History band tour dates 2021 tour dates 2020 video recordings contacts links mailing list twitter facebook. I was brought up in yorkshire and when i was sixteen oh i ran away to london and a soldier i became chorus with me fine cap and feather, likewise me rattling drum. Ashley hutchings formed steeleye span after leaving fairport convention, another british folk rock band which he had also cofounded. The impetus for the album was a 25th anniversary reunion tour the year before, during which most of the former members of the band performed together. With me fine cap and feather, likewise me rattling drum they learned me to play upon the rubadub. Watch the video for female drummer from steeleye spans the lark in morning the early years for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The addition of carthy and knight adds greatly to the instrumental proficiency and creates a true band sound. The album wintersmith is based on the discworld novel of the same name. Check out female drummer by steeleye span on amazon music. My goal is to be able to perform video covers of my. Horkstow grange september 1998, bedlam born september 2000, both with guest drummer dave mattacks.
I was brought up in yorkshire and when i was sixteen oh i ran away to london and a soldier i became chorus with me fine cap and. Provided to youtube by transatlantic female drummer steeleye span please to see the king. Steeleye span the holly and the ivy by heideroosje3. Pivotal english folkrockers who brilliantly interpreted traditional material before going electric behind maddy priors ethereal voice. The early years is a midpriced, twodisc rendering of the bands first three records. Watch the video for the brown girl from steeleye spans rocket cottage for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Steeleye span is a prog related progressive rock artist from united. The musicians in the first steeleye span lineup were basically folk musicians, and started exploring rock music under the influence of ashley hutchings. The real sell is the inclusion of general taylor, a. Steeleye span learned this song from the watersons and recorded it in 1971 with the title female drummer for their second album, please to see the king. Their first five chrysalis albums 19721975, this triple disc set contains the entirety of their first five albums for the chrysalis records label from 1972s below the salt to 1975s all around my hat with a few bonus tracks thrown in for good measure. If you had seen my charlie at the head of an army he was a gallant sight to behold with his fine tartan hose on his bonnie round leg and his. Related artists in the same genre as steeleye span include katie melua, linda ronstadt, joe jackson, pet shop boys, wombles.
With me fine cap and feather, likewise me rattling drum they learned me to play upon the rubadubadum with me gentle waist so slender, me fingers lon. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. Steeleye span formed in 1969 from members of fairport convention and out of the ashes of sweeneys men creating a distinctive fusion of both british folk with electric rock music. A good compilation, with one glaring clanger in the mix why their cover version of to know him is to love him track 10 is considered one of their best is beyond me if it had been recorded in a more uniquely steeleye span style then fair enough, but this is a very bland, boring and unimaginitive version that adds nothing to this collection. Female drummer bbc radio 1 in concert with john peel artist steeleye span. Apr 10, 2011 music steeleye span pictures from sharpes regiment skip navigation sign in. Still active today, along with fairport convention, they are amongst the best known acts of the british folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles gaudete and all around my hat. Steeleye span mk2 lr peter knight, maddy prior, tim hart, martin carthy and ashley hutchings perform female drummer on ainsdale. The second of steeleye spans mike battproduced albums was released at a time 1976 when the acceptance of british folkrock was on a rapid downhill slide. The resulting first version of the band was formed by exfairport bassist ashley hutchings and built around two pairs of vocalists, tim hart and maddy prior and gay. Still active today, they are, along with fairport convention, amongst the best known acts of the british folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles gaudete and all around my hat.
Please feel free to comment, subscribe, suggest, share and critique. Steeleye span mk 12 november 1997 august 2000 bob johnson, tim harries, gay woods, peter knight. The real sell is the inclusion of general taylor, a previously unreleased track from the bands golden era. The song starts with something close to a rock riff and has the melody played in ashley hutchings bass with maddys joyful voice.
Maddy prior liam genockey julian littman benji kirkpatrick andrew sinclair jessie may smart. This is the reason for the great difference in sound, and for the fact that hark. Steeleye span are an english folk rock band formed in 1969. Steeleye span s 10th album storm force ten was released in 1977. Licensed courtesy of bbc worldwide to sanctuary records. The group still had its feet in both modern and traditional sounds simultaneously, so please to see the king mixes very beautiful, distinctly archaic sounding songs such as boys of bedlam with amplified, electric numbers like the.
The music in the middle of false knight on the road before maddy returns to sing the last part of the song is a morris tune called monks march that john kirkpatrick, martin carthy and others recorded for the album john kirkpatrick with sue harris martin carthy martin brinsford fi fraser plain capers morris dance tunes from the cotswolds in 1976. I was brought up in yorkshire and when i was sixteen oh i ran away to london and a soldier i became chorus. The album was released in 1996, after a sevenyear hiatus, and was their first on the park records label. Female drummer steeleye span audio by caroline hogan.
Mar 29, 2017 provided to youtube by transatlantic female drummer steeleye span please to see the king. Provided to youtube by transatlantic female drummer mk 2 bbc folk on 1 171070 steeleye span please to see the king. I was brought up in yorkshire and when i was sixteen oh i ran away to london and a soldier i became chorus with me fine cap and feather, lik. Female drummer, there was a wealthy merchant terry pratchett.
Steeleye span download high quality complete mp3 albums. Steeleye span mk august 2000 may 2001 gay woods left in january 2001 tim harries left in may 2001. Released in 1971, it put steeleye span as the vangaurd band in the british isles folk revival. Music steeleye span pictures from sharpes regiment. Steeleye toured with two female singers and released the album time 1996, their first. Music steeleye span pictures from sharpes regiment skip navigation sign in. One morning in the month of june as from my cot i strayed just at the dawning of the day i met with a charming maid. Apr 03, 2015 from the 1971 lp, please to see the king. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations.
Watch the video for female drummer from steeleye span s the lark in morning the early years for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. I was brought up in yorkshire and when i was sixteen oh i ran away to london and a soldier i became. Punk was becoming the music that would destroy progressive rock, or at least try to. Several favourites are to be found here, especially false knight on the road, the lark in the morning, and female drummer. The pretty drummer boy the female drummer roud 226. Female drummer mk 2 bbc folk on 1 171070, a song by. Female drummer mk 2 bbc folk on 1 171070, a song by steeleye span on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Fairport had been involved in a road accident in 1969 in which the drummer, martin. The village waits significance, apart from it being the first album by a group which continues today albeit with only maddy prior from the initial lineup in the current band, is that it was the first album to feature a band led by ashley hutchings, although ashley himself notes that this assertion is not necessarily true. The debut of steeleye span mark ii, with peter knight on fiddle and martin carthy on guitar, is more solid in almost every area from repertory to production. Steeleye span the boars head carol by heideroosje3.
Steeleye span had released 10 albums in 7 years, while sex pistols was just starting. Steeleye spans 10th album storm force ten was released in 1977. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. That was unfortunate because rocket cottage remains one of the strongest yet most unappreciated of steeleyes catalog. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Carthy, a musicologist, made heroic efforts to maintain the integrity of the orginal source material and it paid off with please to see the king.