| In 1964 Julie arrived in
England after leaving California and hitchhiking through Europe
with the guitar her father (a Mexican Mariachi musician) had
given her It didn't take long
before Julie took the seat as the resident singer on the
amazingly popular TV Show ‘The Frost Report’, and quickly became
a household name in the UK
Only four years after stepping on our
shore, Julie is given her own TV series of 17 shows, Once More
with Felix, the first colour series produced by the BBC that
sold to virtually every country in the world. Guests included
Spike Milligan, Richard Harris, Leonard Cohen, Dusty
Springfield, Donovan, Jimmy Page and many more....
Throughout the 60s and 70s Julie’s
career flourished, and her music reflected her heartfelt beliefs
and her love affair with nature
In the 1980s she moved back to
California and took a break from the music world. An experience
on a peace march in Central America in the late 80's inspired
Julie to pick up her guitar and start singing again
Two decades later of none stop
activity, in October 2013 Julie was invited to Buckingham Palace
to meet the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Camilla
In April 2019 Julie appeared on BBC
Radio 2 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe. After the show Mark
posted this on twitter; “A total honour to meet the legend that
is Julie Felix – still performing, campaigning and creating at
the age of 80. Inspirational.
It doesn’t end there though and two
months later Julie was playing on the Acoustic Stage at
Glastonbury; 30 years or so since performing on the Theatre
Stage there for the first time. On the final day of the
festival, Julie was one of the guests on BBC Radio 6 Mark
Radcliffe Live from Glastonbury. Mark had a chat with Julie and
played "La Elva Leva" a song from Julie's latest album, Rock Me
Goddess
What began for little Julie as simple
home entertainment, as her father and his friends played
Mariachi music into the small hours of the morning, has actually
been this remarkable woman’s vocation for half a century......
and fortunately for us.....it still is!
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