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Oysterband
Oysterband (originally The Oyster Band) is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury around 1976. History Early history The band formed in parallel to Fiddler's Dram, and under the name "Oyster Ceilidh Band" played purely as a dance band at first. The name Oyster comes from the group's early association with the coastal town of Whitstable, Kent, known for the quality of its oysters. Their first album, released under the Oyster Ceilidh Band name, was ''Jack's Alive'' (1980) on the Dingles record label. Subsequent albums, as "Oyster Band" (sometimes "The Oyster Band") were released on the band's own Pukka Music label: ''English Rock 'n' Roll: The Early Years 1800–1850'' and ''Lie Back and Think of England'', followed by ''Liberty Hall'' and ''20 Golden Tie-Slackeners''. The line-up of the band changed over these albums. The first recorded line-up was: *Cathy Lesurf – vocals; * John Jones – melodeon, vocals; * Alan Prosser – guitars, violin; * Chris Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Cooper (singer-songwriter)
Ray Cooper, also known as Chopper, is an English/Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Sweden. Initial musical collaborations and session work Cooper's first professional band (1975–1978) was Amazorblades together with Rob Keyloch (engineer/producer/remixer) and Ben Mandelson. They were a punk/jazz outfit who toured extensively and recorded the single 'Common Truth' in 1977 for Chiswick Records. Between 1981 and 1982 Cooper played with the London based band ''OK Jive'', who signed to CBS in 1981. In 1983, he played bass guitar and bugle with The Mighty Clouds of Dust on their single release ''Flowers on the Wall / Champion (The Wonder Horse) / Mr.Custer''. In 1983, Cooper joined the World Music group 3 Mustaphas 3 where he played cello and sang under the name of Oussack Mustapha, alias ''The Nightingale of Szegerely''. He recorded two albums with them for Globe Style Records. They also recorded a single with Agnes Bernelle produced by Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Cooper (singer-songwriter)
Ray Cooper, also known as Chopper, is an English/Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Sweden. Initial musical collaborations and session work Cooper's first professional band (1975–1978) was Amazorblades together with Rob Keyloch (engineer/producer/remixer) and Ben Mandelson. They were a punk/jazz outfit who toured extensively and recorded the single 'Common Truth' in 1977 for Chiswick Records. Between 1981 and 1982 Cooper played with the London based band ''OK Jive'', who signed to CBS in 1981. In 1983, he played bass guitar and bugle with The Mighty Clouds of Dust on their single release ''Flowers on the Wall / Champion (The Wonder Horse) / Mr.Custer''. In 1983, Cooper joined the World Music group 3 Mustaphas 3 where he played cello and sang under the name of Oussack Mustapha, alias ''The Nightingale of Szegerely''. He recorded two albums with them for Globe Style Records. They also recorded a single with Agnes Bernelle produced by Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Rock To Leipzig
Little Rock to Leipzig is a 1990 album by British folk-rock band Oysterband. The album is a mixture of live and studio recordings, also a mixture of traditional songs, original recordings and covers of contemporary songs including "I Fought the Law" by Sonny Curtis and "Gonna Do What I Have to Do" by Phil Ochs. Track listing # "Jail Song Two" (Ian Telfer/John Jones/Alan Prosser) - 4:03 # "The Oxford Girl" (Jones/Telfer) - 4:21 # "Gonna Do what I Have to Do" ( Phil Ochs) - 3:15 # "Too Late Now" (Telfer/Prosser/Jones/Ian Kearey) - 2:17 # "Galopede" (Trad.) - 3:00 # "Red Barn Stomp" (Oysterband) - 4:33 # "I Fought the Law" (Sonny Curtis Sonny Curtis (born May 9, 1937) is an American singer and songwriter. Known for his collaborations with Buddy Holly, he was a member of the Crickets and continued with the band after Holly's death. Curtis's best known compositions include " Wa ...) - 3:54 # "Coal not Dole" (Kay Sutcliffe) - 2:03 # "New York Girls" (Trad.) - 5:04 # "Johnny Micke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride (Oysterband Album)
''Ride'' is a 1989 album by British folk rock band Oysterband. The album features a cover of the New Order song " Love Vigilantes". Critical reception Martin Aston, reviewer of British music newspaper ''Music Week'', called Oysterband "best band in Folk Roots last three polls" but complained that they lost a half of their roots here while making sound more modern. Track listing LP ''Side 1'' # "New York Girls" (Traditional) - 3:02 # "Gamblers (We Do Not Do That Anymore)" (Ian Telfer / Alan Prosser)- 4:24 # "Take Me Down" (Telfer / Prosser / John Jones) - 3:50 # "Cheekbone City" (Telfer / Prosser) - 5:03 # " Love Vigilantes" ( Stephen Morris / Peter Hook / Bernard Sumner / Gillian Gilbert Gillian Lesley Gilbert (born 27 January 1961) is an English musician and singer, best known as the keyboardist and guitarist of the band New Order. Early life Gilbert's family moved from her birthplace, Manchester, to the nearby market town of ...) - 3:58 ''Side 2'' # "Too Late N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Oxaal
Adrian Oxaal (born 20 March 1965) is an American-born English musician and music educator, best known for being the lead guitarist in James 1997–2002 and 2015–present. He has also played with the bands Sharkboy, Oysterband and Goat. Biography Early years, and work with Goat Adrian Oxaal was born in California, United States, of mixed Norwegian-American and Guyanese ancestry, however, he grew up in Kingston upon Hull where he learned guitar and cello and befriended his future James colleague Saul Davies when both were members of the City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra. Oxaal went on to study music at the University of Sussex in Brighton, where he settled permanently.'One of the Three – Adrian Oxaal page Oneofthethree.co.uk Oxaal's heart was not in the world of classical music, and after leaving un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiddler's Dram
Fiddler's Dram were a British folk band of the late 1970s, most widely known for their 1979 hit single, " Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)", which reached no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Band members The full-time members of Fiddler's Dram, drawn from the Oyster Ceilidh Band, were: * Cathy Lesurf – Lead Vocals, Bodhrán * Alan Prosser (born 17 April 1951) – Backing Vocals, Guitar, Violin, Bowed psaltery, Bones * Chris Taylor – Backing Vocals, Tenor Banjo, Bouzouki, Harmonica, Appalachian Dulcimer, Mandola * Ian Telfer (born 28 May 1948) – Violin, Bowed psaltery, Viola, English Concertina * Will Ward – Bassoon, Recorder, Crumhorn Career Dave Arbus, violinist with East of Eden, was a founding member but left long before the band achieved success. The full-time members of the band were drawn from a group of musicians at the University of Kent at Canterbury and members of Duke's Folk Club in Whitstable. Jam sessions in a Canterbury squat often took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Folk Rock
British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though the merging of folk and rock music came from several sources, it is widely regarded that the success of " The House of the Rising Sun" by British band the Animals in 1964 was a catalyst, prompting Bob Dylan to " go electric", in which, like the Animals, he brought folk and rock music together, from which other musicians followed. In the same year, the Beatles began incorporating overt folk influences into their music, most noticeably on their '' Beatles for Sale'' album. The Beatles and other British Invasion bands, in turn, influenced the American band the Byrds, who released their recording of Dylan's " Mr. Tambourine Man" in April 1965, setting off the mid-1960s American folk rock movement. A number of British groups, usually those associated with the British folk revival, moved into folk rock in the mid-1960s, including the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide Blue Yonder (album)
''Wide Blue Yonder'' is a 1987 album by British folk rock band Oysterband. As well as traditional material it features covers of " Between the Wars" by Billy Bragg and "The Rose of England" by Nick Lowe. The album is produced by Clive Gregson. Track listing # "The Generals are Born Again" (Telfer, Prosser) - 4:08 # "The Early Days of a Better Nation" (Telfer, Jones) - 3:18 # "Pigsty Billy" (Telfer, Jones, Prosser) - 3:32 # "The Oxford Girl" (Jones, Telfer) - 4:09 # "The Rose of England" (Nick Lowe Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. A noted figure in power pop and New wave music, new wave, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Step Outside
''Step Outside'' is a 1986 album by British folk rock band The Oyster Band. The album was the first release of Cooking Vinyl records. The album was chosen as one of the 50 best of the year in Q Magazine ''Q'' was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1986 by broadcast journalists Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, who were presenters of the BBC television music series ''The Old Grey Whistle Test''. ''Q .... Track listing # "Hal-an-Tow" (Trad.) - 4:22 # "Flatlands" (Ian Telfer) - 5:42 # "Another Quiet Night in England" (John L. Jones, Telfer) - 4:21 # "Ashes to Ashes" (Telfer, Ian Kearney, Alan Prosser) - 3:43 # " Molly Bond" (Trad.) - 4:29 # "Bully in the Alley" (Telfer, Jones) - 4:57 # "The Day that the Ship Goes Down" (Telfer, Jones) - 4:28 # "Gaol Song" (Trad.) - 3:40 # "The Old Dance" (Telfer) - 4:21 # "Bold Riley" (Trad.) - 4:16 References External linksAllmusic review [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickham, Hampshire
Wickham () is a large village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, about three miles north of Fareham. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 4,816, falling to 4,299 at the 2011 Census. Wickham has a wide and well-proportioned square lined with historic buildings and is designated a conservation area. It was the fording place of the River Meon on the Roman road between Noviomagus Regnorum (Chichester) and Venta Belgarum ( Winchester), and the inferred divergent point of the route to Clausentum (Bitterne). The Roman road from Wickham to Chichester is still followed today by local roads, passing behind Portsdown Hill to the north of Portsmouth Harbour and then onwards via Havant. In contrast, the route to Winchester is mostly likely lost through neglect in the Dark Ages, before present field patterns emerged. There have been a reasonable number of sites identified nearby associated with Romano-British industry. These have mainly been pottery kilns focused around t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Wood (folk Musician)
Chris Wood is an English songwriter and composer who plays fiddle, viola and guitar, and sings. He is a practitioner of traditional English dance music (with a background in English church music), including Morris and other rituals and ceremonies, but his repertoire also includes much French folk music and traditional Québécois material. He worked for many years in a duo with button accordion/melodeon player Andy Cutting: Wood & Cutting were one of the most influential acts on the English folk music scene. ''Q Magazine'' gave their "Live at Sidmouth" album four stars and put the duo "at the forefront of the latest wave of British music acts". One of his first recordings was playing bass and percussion on "Jack's Alive" (1980) the first album by the Oysterband (at that time called the Oyster Ceilidh Band). Wood is also a member of Wood, Wilson & Carthy, with Roger Wilson and Martin Carthy. Wood & Cutting, together with piano accordionist Karen Tweed and guitarist Ian Carr, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Punk
Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. It was popularized in the early 1980s by the Pogues in England, and by Violent Femmes in the United States. Folk punk achieved some mainstream success in that decade. In more recent years, its subgenres Celtic punk and Gypsy punk have experienced some commercial success. Characteristics Folk punk is related to and/or influenced by various styles such as Celtic punk, gypsy punk, anti-folk, and alternative country. Folk punk is also linked with DIY punk scenes, and bands often perform in house venues in addition to more traditional spaces. Folk punk musicians may perform their own compositions in the style of punk rock, but using additional folk instruments, such as mandolins, accordions, banjos or violins.Sweers, B., ''Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music'' (Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. 197-8. Folk punk possesses a rich history of progressive and le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
