![]() "When my father died, all these songs just started pouring out of me," he later recalled. In the following eight months he penned around 40 songs. When he went home that night, he spent hours crying for no apparent reason, but the next morning discovered his father had died at exactly 1am the night before. The lyrics, 'Jesus is coming like a thief in the night', jumped out at him and he was consumed with sadness. Vance was performing in a bar in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands at 1am on January 30, 1999, when he had what he calls a "an epiphany". It was the death of his father 14 years ago which had a huge influence on the singer/songwriter. Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter.Įnter email address This field is required Sign Up His musical genes also come from his grandmother, who used to record old hymns on tape for him to listen to.ĭaily Headlines & Evening Telegraph Newsletter One of four sons, he was just eight months old when the family emigrated to Oklahoma in the US, where his father, a preacher with the American Church of Christ, was given the chance to build a new church.ĭuring the family's five years there, he absorbed the rich musical traditions of the Midwest and he also recalls his father – "a fine singer and a great guitar player" – sitting singing with him on their return to Northern Ireland. At the end of the day though, she's just another person I guess."Ĭelebrity attention is not something the boy who grew up in Bangor's Breezemount estate would ever have imagined. "It was very sweet and I made sure I replied to her. "It's an odd sensation to imagine Monica listening to my album," laughs the moustachioed Ulsterman today, referring to Cox's character in Friends. Few could have predicted Joy of Nothing would attract the attention of someone with Cox's celebrity status though. Vance and his band were touring America at the time of the award presentation at Belfast's Mandela Hall, working hard to win over fans across the Atlantic. Then surreally, the next day, with the award still sinking in, Vance was praised by American actress Courtney Cox on Twitter: 'check out my absolute favourite new artist,' the former Friends star encouraged her followers. First, on November 12, he scooped the first ever Northern Ireland Music Prize for his album, Joy of Nothing. Last month, Bangor-born songsmith, Foy Vance, experienced two pretty special moments.
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