''Lazy Farmer'' is the 1975 album by Great Britain, British folk rock group Lazy Farmer. This short-lived group consisted of pioneer Great Britain, British Folk music, folk musician Wizz Jones, his wife Sandy Jones (musician), Sandy Jones, John Bidwell (musician), John Bidwell and Jake Walton. The album was dedicated to United States, American banjo player John Burke (musician), John Burke, whose book "Fiddle Tunes for the Banjo" inspired the formation of Lazy Farmer. The album was recorded at Conny Plank, Conny Plank's countryside studio in Cologne, Germany.

Track listing

#"Lazy Farmer" (Traditional) #"Standing Down in New York Town" (Ralph McTell) #"Railroad Boy" (Traditional) #"Soldier's Joy/The Arkansas Traveler (song), Arkansas Traveller" (Traditional/Sandford C. Faulkner) #"Turtle Dove" (Traditional) #"John Lover's Gone" (Traditional) #"Johnson Boys" (Traditional) #"Love Song" (Derroll Adams) #"The Cuckoo" (Clarence Ashley/Hobart Smith) #"Sally in the Garden/Liberty" (Traditional) #"The Gypsy Laddie, Gypsy Davey" (Traditional/Woody Guthrie) #"When I Leave Berlin" (Wizz Jones)

Personnel

*Wizz Jones - acoustic guitar, vocals *Sandy Jones (musician), Sandy Jones - banjo, vocals *John Bidwell (musician), John Bidwell - guitar, flue, flageolet, vocals *Jake Walton - guitar, dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, vocals *Don Coging - banjo

Production

*Producer: Carsten Linde/Wizz Jones *Recording Engineer: Conny Plank *Cover Design: Jerken Diederich/Annette Welke *Photography: Fern Mehring

References

{{Authority control Wizz Jones albums 1975 debut albums