Dory Previn (1925-2012)

It's not been a good year so far for my favourite octogenarian women but it came as a bit of a surprise to hear that Dory Previn was 86, being still for me the groovy, loose-garmented bed-sit songwriter of confession and some distress.

In the 70's, when one had fewer records to listen to, one listened to the ones one had more and, given a few prompts, I could probably still do most of the Mythical Kings and Iguanas album.

If somewhat thin-skinned, Dory's songwriting was marked by imaginative titles (We're Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx) and relationship malfunction but always gorgeously done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTNTSmix09A