Jill Drury was the lead singer and bass player of Foreday Riders. What began in the mid-60’s as a loose association of school friends dabbling in electric blues developed over a year or so into a 7-piece band featuring young singer Jill Drury and Swiss piano man Rolli Utzinger. Material ranged from the country blues of Memphis Minnie & Lightning Hopkins through to urban R & B by Willie Dixon and Ray Charles, incorporating jazz-flavoured instrumentals and jump tunes. Jill had a voice not unlike an early Janis Joplin in her folk/blues years & before she joined Big Brother and The Holding Company. So not the full-on roar that Janis developed but a good strong bluesy howl, nonetheless. She is still out there singing with the band GD and The King Bros.
