more minor acquisitions, the most impressive of which may well have been Dr. Z, while Mike Absalom was certainly the most obscure.
Dropping the Nirvana name, Campbell-Lyons moved to the Sovereign label, releasing the ill-fated Me and My Friend in 1973. Neither the album nor its two singles generated any attention, and Campbell-Lyons vanished into the obscure areas of session and production work until reuniting with Spyropoulos in 1980 and riding the wave of renewed interest in Nirvana. Campbell-Lyons also worked under the names of Hat & Tie, Pica, and Patrick O'Magic. He died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 82. ~ Steven McDonald
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