Miss Candy Dulfer today, looking just as saxy and sexy as she did 20 years ago! I remember the summer of 1989 and “Lilly Was Here”, the HIT-theme of the not so famous Dutch movie “De Kassière”. Eurythmics had just split up and Dave Stewart gone solo before Annie Lennox, if I recall correctly. In this instrumental duet he invited a young unknown saxophonist by the name of Candy Dulfer. Candy became an instant success much thanks to her being beautiful, her catchy Candy name and a sex appeal (her debut was titled “SAXuality”) to go with the unconventional instrument! She came to set a new trend for other female musicians with classic instruments and sex appeal to follow the same path, artists such as the Aussie all-female quartet BOND and the Swedish-Finish violinist Linda Lapenius (who took it one step further by playing in nothing but a bikini!). Today, 20 years after, I am still enjoying miss Dulfer’s sassy classy sax appeal!
