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John Wright: Ride the Rolling Sky
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Ride the Rolling Sky Fellside Recordings FECD97 (CD, UK, 1993) |
Produced by Paul Adams.
Recorded by Paul Adams, Graham Bell & Richard Adams
The album title is a line from Sandy Denny’s song Rising for the Moon.
Musicians
John Wright: vocals;
Kenny Speirs: guitar, vocal harmonies;
Wattie Robson: fiddle;
Ewan Ross: Highland & Lowland pipes, whistles;
Bryan Stewart: bass guitar;
Ellie Ellis & Elsa La Maitre: chorus vocals [6, 14];
Linda Adams: guitar [5], chorus vocals [14];
Paul Adams: chorus vocals [14], percussion.
Tracks
- Never Be the Sun (3.18)
- Granemoor Hare (3.40)
- Chisel Hill (4.23)
- Wail o’ Flodden / Floo’ers o’ the Forest (4.50)
- Rising for the Moon (4.40)
- Little Pot Stove (4.27)
- Bonnie George Campbell (Roud 338) (2.22)
- Bright Blue Rose (4.17)
- Caledonia (3.03)
- Down Too Deep (5.02)
- Adieu, Adieu (Roud 30101) (4.36)
- The Lock-Keeper (4.52)
- Sheep Crook, Black Dog (Roud 948; Henry H30a) (2.49)
- Dumbarton’s Drums (Roud 8669) (3.59)
> Folk Music > Records > John Wright Band: The Things We’ve Handed Down
John Wright Band: The Things We’ve Handed Down
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The Things We’ve Handed Down Fellside Recordings FECD106 (CD, UK, 1996) |
Musicians
John Wright: vocals;
Kenny Speirs: acoustic guitar, vocals;
Wattie Robson: fiddle;
Bernd Jungmann: electric and additional acoustic guitars;
Steve Lawrence: bouzouki, mandolin, low whistle, percussion;
Jane Armstrong: vocals;
Kathy Stewart, Linda Adams: vocals;
Rick Kemp: bass;
Richard Adams: drums
Tracks
- You Decide My Love (5.05)
- So Much Love (3.49)
- All the Lies (4.40)
- I’m a Dreamer (4.31)
- Waste the Paint (4.35)
- The End of My Pirate Days (4.50)
- Only Love Can Do (4.35)
- The Things We’ve Handed Down (4.35)
- Late Night Grande Hotel (4.09)
- Blue Old Saturday Night (4.16)
- Glory Days (6.20)
- Reconciliation (5.38)
> Folk Music > Records > The John Wright Band: Other Roads
The John Wright Band: Other Roads
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Other Roads Fellside Recordings FECD121 (CD, UK, 1997) |
Produced by Stewart Hardy and Paul Adams;
Recorded by Richard and Paul Adams
Musicians
John Wright: vocals;
Kenny Speirs: acoustic guitar, harmony vocals;
Stewart Hardy: fiddle;
Tommy Roseburgh: keyboards;
Tom McFarland: percussion;
Richard Adams: drums;
Bryan Stewart: bass guitar
Tracks
- Naked to the Eyes (3.39)
- What’s the Use of Wings (4.28)
- Winds of Freedom (4.36)
- Ghost of the Chair (6.29)
- All the Answers (4.41)
- The Snows of France and Holland (5.20)
- Keep Your Distance (3.31)
- What You Do With What You’ve Got (3.36)
- Weakness in Me (5.02)
- Bigo Market Lasses
Queen of All Argyll
Keep It Up (5.42) - Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground (3.49)
- All Used Up (3.19)
- Family (4.29)
> Folk Music > Records > The John Wright Band: Pages Turning
The John Wright Band: Pages Turning
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Pages Turning Fenn Music FMS 2085 (CD, Germany, 1999) |
Musicians
John Wright: vocals;
Kenny Speirs: acoustic guitar, harmony vocals;
Stewart Hardy: fiddle, harmony vocals
with guests
Ian Lowthian: accordion;
Dougie Pincock: pipes, whistles, soprano saxophone;
Brian Shiels: double bass;
Brian McNeill: bouzouki, mandolin, concertina;
Mike Travis: drums, percussion
Tracks
- Was It You? (3.33)
- River Run (4.09)
- Hermitage Water to Kinzigtal (4.24)
- Middle Time (4.33)
- Sand and Water (4.37)
- Past the Point of Rescue (3.58)
- Hungry for Love (5.31)
- Love Is Our Cross to Bear (4.05)
- Knee Deep in a River (4.16)
- Not a Matter of Pride (4.14)
- How Weak I Am (3.17)
- Hold On to That Heart (4.39)
- Hermitage Water to Kinzigtal Reprise (2.17)
> Folk Music > Records > John Wright: A Few Short Lines
John Wright: A Few Short Lines
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A Few Short Lines Fenn Music FMS 2085 (CD, Germany, 1999) |
Produced by Steve Lawrence;
Recorded by Steve Lawrence at Act One Studios, Glasgow;
Mastered by S.A.G. at Practice Pad, Glasgow;
Notes on songs by Elsa Lamaitre;
Photographs by Eve Matthews and Hans Bootsma;
Design by Mad Design
Musicians
John Wright: vocals;
Steve Lawrence: guitars, bouzouki, mandocello, mandolin, small pipes, whistles;
Fraser Speirs: harmonica;
Wendy Weatherby: cello, backing vocals;
Angus Lyon: piano
Tracks
- Lord Franklin (Roud 487; Laws K9; G/D 1:16; Henry H815) (4.50)
- Raglan Road (4.50)
- Hills of Ardmorn (3.16)
- The Kerry Recruit (Roud 520; Laws J8; G/D 1:79) (5.14)
- Song (Heaven to Be Near Thee) (3.50)
- Starry Night (4.48)
- Ned of the Hill (Roud 8136) (4.04)
- Helen of Kirkconnell (Roud 8191) (3.14)
- Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (4.56)
- Rout of the Blues (Roud 21098) (2.48)
- Galway Shawl (Roud 2737; Henry H652) (3.12)
- Carrickfergus (Roud 26183) (5.11)
All tracks trad. except;
Track 2 Patrick Kavanagh (1905-67);
Track 3 Roy Williamson;
Track 5 words John Clare, music Gordon Tyrrall;
> Folk Music > Records > The John Wright Band
Other records with John Wright and the The John Wright Band
(Beware that singer and jew’s harp player John Wright was quite another musician.)
Various Artists,
Ballads,
CD, Fellside FECD110, 1997
Various Artists,
Fyre & Sworde: Songs of the Border Reivers,
CD, Fellside FECD131, 1998
Various Artists,
Flash Company: A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Records (1976-2001),
2 CD, Fellside FECD156, 2001
Various Artists,
The Journey Continues: Fellside at 40,
3 CD, Fellside FECD272, 2016
Various Artists,
Destination: The End of an Era for a Leading Folk Music Label,
3 CD, Fellside FECD282, 2018