Jade 1970-71 (continued)
One fan of Jade was Rod McKuen, the American poet and singer-songwriter, who featured Jade on his BBC Television series, and recorded two of the songs from the album.
Read what Rod McKuen wrote in 2005 about Marianne.
Fly Me To The North, one of the songs on the album, has been covered by four artists over the years including:
- Rod McKuen
- The Back Alley Choir (UK Folk Band)
- John and Mary (From 10,000 Maniacs)
Jade continued performing in clubs, universities, theatres and folk clubs, and did some radio and television work.
However, Rod Edwards gave up live work with Jade, after some television programs such as
Disco 2 (a forerunner of The Old Grey Whistle Test) and the American tour in June 1971, which
took them to New York to play for one week at The Bitter End, with Tom Paxton and one week at
The Gate of Horn in Chicago, which received an excellent review in the Chicago Times.
This was followed by one week at The Troubadour in Los Angeles with Rosebud. Rod's brother
Garry took his place on the tour. John Wetton joined Jade at The Troubadour playing bass. John has played in many bands
including Mogul Thrash, Uriah Heep, Family, Bryan Ferry Band, King Crimson, Asia, Roxy Music and Jack Knife.
During the tour, Jade did several radio and TV spots.
After the tour of the USA, two more singles were recorded, Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi and James Taylor's Carolina In My Mind. Neither were released at the time, but are included on the re-issued CD and LP of the album.
Jade finally split in the autumn of 1971, before the second American tour. Marian and Dave auditioned for new musicians, and set up The Marian Segal Band and continued playing universities, theatres and folk clubs. They also toured with Labi Siffre and Peter Sarsted, and did a six week BBC television series with Sydney Carter.