''Dancing Days'' is an album by

Chris Leslie Christopher Michael Leslie (born 28 June 1972) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he defected to form ...

, released in 2004. Compared to Chris Leslie's earlier album ''

The Flow ''The Flow'' is an album by Chris Leslie released in 1997. This album is mostly instrumental. Although Chris Leslie is best known for his fiddle playing in Fairport Convention, these cuts sound nothing like Fairport or any of his other prior mu ...

'', this is much more of a recognisable instrumental folk-rock effort. Occasionally Chris drifts off into a reverie that sounds like a monastery in Tibet, but this is less obvious than before. He gives a sprightly performance of many morris dance tunes, then adds the oriental effects as a variation at the end of some tracks, punctuated by finger cymbals.

Track listing

# "Flowers of Edinburgh/ Old Tom of Oxford" (Traditional) # "Laudnum Bunches (Headington)/ Orange In Bloom (Sherbourne)/ Banks of the Dee (Longborough)" (Traditional / Traditional/ Traditional) # "Bower Processional (Lichfield)" (Traditional) # "Princess Royal (Adderbury)/ Speed The Plough (Bampton)" (Traditional) # "Old Marlborough (Fieldtown)" (Traditional) # "The Dancer (song)" (Chris Leslie) # "Jockey to the Fair (Adderbury)/ Double Jig (Bampton)" (Traditional/ Traditional) # "Lumps of Plum Pudding (Bledington)/ Bean Setting (Headington)/ Bobbing a Joe (Wheatley)" (Traditional/ Traditional/ Traditional) # "Sweet Jenny Jones (Adderbury) / Brighton Camp (Adderbury)/ Beaux of London City (Adderbury/ Badby)" (Traditional) # "Stourton Wake and Jig (Adderbury)" (Traditional) # "Haste to the Wedding (Adderbury) / Bluebells of Scotland (Adderbury) / Shepherd's Away (Adderbury)" (Traditional/ Traditional/ Traditional) # "Bumpus O' Stretton (Ilmington)" (Traditional) # "Janet Blunt Poem" (song) (words: Janet Blunt; tune: "Jamaica") # "Morning Star (Bledington)/ Getting Upstairs (Headington)/ Wheatley Processional (Wheatley)" (Traditional/ Traditional/ Traditional) # "A Secret" (medley *) (Traditional) (* uncredited medley: Shepherd's Hey/ Bluebells of Scotland/ Brighton Camp/ sound of church bells/ Happy the Man (song))

Personnel

* Chris Leslie - violins, percussion, bouzouki, mandolin, native American flute, kalimba, tingshaws, Tibetan singing bowls *

Simon Nicol Simon John Breckenridge Nicol (born 13 October 1950) is an English guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founding member of British folk rock group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the ...

- acoustic guitar *

Dave Pegg Dave Pegg (born 2 November 1947) is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, primarily a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of folk ...

- bass *

Gerry Conway Gerard Francis Conway Thomas, Roy. "Roy's Rostrum" ("Bullpen Bulletins") in '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' #43 and other Marvel Comics cover-dated May 1974. (born September 10, 1952) is an American comic book writer, comic book editor, screenwriter, t ...

- percussion, congas * Mat Green - violin *

Ric Sanders Richard Sanders (born 8 December 1952) is an English violinist who has played in jazz-rock, folk rock, British folk rock and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention. Biography Sanders' first experience with a professional ...

- violin * Mikey Radford - dance *

Ashley Hutchings Ashley Stephen Hutchings, MBE, sometimes known in early years by his nickname, "Tyger" Hutchings (born 26 January 1945) is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founding member of t ...

- bass

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dancing Days (Album) 2004 albums Chris Leslie (folk musician) albums