Grandson of Morris On is a thematic album produced by

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 ...

and others. Twenty-six years after recording "Son Of Morris On", Hutchings put together an ensemble to play another selection of

Morris dance Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins. Implements such as sticks, swords and handkerchiefs may ...

tunes. Compared to previous efforts this is less electric, and more acoustic. As before there are real Morris sides (Adderbury
Stroud Morris
an
The Outside Capering Crew
dancing with their own musicians. Although many musicians appear in the credits, only two or three appear together on most tracks. The loud punchy tune "Le Halle Place" is probably the highlight of the album. Chris Leslie has recorded Morris dance albums in his own right. The liner notes were written just after the events of "9/11", and reflect a certain despair at the possibility of world war. Recorded 2001. Released on CD in 2002. Running time 55 minutes 12 seconds.

Track listing

# The Blue-Eyed Stranger/ The Curly-Headed Ploughboy (Tune: Trad/Words: Ashley Hutchings) # Le Halle Place (instr) (Chris Leslie) # The Life of a Fool (Ashley Hutchings/Simon Care) # The Quaker's Wife (spoken) (Trad) # Shepherd's Hey/ Orange in Bloom/ The Quaker (instr) (Trad) # Tom Long's Post (aka Three Jolly Sheepskins) (instr) (Trad) # Jupiter's Return/ Bold Eric/ Tailor's Buttons (Dave Whetstone) # Little Johnny England (Trad) # Hi-ho-fiddle-dee-dee (spoken) (Trad), # Black Joke (instr) (Trad) # Gloucester Hornpipe/ Mr Trill's Song (Trad/Ashley Hutchings - Bob Pegg) # Sweet Jenny Jones (instr) (Trad) # Horatio (instr) (Dave Whetstone) # Garland Gay (Trad) # Saturday Night / Bobbing Joe / Beaux Badby (instr) (Trad) # He Sits There (spoken) (Maida Stanier) # Glorishears (instr) (Trad) # The Snake (aka Gypsy Hornpipe) (instr) (Trad) # This Is The Morris My Friend (Ashley Hutchings - Simon Care) # Four Up (Barry Goodman, arr. The Outside Capering Crew) # Four Up - Reprise (Barry Goodman, arr. The Outside Capering Crew)

Personnel

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 ...

- vocals, fiddle *

Phil Beer Phil Beer (born 12 May 1953 in Exminster, Devon, England) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands. Biography Beer first began to play fiddle, guitar, and mandolin whilst ...

- fiddle, vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar *Simon Care - melodeon *Jon Moore - acoustic guitar *John Shepherd - piano *Martin Brinsford - tambourine, voice, triangle, mouth organ *

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 ...

- synthesiser, baritone fiddle *

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 6 & 12 string guitars *

- electric bass, vocals *Adderbury Morris Men - morris dance bells *Neil Marshall - drums and percussion *Ken Nicol - electric and acoustic guitar
Mark Rogers
- melodeon *Sharon Kilyon - melodeon *Dave Whetstone - melodeon and anglo concertina *Jim Walker - drums *Stephen Wass - melodeon
Stroud Morris Dancers
- morris dance bells *John Shepherd - keyboards *Judy Dunlop - backing vocals *Blair Dunlop - backing vocals *Mick Twelves - backing vocals
The Outside Capering Crew
- morris bells and 'verbals' *Barry Goodman - melodeon *Lawrence Wright - melodeon Produced by Ashley Hutchings {{Authority control 2002 albums Morris On albums