''Great Grandson of Morris On'', 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 recorded and released in 2004, is the fourth volume in the series 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.
Spiers and Boden
Spiers and Boden are an English folk duo. John Spiers plays melodeon and concertina, while Jon Boden sings and plays fiddle and guitar while stamping the rhythm on a stomp box. Spiers and Boden were founding members of the folk band Bellowhea ...
experienced a blaze of publicity shortly after recording their contribution to this album (track 3), which later appeared on the compilation album ''The Magic of Morris''. There are more amateur musicians on this album than on the previous volumes in the series.
Personnel
Roger Wilson (vocals, fiddle),
Ken Nicol (guitars, vocals), Simon Care (melodeon, concertina), Ashley Hutchings (electric bass, voice), Guy Fletcher (fiddle, drums, vocal),
Bryony Griffith
Bryony Griffith (born 1977 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England) is an English fiddle player and singer, specialising in English traditional songs and tunes. She is best known for her work with the Demon Barbers and a cappella quartet Witche ...
(fiddle),
John Spiers
John Spiers (born 1975) is an English diatonic button accordion, melodeon, concertina and bandoneon player. He is widely recognised as one of the leading English melodeon players of his generation.
Career
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(melodeon) (track 3),
Jon Boden
Jon Boden (born 17 March 1977) is a singer, composer and musician, best known as lead singer and main arranger of Bellowhead. His first instrument is the fiddle and he is a proponent of "English traditional fiddle style" and also of "fiddle si ...
(fiddle, stomp-box) (track 3), Neil Wayne (concertina), John Shepherd (electronic keyboards, sampling), Lawrence Wright (melodeon, spoken voice) (tracks 6, 7 & 19)
Mark Rogers(melodeon) (tracks 7 & 19)
Dogrose Morris(tracks 2 & 11
The Outside Capering Crew(morris bells & 'verbals') (tracks 7 & 19,
William Hampson(melodeon). "Occasional Brass" (on tracks 12 and 14)(consisting of Martin Battersby (conductor), Peter Broadbent (baritone), Darryl Jackson (trombone), Matthew Challender (flugel), Mark Wardle (cornet), James Pickering (tuba), Judy Dunlop (vocals) (track 13). Produced by Ashley Hutchings. Running time 55 minutes 12 seconds.
Track listing
# "At the May Day celebrations (Tune: Trad/Words: Hutchings/Nicol)"
# "Swaggering Boney (instr) (Trad)"
# "Banbury Bill (Bampton)/Shepherd's Hey (Abingdon) (instr)(Trad)"
# "Winster Morris Reel (instr) (Trad)"
# "London Pride (instr) (Trad)"
# "Now mind you this (spoken) (Jinky Wells)"
# "Highland Mary (instr) (Trad)"
# "The field and the farm (Ashley Hutchings/Ken Nicol)"
# "The Devil's Details/ The Low Down (instr) (Ken Nicol)"
# "Comes the morris dancer in (spoken) (Text from 1667)"
# "Bonny Green garters (instr) (Trad)"
# "Every year when the Wakes come along (Tune: Trad/Words: Hutchings/K Nicol)"
# "First day at t'mill (Mabel F Harrison/Bernard Wrigley)"
# "The Godley Hill set (instr) (Trad)"
# "Happy the Age (spoken) (Text from 1654)"
# "The Rose (instr) (Trad)"
# "Jack-in-the-green on Saturday night (Tune: Trad/Words: Hutchings/K Nicol)"
# "Under the old myrtle tree/ Morning star/ Billy Boy/ Banks of the Dee (instr) (Trad)"
# "Washing day (instr) (Trad)"
Morris On albums
2004 compilation albums
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