He then became a pop star in his own right with hit singles Kiss Me and Icing on the Cake before leaving the world of Top of the Pops for life as a folk troubadour with his much loved band The Lilac Time.
He returned to the spotlight many years later, first as a britpop star in the short-lived supergroup Me, Me, Me, and then as co-writer of Robbie Williams’ huge selling Intensive Care album.
He then shuffled back to life outside the public eye, returning to reconvene where he left off with The Lilac Time.
The Courtauld Institute of Art’s Artbeat music/arts docs project popped round to Stephen Duffy’s house in Cornwall for a nice cup of tea and a natter about his music career.
Stephen’s first solo album was titled ‘The Ups and Downs’, which turned out to be brilliantly prophetic.
The Lilac Time are celebrating their 30th anniversary and Stephen Duffy has just reissued his classic and classically underrated solo album ‘I Love My Friends’ – buy it/stream it, you won’t regret it. To find out more about Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time, head to thelilactime.com
We’ve also put together a playlist of excellent Stephen Duffy/The Lilac Time songs on spotify at https://open.spotify.com/user/jakebickerton/playlist/3nq2bZVNbZHzU3zuEaIPYp
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