Artist:Nigel Foote

Nigel Foote was born with folk music in his blood. His grandmother was Dorothy Fuller, of The Fuller Sisters – the first English musical group to perform English, Irish and Scottish folk songs in America (1911–1917). A child of the 1950s and 60s, Nigel grew up in Sydney, and played piano as a child before buying a guitar in 1966 with his first week's pay. Nigel's songwriting began in Paddington in 1971 during his inner city years, before moving to Avalon on the Northern Beaches where he married Dawn Egan. Nigel and Dawn moved to the Blue Mountains where they began earning their living as folk musicians. During the International Year of Peace (1986), Nigel released an anti-nuclear 'single' in association with Greenpeace, receiving airplay in Germany. Both songs on the disc won songwriting awards – including a Pater Award. An original and evocative singer-songwriter, Nigel has released two solo albums, Dangerous Game and Home by Dark, as well as composing many guitar instrumental tunes.