Los Salvadores was a four-piece folk group from south east
England
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. They performed across the
United Kingdom
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and appeared at various festivals including
Lounge On The Farm
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,
Boomtown
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, Zoo Thousand, Endorse It in Dorset,
Sellindge Music Festival and the Rochester Sweeps Festival.
Biography
The band originally formed as a loose
folk punk collective in 2004, and went through many line-up changes before arriving at its acoustic,
folk
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-influenced sound with the addition of Hannah Ellerby on
violin
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and
French horn
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player Vicky Price.
Despite moderate success on the UK
punk
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scene between 2004 and 2008 including high-profile support slots with
Neck, Pronghorn,
The Dangerfields
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and
The Ghost of a Thousand
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Career
The Ghost of a Thousand formed in the Winter of 2004 in Brighton and began touring extensively, playing alongside Blood Red Shoes, Poison the We ...
, Los Salvadores continued to explore the folk elements in their music, eventually deciding to go fully acoustic in early 2009.
The first EP showcasing the new style was recorded at Barnroom Studios with
Bernie Torme
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. Titled ''Wasps Birds and Clients'', it featured four reworked songs and two new songs. Los Salvadores based many songs on Kent legends and history, such as the Smugglers Leap, and Bartholemew's Day, the story of the
Battle of Sandwich (1217)
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.
The band performed at a variety of folk clubs and festivals across the UK, and shared stages with a variety of artists such as
Emily Barker
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and the Red Clay Halo,
Jez Lowe
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,
The Bad Shepherds
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,
Eliza Carthy
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Life and ca ...
and
Tunng
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.
Discography
Albums
*''Attack of the Clones'' (2008)
EPs
*''Los Salvadores'' (2005)
*''Is This a Set Up?'' (2005)
*''Pink Champagne'' (2006)
*''Excerpt from a Ward'' (2008)
*''Wasps, Birds and Clients'' (2009)
*''Stuck Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea'' (2010)
*''Mistress of Distress and the Incredible Shrinking Man'' (2011)
Members
*Gareth Arnold: Vocals (2004–2012)
*Marf: Guitar, vocals (2004–2012)
*Hannah Ellerby: Violin (2009–2012)
*Vicky Price: French horn, vocals (2009–2012)
*Jim McLean-Johnsen: Bass (2008–2011)
*Darren Thomas: Drums (2009–2011)
*Matt Selfe:
Mandolin (2004–2009)
*Matt Ogilvie: Drums (2009)
*Pete Blackett: Keyboard (2004–2009)
*Huw Arnold: Drums (2004–2009)
*Nat Calico:
Accordion (2006)
*Luke Renton: Bass (2004–2008)
*Patrick Redford:
Saxophone
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, vocals (2004–2005)
See also
*
3 Daft Monkeys
3 Daft Monkeys are a world music-influenced acoustic band from Cornwall, UK, consisting of Tim Ashton, Athene Roberts, Rich Mulryne, and Jamie Graham. The instrumentation consists of vocals, fiddle, twelve-string guitar, bass guitar and percuss ...
*
Seth Lakeman
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References
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External links
Los Salvadores official websiteBBC Kent IntroducingZoo Thousand Festival
English folk musical groups
Folk punk groups