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Line Ups

Steeleye Span Mk 1

Steeleye Span Mk 1 (January - April 1970)

Ashley Hutchings, Gay Woods, Terry Woods, Maddy Prior, Tim Hart

Album: Hark! The Village Wait (June 1970)

Steeleye Span Mk 2

Steeleye Span Mk 2 (April 1970 - November 1971)

Tim Hart, Peter Knight, Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy, Ashley Hutchings

Albums: Please to See the King (March 1971), Ten Man Mop or Mr Reservoir Butler Rides Again (December 1971)

Steeleye Span Mk 3

Steeleye Span Mk 3 (December 1971 - May 1973)

Peter Knight, Maddy Prior, Bob Johnson, Tim Hart, Rick Kemp

Albums: Below the Salt (August 1972), Parcel of Rogues (June 1973)

Steeleye Span Mk 4

Steeleye Span Mk 4 (June 1973 - January 1977, 1980-1974)

Rick Kemp, Maddy Prior, Bob Johnson, Nigel Pegrum, Peter Knight, Tim Hart

Albums: Now We Are Six (February 1974), Commoner’s Crown (January 1975), All Around My Hat (November 1975), Rocket Cottage (October 1976), Sails of Silver (1980)

Steeleye Span Mk 5

Steeleye Span Mk 5 (June 1977 - March 1978)

Martin Carthy, Tim Hart, Rick Kemp, John Kirkpatrick, Nigel Pegrum, Maddy Prior

Albums: Storm Force Ten (November 1977), Live at Last! (March 1978)

Steeleye Span Mk 6

Steeleye Span Mk 6 (1984-86)

Peter Knight, Rick Kemp, Maddy Prior, Nigel Pegrum, Bob Johnson

Albums: Back in Line (1986), In Concert (1994)

 

Steeleye Span Mk 7 (1986)

Bob Johnson, Peter Knight, Nigel Pegrum, Maddy Prior, Mark Williamson

Albums: none

 

Steeleye Span Mk 8 (1986)

Bob Johnson, Peter Knight, Nigel Pegrum, Maddy Prior, Chris Staines

Albums: none

 

Steeleye Span Mk 9 (1989)

Tim Harries, Bob Johnson, Peter Knight, Nigel Pegrum, Maddy Prior

Album: Tempted and Tried (1989)

Steeleye Span Mk 10

Steeleye Span Mk 10 (September 1989 - 1995)

Liam Genockey, Peter Knight, Maddy Prior, Tim Harries, Bob Johnson

Albums: Tonight’s the Night… Live (1991), In Concert (1994)

Steeleye Span Mk 11

Steeleye Span Mk 11 (1995 - October 1997)

Tim Harries, Maddy Prior, Peter Knight, Gay Woods, Liam Genockey, Bob Johnson

Album: Time (CD and video, 1996)

Steeleye Span Mk 12

Steeleye Span Mk 12 (November 1997 - August 2000)

Bob Johnson, Tim Harries, Gay Woods, Peter Knight

Albums: Horkstow Grange (September 1998), Bedlam Born (September 2000), both with guest drummer Dave Mattacks

 

Steeleye Span Mk 13 (August 2000 - May 2001)

Gay Woods (left in January 2001)
Tim Harries (left in May 2001)
Peter Knight with several guest musicians:
Tamsyn Alexander (vocals), Terl Bryant (drums), and Rick Kemp (guitar, bass)

Albums: none

 

Steeleye Span Mk 14 (2002)

Liam Genockey, Bob Johnson, Rick Kemp, Peter Knight, Maddy Prior

Album: Present (November 2002)

Steeleye Span Mk 15

Steeleye Span Mk 15 (End of 2002 - 2010)

Maddy Prior, Peter Knight, Liam Genockey, Ken Nicol, Rick Kemp

Albums: They Called Her Babylon (March 2004), Winter (November 2004), The Official Bootleg (December 2004), The 35th Anniversary World Tour 2004 (video, December 2004), Bloody Men (December 2006), Live at a Distance (May 2009), Cogs, Wheels and Lovers (October 2009)

Steeleye Span Mk 16

Steeleye Span Mk 16 (2011 - 2013)

Peter Knight, Liam Genockey, Julian Littmann, Pete Zorn, Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp

Albums: Now We Are Six Again (November 2011), Wintersmith (October 2013)

Steeleye Span Mk 17 (2014 - 2015)

Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Liam Genockey, Julian Littmann, Pete Zorn, Jessie May Smart

Album: Wintersmith Deluxe Edition (October 2014)

Steeleye Span Mk 18 (2015 - 2017)

Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Liam Genockey, Julian Littmann, Jessie May Smart, Andrew ‘Spud’ Sinclair

Album: Dodgy Bastards (November 2016)

Steeleye Span Mk 19 (2017 - present)

Maddy Prior, Liam Genockey, Julian Littmann, Jessie May Smart, Andrew ‘Spud’ Sinclair, Benji Kirkpatrick, Roger Carey

Albums: Est’d 1969 (June 2019), 50th Anniversary Tour (2 CD + 2 DVD, 2019), Hark! The Village Wait Live (October 2021)


> Steeleye Span > Musicians > Band Members

Band Members

Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy (Mk 2, 5)

vocals, guitar

Liam Genockey

Liam Genockey (Mk 10-12, 14-17)

drums, percussion

Tim Harries

Tim Harries (Mk 9-13)

vocals, guitar, keyboards

Tim Hart

Tim Hart (Mk 1-5)

vocals, dulcimer, guitar

Ashley Hutchings

Ashley Hutchings (Mk 1-2)

bass guitar

Bob Johnson

Bob Johnson (Mk 3-4, 6-12, 14)

vocals, guitar

Rick Kemp

Rick Kemp (Mk 3-6, 13-17)

vocals, bass guitar

John Kirkpatrick

John Kirkpatrick (Mk 5)

vocals, button accordion, concertina

Peter Knight

Peter Knight (Mk 2-4, 6-16)

vocals, fiddle, banjo, mandolin

Peter Knight
 

Ken Nicol (Mk 15)

vocals, guitar

Nigel Pegrum

Nigel Pegrum (Mk 4-9)

drums, percussion, woodwind

Maddy Prior

Maddy Prior (Mk 1-11, 14-17)

vocals

Maddy Prior
 

Chris Staines (Mk 8)

bass guitar

 

Mark Williamson (Mk 7)

bass guitar

Gay Woods

Gay Woods (Mk 1, 11-13)

vocals, concertina

Terry Woods (Mk 1)

vocals, concertina

Gay Woods

> Steeleye Span > Musicians > Starring

Starring ...

David Bowie
alto sax on Now We Are Six
Gerry Conway
drums on Hark! The Village Wait
Vince Cross
Yamaha DX7 synthesiser on Back in Line
Martin Ditchum
extra percussion on Tempted and Tried
Dave Mattacks
drums on Hark! The Village Wait, Horkstow Grange and Bedlam Born
Peter Sellers
ukulele on Commoner’s Crown,
The St. Eleye :-) Primary School Junior Choir
vocals on Now We Are Six