Roy Harper
Folk Singer
English folk rocker who has greatly influenced his contemporaries such as Jimmy Pageand younger artists such as Fleet Foxes.
He, like many British rockers, started his career as a teenaged skiffle artist. He was inspired to play music by artists like Muddy Waters.
His songwriting is greatly influenced by nineteenth century romanticism and other poetry.
His mother Muriel died shortly after his birth.
He is a friend and a great musical influence of Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.