Sandy Dillon

Who is Sandy Dillon?

Sandy Dillon is an American singer and songwriter.

Born near Cape Cod, Sandy Dillon studied Orchestral Composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston, before moving to New York where she lived at the Chelsea Hotel. She played Janis Joplin on Broadway in ‘Rock n Roll: The First 5,000 Years’ where she was spotted by Tony DeFries, who had managed both David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Defries steered her to Elektra, for whom she recorded two albums Candy From A Stranger and Flowers.

Dillon moved to London where she met her husband Steve Bywater, who was a member of the Churchfitters alongside Pete Brown Geoff Coombs and Angus Wallace. Steve Bywaters subsequently went on to produce several of Dillons albums. She signed to One Little Indian for whom she recorded Electric Chair. In 2000 she released Las Vegas Is Cursed, a collaboration with Hector Zazou and East Overshoe. in 2001 Steve Bywater died as a Thalidomide victim. Dillon went on and recorded Nobody’s Sweetheart, was the first of Dillon's albums to be released in the US in 2003. At that time Dillon had to go to hospital because of a combination of cancer, MRSA virus and autoimmune disease.