Eddi Reader

Eddi Reader is a Scottish singer, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for her solo career.

Reader was born in Glasgow, the daughter of a welder, and the eldes

Eddi Reader is a Scottish singer, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for her solo career.

Reader was born in Glasgow, the daughter of a welder, and the eldest of seven children (her brother, Francis, is vocalist with the band Trash Can Sinatras). Living at first in a two-bedroomed flat, the family was re-housed in Irvine, Ayrshire; however, Reader returned to Glasgow (where she lived with her grandmother) in order to finish her schooling. She began playing the guitar at the age of ten, and started her musical career busking, first in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street, then in the early 1980s around Europe (where she also worked with circus and performance artists).