Babacar

Babacar was a short-lived British rock band formed by Caroline Crawley, former lead singer of Shelleyan Orphan, and her then-boyfriend Boris Williams, drummer of The Cure (1984-1993). Porl Thompson, another former member of The Cure, also made some contributions to Babacar's self-titled album, and Jemaur Tayle, the other half of Shelleyan Orpan later joined them as well. Babacar only released one album in their brief existence, which was their self-titled album. The band dissolved after Shelleyan Orphan reunited briefly in 2000.

"Babacar" is also a track by French pop singer, France Gall.

Members

*Caroline Crawley - vocals
*Bruno Ellingham - violin
*Tristan Powell - e-bow
*Roberto Soave - bass guitar
*Rob Steen - guitar
*Jemaur Tayle - guitar
*Boris Williams - drums

Special guests

*Porl Thompson - guitar, banjo

Discography

Albums

*"Babacar" (1998)

ingles

*"Midsummer"

Trivia

*Roberto Soave and Rob Steen have also previously worked with Lol Tolhurst, another former member of The Cure, in a band called Presence, which also involved Gary Biddles, a former Cure roadie. Biddles has also worked with Simon Gallup, another key member of The Cure, in a band called Fools Dance.
*Roberto Soave has also played a brief stint with The Cure. When Simon Gallup fell ill during the European leg of the Wish tour, Soave filled in for him on bass. [http://www.foreverdrowning.net/setlist.php?date=882]

External links

* [http://www.absoluteagogo.com/babacarwhere.html About Babacar]
* [http://www.absoluteagogo.com/babacar.html Babacar at absoluteagogo.com]
* [http://www.thesummersite.org/songsforsummer/html/sfs_babacar.html Fan Page]
* [http://www.absoluteagogo.com/babapic.htm Pictures of Babacar]