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Vic Shepherd & John Bowden: A Motty Down
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A Motty Down Burlington Records BURL015 (LP, UK, 1982) |
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Recorded by Brian Bedford at Park Head Studio, Birdsedge, Huddersfield
Musicians
Vic Shepherd, vocals, jew's harp, recorder;
John Bowden, vocals, melodeon, Anglo concertina;
Gerry Hallom, guitar, banjo;
Dave Shepherd, fiddle;
Christine Stockton, vocals, English concertina;
Paul Stockton, vocals, dulcimer;
Dick Shepherd, drums
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Vic Shepherd & John Bowden: Still Waters
Vic Shepherd & John Bowden: Still Waters
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Still Waters Hallamshire Traditions HATRCD11 (CD, UK, 2015) |
Recorded by Brian Bedford at Park Head Studio, Birdsedge, Huddersfield;
Photography by Chelsea Abbott;
Cover design by Nic Bowden
Musicians
Vic Shepherd, lead vocals [7, 9],
vocals [2, 6, 8, 11],
jew's harp [4];
John Bowden, lead vocals [1, 3, 5, 12-14],
vocals [4, 6, 8, 10-11],
Anglo concertina [4, 13];
Dave Shepherd, fiddle [2, 11];
Linda Lee Welch, vocals [6, 8];
Richard Bowden, percussion [11];
Lizzie Bowden, vocals [2];
Nic Bowden, guitar [4],
bass [11],
whistle [4],
melodica [13],
vocals [13]
Sheafknot [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14]:
Janet Brown,
Steve Flude,
John Fowler, vocals;
John Horsey, vocals, duet concertina, guitar
Tracks
- Jolly Roving Tar (Roud 2807) (3.11)
- My Johnny (Roud 1422; Henry H7) (2.46)
- Bold Riley (Roud 18160) (2.13)
- The Banks of Green Willow (Roud 172; Child 24; G/D 6:1225) (2.40)
- Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) (1.49)
- The Merrimac at Sea (Roud 124; Child 289; G/D 1:27) (3.50)
- The Bold Benjamin (Roud 2632) (2.41)
- Roll the Woodpile Down (Roud 4443) (3.17)
- Deep Blue Sea (Roud 3119) (3.20)
- The Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1972; Henry H569) (4.48)
- The Nightingale (Roud 1093; Laws M37; G/D 1:18; Henry H75a) (3.55)
- The Fireship (Roud 4841) (2.45)
- Go to Sea No More (Roud 644; Laws D7) (4.56)
- The Outside Track (4.00)
All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Edward Green ‘Ned’ Harrigan (1844-1911);
Track 14 words Henry Lawson, tune Gerry Hallon
Acknowledgements
Thank you very much to Paul Davenport of Hallamshire Traditions for a copy of both CDs.
> Folk Music > Records > John Bowden
Other records with John Bowden
Gerry Hallom,
Travellin' Down the Castlereagh,
LP, Fellside FE026, 1981
Jez Lowe,
The Old Durham Road,
LP/CD, Fellside FE034/FECD34, 1983
Various Artists,
A Selection from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs,
LP, Fellside FE047, 1986 /
CD, Fellside FECD47, 1994
Various Artists,
Flash Company: A Celebration of the First 10 Years of Fellside Records,
LP, Fellside FE050, 1986
Gerry Hallom,
Old Australian Ways,
LP, Fellside FE074, 1989
Gerry Hallom,
On the Periphery,
CD, William Boyd Music WBMCD001, 1997
Various Artists,
Flash Company: A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Records (1976-2001),
2 CD, Fellside FECD156, 2001