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'''Carol Ann Lloyd''' (1948–2017) was an Australian singer, songwriter, composer, and advertising executive. She was known as "Australia's original rock chick" for her role in the Brisbane-based bands Railroad Gin and her own Carol Lloyd Band.<ref name="themusic.com.au Obituary">themusic.com.au[http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2017/02/13/qld-rock-icon-carol-lloyd-passes-away-after-lengthy-illness/ "Qld Rock Icon Carol Lloyd Passes Away After Lengthy Illness"], 13 February 2017. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.</ref> She was recognized for her curly, red hair, which was said to have been insured with Lloyd's of London for $100,000.<ref name="LOTL interview">Lesbians On The Loose[http://www.lotl.com/Culture/A-Confessional-with-Carol-Lloyd-Australias-Original-Rock-Chick/ "A Confessional with Carol Lloyd, Australia’s Original Rock Chick"], 10 June 2014. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.</ref>


'''Carol Ann Lloyd''' (1948–2017), born as '''Carol Ann Cramb''', was an Australian singer, songwriter, composer, and advertising executive. She was described as "Australia's original rock chick" for her role in the [[Brisbane]]-based bands Railroad Gin (1973–75) and Carol Lloyd Band, as well as her solo career. She was recognised for her long, curly red hair, which was insured with Lloyd's of London for $100,000.<ref name="LOTL interview">Lesbians On The Loose [http://www.lotl.com/Culture/A-Confessional-with-Carol-Lloyd-Australias-Original-Rock-Chick/ "A Confessional with Carol Lloyd, Australia's Original Rock Chick"], 10 June 2014. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.</ref> Carol Ann Lloyd died on 13 February 2017 due to complications from her [[Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis|interstitial pulmonary fibrosis]] and [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]], diagnosed four years earlier.
==Early days==

Lloyd was born at the Fermoy Private Hospital, Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland and attended Rocklea State School.<ref name="SMH Obituary">Sydney Morning Herald [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/hundreds-say-goodbye-to-carol-lloyd-brisbanes-ruby-tuesday-20170220-guh4b0.html "Hundreds say goodbye to Carol Lloyd, Brisbane's Ruby Tuesday"], 20 February 2017. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.</ref>
== Early years ==

Lloyd was born as Carol Ann Cramb on 17 October 1948 at the Fermoy Private Hospital, [[Auchenflower, Queensland]] to D and E Cramb of nearby [[Taringa, Queensland|Taringa]].<ref name="Birth note">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49913127 | title = Family Notices | newspaper = [[The Courier-Mail]] | issue = 3724 | date = 1 November 1948 | access-date = 20 August 2017 | page = 6 | via = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> She had two older brothers.<ref name="Birth note"/> Lloyd attended [[Rocklea, Queensland|Rocklea]] State School.<ref name="SMH Obituary">Sydney Morning Herald [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/hundreds-say-goodbye-to-carol-lloyd-brisbanes-ruby-tuesday-20170220-guh4b0.html "Hundreds say goodbye to Carol Lloyd, Brisbane's Ruby Tuesday"], 20 February 2017. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.</ref>


==Musical career==
==Musical career==
===1970s===
===1970s===
Lloyd became the lead singer of Brisbane R&B group, [[Railroad Gin]], in September 1971.<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Railroad Gin' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040803170403/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=669 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=669 | year = 1999 | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | archive-date = 3 August 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }}</ref> Australian musicologist, [[Ian McFarlane]], observed "[Lloyd] was the band's focal point with her commanding stage presence, husky blues voice and wild mane of red hair."<ref name="McFarlane"/>
Lloyd became the lead singer of Brisbane group [[Railroad Gin]] in the early 70s. The band was signed to [[PolyGram]] records and had three singles that reached the top of the charts in Brisbane in 1974, then an album, A Matter of Time, in 1975.<ref name="AllMusic bio">AllMusic [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/railroad-gin-mn0001009437 "Railroad Gin: Artist Biography"]. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref><ref name="Tripod">The Railroad Gin Story [http://railroadgin.tripod.com/16ginstory2.html]. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref> In 1973 Railroad Gin performed a Rock Mass with the Queensland Youth Orchestra at St John's Cathedral in Brisbane. They were the support act for [[Suzi Quatro]] at Festival Hall in 1974.<ref name="Tripod" /><ref name="Courier-Mail Obituary">The Courier-Mail [http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/confidential/carol-lloyd-to-be-remembered-for-her-big-heart-as-much-as-her-formidable-stage-antics/news-story/a49f12cc5ea10fe11a0de177a5e2b892 "Carol Lloyd to be remembered for her big heart as much as her formidable stage antics"], 18 February 2017. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref>


In 1973 Railroad Gin performed a Rock Mass with the Queensland Youth Orchestra at St John's Cathedral in Brisbane. The band were signed to [[PolyGram]] and had three singles that reached the top of the local charts, "A Matter of Time" (June 1974), "Do Ya Love Me?" (October) and "You Told the World" (March 1975).<ref name="McFarlane"/>
In 1975, Lloyd left Railroad Gin due to throat problems, and by the end of the year had formed the Carol Lloyd Band and signed a worldwide recording contract with [[EMI Records]] - a first for an Australian artist.<ref name="QMusic Panel">QMusic[http://www.qmusic.com.au/index.cfm?contentID=630&articleID=10771 "Women in Music Industry Development Panel"], 18 February 2016. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref> They had a hit in Queensland with "Storm In My Soul" and released album ''Mother Was Asleep At The Time'' in 1975.<ref name="Tripod 2">The Carol Lloyd Band Story: The legend continues [http://railroadgin.tripod.com/19CLBstory.html]. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref>

In August 1975 Lloyd left Railroad Gin due to throat problems and to pursue her solo career.<ref name="McFarlane"/> By the end of the year she had formed Tonnage, which was soon renamed as ''The Carol Lloyd Band''.<ref name="McFarlane"/> The line-up was Lloyd on lead vocals and percussion, Gary Broadhurst on bass guitar, Peter Harvey on keyboards, Mark Moffatt on lead guitar and pedal steel guitar, and Danny Simpson on drums.<ref name="McFarlane"/> They signed a worldwide recording contract with [[EMI Records]] - a first for an Australian artist.<ref name="QMusic Panel">QMusic [http://www.qmusic.com.au/index.cfm?contentID=630&articleID=10771 "Women in Music Industry Development Panel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816064726/http://www.qmusic.com.au/index.cfm?contentID=630&articleID=10771 |date=16 August 2017 }}, 18 February 2016. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref> They had a hit in Queensland with "Storm in My Soul" and released an album, ''Mother Was Asleep at the Time'', on 18 October 1976.<ref name="Tripod 2">The Carol Lloyd Band Story: The legend continues [http://railroadgin.tripod.com/19CLBstory.html]. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref>

Tony Catterall of ''[[The Canberra Times]]'' was impressed by Lloyd "[who] is a blues singer and, being part of the seventies, she's singing in the most acceptable blues style of today; the southern US sound pioneered by the Allman Brothers Band."<ref name="Catterall">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131798029 | title = Rock Music Diluted Blues from Queensland | last = Catterall | first = Tony | newspaper = [[The Canberra Times]] | volume = 51 | issue = 14,544 | date = 26 November 1976 | access-date = 21 August 2017 | page = 21 | via = National Library of Australia }}</ref> The album was produced by [[Clive Shakespeare]] (ex-[[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]]), Catterall observed "on many of the 10 tracks – [Shakespeare is] refusing to let her be out front where a blues shouter belongs or by use of double tracking or echo chamber. The resultant sound isn't exactly displeasing, but it isn't true, either... her power and that of her band, has been too often diluted on 'Mother' by Shakespeare's wrong-headed approach."<ref name="Catterall"/>


===1980s===
===1980s===
Lloyd was co-writer of the theme song for [[World Expo 88]], "Together, We'll Show the World".<ref name="SMH Obituary" />
Carol Lloyd issued a solo album, ''Take It or Leave It'', in 1980 on [[RCA]], which provided the title track as its lead single in January of the following year.<ref name="McFarlane"/> Lloyd was co-writer of the theme song for [[World Expo 88]], "Together, We'll Show the World".<ref name="SMH Obituary" />


===2010s===
===2010s===
Lloyd performed a series of shows at the Brisbane Powerhouse: "It Takes Two, Baby" with Sue Ray in January 2014,<ref>Brisbane Powerhouse Facebook page[https://www.facebook.com/brisbanepowerhouse/posts/10151854855717800 "It Takes Two, Baby!"], 27 November 2013. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref>, "It Takes Two Baby" with [[Pearly Black]] in July 2014,<ref>Rough Red [http://roughred.com/shop/product/it-takes-two-baby-return-show-with-pearly-black/ "It Takes Two Baby - Return Show With Pearly Black"]. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref> and "It's Time: the No.1 hits of Railroad Gin and The Carol Lloyd Band" in December 2014, at which the All The Good Things live album was recorded.<ref>Brisbane Powerhouse Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/events/1490463257872455/ "It's Time: the No.1 hits of Railroad Gin and The Carol Lloyd Band"], 18-19 December 2014. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref><ref>Rough Red [http://roughred.com/shop/product/all-the-good-things/ "All The Good Things"]. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref>
Lloyd performed a series of shows at the Brisbane Powerhouse: "It Takes Two, Baby" with Sue Ray in January 2014,<ref>Brisbane Powerhouse Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/brisbanepowerhouse/posts/10151854855717800 "It Takes Two, Baby!"], 27 November 2013. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref> "It Takes Two Baby" with [[Pearly Black]] in July 2014,<ref>Rough Red [http://roughred.com/shop/product/it-takes-two-baby-return-show-with-pearly-black/ "It Takes Two Baby - Return Show With Pearly Black"]. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref> and "It's Time: the No.1 hits of Railroad Gin and The Carol Lloyd Band" in December 2014, at which the All The Good Things live album was recorded.<ref>Brisbane Powerhouse Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/events/1490463257872455/ "It's Time: the No.1 hits of Railroad Gin and The Carol Lloyd Band"], 18–19 December 2014. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref><ref>Rough Red [http://roughred.com/shop/product/all-the-good-things/ "All The Good Things"]. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref>


A benefit show was held for Lloyd at QPAC on 20 October, 2016 to assist with medical expenses and artists including [[Katie Noonan]], Alison St Ledger, Yani, Ellen Reed, [[Troy Cassar-Daley]], Peter Harvey, Annie Petersen and Leah Cotterell donated their performances. The show was named Goodbye Ruby Tuesday after the Rolling Stones song frequently covered by Lloyd, and she made an appearance on stage in a decorated wheelchair to join Ellen Reed in performing it.<ref name="BrisbaneTimes benefit">brisbanetimes.com.au[http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/your-brisbane/qpac-benefit-for-railroad-gins-carol-lloyd-to-feature-katie-noonan-20161019-gs5q71.html "QPAC benefit for Railroad Gin's Carol Lloyd to feature Katie Noonan"], 19 October 2016. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref>
A benefit show was held for Lloyd at QPAC on 20 October 2016 to assist with medical expenses and artists including [[Katie Noonan]], Alison St Ledger, Yani, Ellen Reed, [[Troy Cassar-Daley]], Peter Harvey, Annie Petersen and Leah Cotterell donated their performances. The show was named Goodbye Ruby Tuesday after the Rolling Stones song frequently covered by Lloyd, and she made an appearance on stage in a decorated wheelchair to join Ellen Reed in performing it.<ref name="BrisbaneTimes benefit">brisbanetimes.com.au [http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/your-brisbane/qpac-benefit-for-railroad-gins-carol-lloyd-to-feature-katie-noonan-20161019-gs5q71.html "QPAC benefit for Railroad Gin's Carol Lloyd to feature Katie Noonan"], 19 October 2016. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Lloyd and her partner Annie held a surprise commitment ceremony on August 10, 2013 at The Edge (Qld State Library) in the Brisbane Cultural Centre during an event named "The Party Of A Lifetime" staged by Lloyd shortly after she went public with the prognosis of her terminal condition.<ref name="GNN interview">Gay News Network[http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/feature/sexuality-drugs-and-the-delicious-voice-of-carol-lloyd-15868.html "Sexuality, drugs and the delicious voice of Carol Lloyd"], 8 December 2014. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.</ref>
She died around 1:00pm on Monday, February 13, 2017 at the [[ Wesley Hospital (Brisbane) ]] due to complications from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.


Carol Cramb had married Donald Lloyd and took his last name, but they separated by 1972, "I'd been married, my marriage had broken up, and I'd found my way back to where I was in my teens when I thought I was the only gay woman in the world."<ref name="GNN interview"/> Prior to joining Railroad Gin she had worked in advertising, which had taken her to London.<ref name="GNN interview"/>
==Awards==

{| class="wikitable"
Lloyd was diagnosed with a terminal illness, [[Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis|interstitial pulmonary fibrosis]] in January 2013.<ref name="GNN interview"/><ref name="Sykes">{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/08/30/3837425.htm | title = Brisbane rock royalty Carol Lloyd on life, love and music | last1 = Sykes | first1 = Emma | last2 = Howson | first2 = Spencer | publisher = ABC Brisbane - Australian Broadcasting Corporation| access-date = 21 August 2017 }}</ref> In December 2014 she described her symptoms "I have difficulty breathing if I get too excited. The disease was halfway up my lungs when I was diagnosed 18 months ago, probably more now. It creeps up your lungs and creates this crackling."<ref name="GNN interview"/> Lloyd and her domestic partner, Annie<!-- last name not seen in source -->, held a commitment ceremony on 10 August 2013 at The Edge, Queensland State Library, Brisbane during an event, "The Party of a Lifetime".<ref name="GNN interview">Gay News Network [http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/feature/sexuality-drugs-and-the-delicious-voice-of-carol-lloyd-15868.html "Sexuality, drugs and the delicious voice of Carol Lloyd"], 8 December 2014. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.</ref>
||2008|| Plaque for Railroad Gin mentioning Carol Lloyd on Brisbane's Walk of Fame<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/first-steps-on-brisbanes-walk-of-fame/news-story/81f70dcb939fe9bb9867bc9d120a14cf?sv=252ff880539fd4ae6fd5ff0695da0318|title=Bee Gees and Powderfinger meet in Brisbane's Walk of Fame|date=February 26, 2008|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qmusic.com.au/index.cfm?contentID=607&articleID=11000|title=Vale Carol Lloyd|date=February 12, 2017|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref>

Carol Ann Lloyd died on 13 February 2017 at the [[Wesley Hospital (Brisbane)|Wesley Hospital]], Auchenflower – due to complications from her fibrosis and [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]].<ref name="themusic.com.au Obituary">themusic.com.au [http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2017/02/13/qld-rock-icon-carol-lloyd-passes-away-after-lengthy-illness/ "Qld Rock Icon Carol Lloyd Passes Away After Lengthy Illness"], 13 February 2017. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=180}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Mother Was Asleep at the Time'' <br>{{small|(as Carol Lloyd Band)}}
||2010|| Grant McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award, Q Song Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qmusic.com.au/qldmusicawards/2016/index.cfm?contentID=912&articleID=9289|title=G.W.McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award Announced|date=July 26, 2010|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref>
|
* Released: October 1976
* Format: [[LP record|LP]], [[Compact cassette|cassette]]
* Label: EMI (EMA-321)
| 42
|}
|}


===Singles===
In 2016 it was announced that the Queensland Music Festival and Queensland Government were creating an award in Carol's name to honour her lifetime achievements and support of up-and-coming female artists. The Carol Lloyd Award is worth $15,000 and will be presented for the first time in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qmf.org.au/blog/carol-lloyd-award/|title=Carol Llloyd Award - Queensland Music Festival|date=October 20, 2016|access-date=February 20, 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
==Achievements==
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus/>
||1974|| #1 hit single (double-sided) in Brisbane: Do Ya Love Me/Academy Rock, Railroad Gin<ref name="QMusic Panel" />
|-
||1974|| #1 hit single in Brisbane: You Told The World, Railroad Gin<ref name="QMusic Panel" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Storm in My Soul" {{small|(as Carol Lloyd Band)}}
||1974|| #1 hit single in Brisbane: A Matter Of Time, Railroad Gin<ref name="QMusic Panel" />
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| 66
| rowspan="2" | ''Mother Was Asleep at the Time''
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "All the Good Things"
||1975|| #1 hit album: A Matter of Time, Railroad Gin
| 56
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Take It or Leave It" {{small|(as Carol Lloyd Band)}}
||1976|| First rock band to play the [[Sydney Opera House]]<ref name="QMusic Panel" />
| 1980
| —
| {{Non-album single}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Love Me Tender (song)|Love Me Tender]]" {{small|(with Sue Ray)}}
||1976|| Hit album (#1 or top 3 in Germany, France, Japan, Holland and Indonesia): Mother Was Asleep At The Time, Carol Lloyd Band<ref name="QMusic Panel" />
| 2013
| —
| ''It Takes Two, Baby'' (musical)
|}
|}

==Awards==
[[File:Railroad Gin plaque.jpg|thumb|Plaque recognising band Railroad Gin, songwriter Laurie Stone and vocalists Carol Lloyd and Judee Ford, located on Brisbane's Walk of Fame in the Brunswick St Mall, Fortitude Valley.]]

===Q Song Awards===
The [[Queensland Music Awards]] (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating [[Queensland, Australia]]'s brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.queenslandmusicawards.com.au/about|title= About the Queensland Music Awards|website=Queensland Music Awards|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qmusic.com.au/qldmusicawards/2016/index.cfm?contentID=912&articleID=9289|title=G.W.McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award Announced|date=26 July 2010|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922145120/http://www.qmusic.com.au/qldmusicawards/2016/index.cfm?contentID=912&articleID=9289|archive-date=22 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Awards table}} <small>(wins only)</small>
|-
| [[Queensland Music Awards#2010 Q Song Awards|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.queenslandmusicawards.com.au/past-winners/2009|title=Past Winners 2009|website=Queensland Music Awards|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
| Carol Lloyd
| Grant McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award
| {{yes2|awarded}}
|}

In 2016 it was announced that the Queensland Music Festival and Queensland Government were creating an award in Carol's name to honour her lifetime achievements and support of up-and-coming female artists. The Carol Lloyd Award is worth $15,000 and was to be presented for the first time in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qmf.org.au/blog/carol-lloyd-award/|title=Carol Lloyd Award - Queensland Music Festival|date=20 October 2016|access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> The inaugural award was presented on 30 May 2017 to Georgia Potter (singer-songwriter with alternative rock/pop trio Moreton), who described herself as "a genuine Carol Lloyd fan", having attended Women In Voice concerts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qmf.org.au/carol-lloyd-award/|title=Carol Lloyd Award|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2017/05/31/georgia-potter-wins-inaugural-carol-lloyd-award-at-qld-music-festival-launch/|title=Georgia Potter wins inaugural Carol Lloyd Award and Qld Music Festival launch|date=31 May 2017|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/your-brisbane/singersongwriter-georgia-potter-marks-return-to-music-with-carol-lloyd-award-20170531-gwgyfr.html|title=Singer-songwriter Georgia Potter marks return to music with Carol Lloyd Award|date=31 May 2017|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref> In 2018 the winner of the Carol Lloyd Award was Leanne Tennant<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scenestr.com.au/music/leanne-tennant-why-winning-the-carol-lloyd-award-is-a-big-deal-20181219/|title=Leanne Tennant: Why winning the Carol Lloyd Award is a big deal|date=19 December 2018 |access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> and in 2019 it was received by [[Sahara Beck]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/news/2019/may/sahara-beck-wins-15k-carol-lloyd-award-for-female-singer-songwriters/|title=Sahara Beck wins $15k Carol Lloyd Award for female singer-songwriters|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref>


==References==
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== External links ==

* [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma99183417820802061 Carol Lloyd oral history and digital story] Produced by State Library of Queensland
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Latest revision as of 21:37, 2 November 2024

Carol Lloyd
Background information
Birth nameCarol Ann Cramb
Born(1948-10-17)17 October 1948
Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia
Died13 February 2017(2017-02-13) (aged 68)
Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
  • advertising executive
Instruments
  • Voice
  • percussion
Years active1971–2017
Formerly of
  • Railroad Gin
  • Carol Lloyd Band
  • Women in Voice

Carol Ann Lloyd (1948–2017), born as Carol Ann Cramb, was an Australian singer, songwriter, composer, and advertising executive. She was described as "Australia's original rock chick" for her role in the Brisbane-based bands Railroad Gin (1973–75) and Carol Lloyd Band, as well as her solo career. She was recognised for her long, curly red hair, which was insured with Lloyd's of London for $100,000.[1] Carol Ann Lloyd died on 13 February 2017 due to complications from her interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diagnosed four years earlier.

Early years

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Lloyd was born as Carol Ann Cramb on 17 October 1948 at the Fermoy Private Hospital, Auchenflower, Queensland to D and E Cramb of nearby Taringa.[2] She had two older brothers.[2] Lloyd attended Rocklea State School.[3]

Musical career

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1970s

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Lloyd became the lead singer of Brisbane R&B group, Railroad Gin, in September 1971.[4] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, observed "[Lloyd] was the band's focal point with her commanding stage presence, husky blues voice and wild mane of red hair."[4]

In 1973 Railroad Gin performed a Rock Mass with the Queensland Youth Orchestra at St John's Cathedral in Brisbane. The band were signed to PolyGram and had three singles that reached the top of the local charts, "A Matter of Time" (June 1974), "Do Ya Love Me?" (October) and "You Told the World" (March 1975).[4]

In August 1975 Lloyd left Railroad Gin due to throat problems and to pursue her solo career.[4] By the end of the year she had formed Tonnage, which was soon renamed as The Carol Lloyd Band.[4] The line-up was Lloyd on lead vocals and percussion, Gary Broadhurst on bass guitar, Peter Harvey on keyboards, Mark Moffatt on lead guitar and pedal steel guitar, and Danny Simpson on drums.[4] They signed a worldwide recording contract with EMI Records - a first for an Australian artist.[5] They had a hit in Queensland with "Storm in My Soul" and released an album, Mother Was Asleep at the Time, on 18 October 1976.[6]

Tony Catterall of The Canberra Times was impressed by Lloyd "[who] is a blues singer and, being part of the seventies, she's singing in the most acceptable blues style of today; the southern US sound pioneered by the Allman Brothers Band."[7] The album was produced by Clive Shakespeare (ex-Sherbet), Catterall observed "on many of the 10 tracks – [Shakespeare is] refusing to let her be out front where a blues shouter belongs or by use of double tracking or echo chamber. The resultant sound isn't exactly displeasing, but it isn't true, either... her power and that of her band, has been too often diluted on 'Mother' by Shakespeare's wrong-headed approach."[7]

1980s

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Carol Lloyd issued a solo album, Take It or Leave It, in 1980 on RCA, which provided the title track as its lead single in January of the following year.[4] Lloyd was co-writer of the theme song for World Expo 88, "Together, We'll Show the World".[3]

2010s

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Lloyd performed a series of shows at the Brisbane Powerhouse: "It Takes Two, Baby" with Sue Ray in January 2014,[8] "It Takes Two Baby" with Pearly Black in July 2014,[9] and "It's Time: the No.1 hits of Railroad Gin and The Carol Lloyd Band" in December 2014, at which the All The Good Things live album was recorded.[10][11]

A benefit show was held for Lloyd at QPAC on 20 October 2016 to assist with medical expenses and artists including Katie Noonan, Alison St Ledger, Yani, Ellen Reed, Troy Cassar-Daley, Peter Harvey, Annie Petersen and Leah Cotterell donated their performances. The show was named Goodbye Ruby Tuesday after the Rolling Stones song frequently covered by Lloyd, and she made an appearance on stage in a decorated wheelchair to join Ellen Reed in performing it.[12]

Personal life

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Carol Cramb had married Donald Lloyd and took his last name, but they separated by 1972, "I'd been married, my marriage had broken up, and I'd found my way back to where I was in my teens when I thought I was the only gay woman in the world."[13] Prior to joining Railroad Gin she had worked in advertising, which had taken her to London.[13]

Lloyd was diagnosed with a terminal illness, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in January 2013.[13][14] In December 2014 she described her symptoms "I have difficulty breathing if I get too excited. The disease was halfway up my lungs when I was diagnosed 18 months ago, probably more now. It creeps up your lungs and creates this crackling."[13] Lloyd and her domestic partner, Annie, held a commitment ceremony on 10 August 2013 at The Edge, Queensland State Library, Brisbane during an event, "The Party of a Lifetime".[13]

Carol Ann Lloyd died on 13 February 2017 at the Wesley Hospital, Auchenflower – due to complications from her fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[15]

Discography

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Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
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Mother Was Asleep at the Time
(as Carol Lloyd Band)
  • Released: October 1976
  • Format: LP, cassette
  • Label: EMI (EMA-321)
 42

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
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"Storm in My Soul" (as Carol Lloyd Band) 1976 66 Mother Was Asleep at the Time
"All the Good Things" 56
"Take It or Leave It" (as Carol Lloyd Band) 1980 — Non-album single
"Love Me Tender" (with Sue Ray) 2013 — It Takes Two, Baby (musical)

Awards

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Plaque recognising band Railroad Gin, songwriter Laurie Stone and vocalists Carol Lloyd and Judee Ford, located on Brisbane's Walk of Fame in the Brunswick St Mall, Fortitude Valley.

Q Song Awards

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The Queensland Music Awards (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating Queensland, Australia's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006.[17][18]

Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
2010[19] Carol Lloyd Grant McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award awarded

In 2016 it was announced that the Queensland Music Festival and Queensland Government were creating an award in Carol's name to honour her lifetime achievements and support of up-and-coming female artists. The Carol Lloyd Award is worth $15,000 and was to be presented for the first time in 2017.[20] The inaugural award was presented on 30 May 2017 to Georgia Potter (singer-songwriter with alternative rock/pop trio Moreton), who described herself as "a genuine Carol Lloyd fan", having attended Women In Voice concerts.[21][22][23] In 2018 the winner of the Carol Lloyd Award was Leanne Tennant[24] and in 2019 it was received by Sahara Beck.[25]

References

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  1. ^ Lesbians On The Loose "A Confessional with Carol Lloyd, Australia's Original Rock Chick", 10 June 2014. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Family Notices". The Courier-Mail. No. 3724. 1 November 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 20 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b Sydney Morning Herald "Hundreds say goodbye to Carol Lloyd, Brisbane's Ruby Tuesday", 20 February 2017. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Railroad Gin'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004.
  5. ^ QMusic "Women in Music Industry Development Panel" Archived 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 18 February 2016. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
  6. ^ The Carol Lloyd Band Story: The legend continues [1]. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
  7. ^ a b Catterall, Tony (26 November 1976). "Rock Music Diluted Blues from Queensland". The Canberra Times. Vol. 51, no. 14, 544. p. 21. Retrieved 21 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ Brisbane Powerhouse Facebook page "It Takes Two, Baby!", 27 November 2013. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
  9. ^ Rough Red "It Takes Two Baby - Return Show With Pearly Black". Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
  10. ^ Brisbane Powerhouse Facebook page "It's Time: the No.1 hits of Railroad Gin and The Carol Lloyd Band", 18–19 December 2014. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
  11. ^ Rough Red "All The Good Things". Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
  12. ^ brisbanetimes.com.au "QPAC benefit for Railroad Gin's Carol Lloyd to feature Katie Noonan", 19 October 2016. Retrieved on 8 August 2017.
  13. ^ a b c d e Gay News Network "Sexuality, drugs and the delicious voice of Carol Lloyd", 8 December 2014. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.
  14. ^ Sykes, Emma; Howson, Spencer. "Brisbane rock royalty Carol Lloyd on life, love and music". ABC Brisbane - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  15. ^ themusic.com.au "Qld Rock Icon Carol Lloyd Passes Away After Lengthy Illness", 13 February 2017. Retrieved on 28 March 2017.
  16. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 180. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  17. ^ "About the Queensland Music Awards". Queensland Music Awards. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  18. ^ "G.W.McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award Announced". 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  19. ^ "Past Winners 2009". Queensland Music Awards. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Carol Lloyd Award - Queensland Music Festival". 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Carol Lloyd Award". Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  22. ^ "Georgia Potter wins inaugural Carol Lloyd Award and Qld Music Festival launch". 31 May 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  23. ^ "Singer-songwriter Georgia Potter marks return to music with Carol Lloyd Award". 31 May 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  24. ^ "Leanne Tennant: Why winning the Carol Lloyd Award is a big deal". 19 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  25. ^ "Sahara Beck wins $15k Carol Lloyd Award for female singer-songwriters". Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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