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Dear Friends
I hope you have all enjoyed a festive Christmas and wish you all a very Happy New Year. This year Louis prepared our Christmas dinner assisted by Jamie and, having followed Jamie Oliver's instructions to the letter, produced a meal any chef would have been proud of.
I would like to thank all of you who sent E-mails and cards. It is impossible to answer them all but I do thank you for your good wishes and the cards festoon my room. It will look very bare when I take them down.
To overseas friends and supporters including the Eichenwalds and John Meranda in USA, Jono in Sydney, Australia and Sonja Wallis, a special greeting for their long and continual campaign support over eight years.
Nearer home I am grateful to my committee; Alan and his web site, Claire and the October celebrations, Fred on his human rights guidance, Philip on finance and Denise on typing and Charlie on photographs freely given for the book.
The fight continues whilst we await news from the Mexican judiciary. The will to make a proper investigation is all that is necessary to prove our case.
This year Claire has plans for a 'FestKirsty weekend'. We look forward to seeing you all there including our Norwegian and Spanish friends.
Best Wishes,
Jean MacColl
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New book from Jean MacColl - Sun On The Water - released 2nd April 2008
Kirsty MacColl led a dazzling life - tender, creative, heroic and full of love. This book, by her mother Jean MacColl, charts with moving insight Kirsty's early years, celebrates her brilliant career at the front rank of the music business in the 1980s and '90s, and mourns her tragic and untimely death - killed by a speedboat in Mexican waters in December 2000. It also tells, with heartfelt truth, the shocking story of the elaborate cover-up and gross miscarriage of justice that followed, and appeals for justice to be done in her name. Daughter of legendary folk-singer Ewan MacColl and dancer mother Jean, Kirsty was a precocious child, troubled by ill health, whose talent quickly blossomed into a unique artistry. She signed to the Stiff Records label and after her first tentative success moved to Polydor, which brought her her first major airplay with 'There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis', demonstrating Kirsty's trademark dry wit and social awareness.
Top-ten success - and widespread acclaim as a musical postergirl of the times - followed with such hits as 'A New England' and 'Days', but it was her 1987 collaboration with The Pogues on the Christmas hit 'Fairytale of New York' which really brought her brand of feisty folk-pop to an international audience. By then married to producer Steve Lillywhite, her talents lent magic to an astonishing array of creative collaborations; this book includes new reflections on her life by many of her friends and colleagues, including Jools Holland and Billy Bragg. In 2006 Bono dedicated U2's Mexico concert performances of 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' to Kirsty's memory.But Kirsty's family, friends, and fans still haven't found what they're looking for: justice for those responsible for the needless hit-and-run accident that left her two young sons swimming in her blood. Soon after Kirsty's death, Jean and her friend and colleague John Dalby started the Justice for Kirsty Campaign, which has now grown into a worldwide organisation, ably spearheaded by human rights activist Fred Shortland. The campaign will continue until justice is done.
Meanwhile, Kirsty's vivacious personality lives on in the enduring legacy of her brilliant music. This remarkable book - in equal parts a celebration and an appeal for truth - tells the story of both.
Eddi Reader was a friend, of Kirsty's and memorably and beautifully recorded "Dear John" which was written by Kirsty with Mark Nevin. Eddi is also a supporter of Justice For Kirsty. Please visit Eddi's Myspace:
Kirsty was a 41 year old singer and songwriter. She was born in Croydon, South London, the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl and choreographer Jean Newlove. Kirsty married top producer Steve Lillywhite in August 1984 and had two children: Jamie was born on the 20 Feb 1985 and Louis was born on the 3rd Sept 1987. She split up with Steve in 1994 but they remained friends. In her latter days Kirsty was happily in a relationship with another musician, James Knight, who met her while teaching Louis to play saxophone.
Kirsty was killed by a power boat whilst scuba diving with her sons in a restricted diving area off Cozumel, Mexico.
Here are the main points which were printed in the original "Mail on Sunday" article by Peter & Leni Gillman in 2004:
The powerboat (belonging to a the chairman of a large Mexican company) had apparently been travelling too fast in a National Park which bans such boats. An inexperienced boathand (Cen Yam) was charged with causing her death and found guilty of negligent homicide (subject to confirmation by a judge), which carries a sentence of up to seven years.
The owner, Guillermo González Nova, and his family were on board, and claimed it was the boathand, Cen Yam, at the controls, and that they were outside the restricted area travelling at no more than one knot. Witnesses said the boat was moving at high speed inside the National Park, its bow riding clear of the water. Kirsty would have died instantly. Jamie was struck on the head and side, without suffering serious injury.
The boathand's job was to carry out maintenance - he did not have a licence for such a powerful boat, and had never taken its helm before. Though he claimed to have taken a seaman's course he was unable to answer basic questions. The boat owner did not have the right powerboat licence either.
Port authority investigators found the dive boat had been flying a flag, but it did not conform to international regulations. It should also have had another crew member on board, and should have put out a marker buoy. However the ruling was that the powerboat had been in the prohibited area, the pilot had been negligent and violated navigation laws and the owner should not have let him take the controls.
Jean believes the person who carries the greatest culpability is the owner, who was not charged. She also questions who was actually at the helm, and plans to visit Cozumel soon to investigate further.
Initially "Justice For Kirsty" was financed from Kirsty's estate but Jean believed those bequests, which would mostly benefit her sons, should no longer be drained. She has been forced to draw on her savings but is also heavily reliant on donations. Many kind supporters have given to the campaign either through the campaign website or at fundraising events around the country, including the very popular Pogues tours which have taken place for the last three years. Other artists including Billy Bragg and Eddi Reader have been most helpful in raising funds and awareness.
'No one should be above the law,' she says. 'It's not a vendetta but I want the truth to come out. I am determined to see this through.'
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We're very much liking Shanes idea from the comments below:
"Hi, Would anyone be up for trying to get Kirsty to the top of the charts nearer her 50th birthday later in the year?
I think it would be great if we all decided on what song we were going to download and what song we were going to mass email radio stations about playing. It would be great publicity for JFK!"
Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only a Vision; But To-day well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! Such is the Salutation of the Dawn! ~Kalidasa
Wishing you a wonderful weekend. Much Love & Light, ~Anne~
Would anyone be up for trying to get Kirsty to the top of the charts nearer her 50th birthday later in the year?
I think it would be great if we all decided on what song we were going to download and what song we were going to mass email radio stations about playing. It would be great publicity for JFK!
I'm thinking "Soho Square" or something a bit more abstract like "The Hardest Word"
you are missed so terribly 
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