Cat No:
TECD259
Release Date: 11 August 2014
Label: Talking Elephant
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5028479025923
Genres: Folk English Folk
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Description
The Druids were a superb acoustic folk quintet who started a little too late to achieve the major popularity of outfits like Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention, although very well respected across the country.
Formed as a trio in 1969 by ex-pop musician John Adams (vocals, mandolin, bass), and folk singers Keith Hendrick (vocals, guitar, banjo) and Mick Hennessy (vocals, bass), the group played its first gig at the Manchester Sports Guild in November of that year.
A few months later, itinerant fiddler Dave Broughton joined them, and in 1970, while appearing in a documentary film about English folk musicians, they met fifth member Judi Longden, who added her voice to the proceedings.
With their reliance on acoustic instruments, the Druids were far more tradition-based than either Fairport Convention or Steeleye Span. Their repertory consisted of traditional English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish songs arranged for four voices, and their music had a pleasingly archaic feel, not resembling folk-rock at all. If anything, they sounded more like the kind of outfit that A.L. Lloyd or Ralph Vaughan Williams (editors of the definitive collection of English folk songs) would have approved of, without a trace of uncalled for elegance or pretentiousness.
Burnt Offerings is the first time on CD and deserves to be out there sharing a piece of Folk history that allows the world to see how it is done.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Thursday Night/B. Borouhme/Frost Is All Over
- 2. The Trooper And His Horse
- 3. A Sailor's Life
- 4. General Taylor
- 5. Salvation Band
- 6. Hunting The Hare/Exiles Jig
- 7. The Castle Of Dramore
- 8. Our Captain Cried... All Hands
- 9. Fare Thee Well Enniskillen
- 10. The Cuckoo's Nest
- 11. The Boar's Head Carol
- 12. The Christmas Hare
- 13. A Brisk Young Widow
- 14. The Prickly Bush
- 15. Madame Bonaparte/Roxburgh Castle
- 16. The Farmer's Three Sons
- 17. Gabriel John
- 18. The Butcher And The Parson
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Side 1
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Silver Bells
The Albion Christmas Band
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Dorie Jackson
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Wishbone Ash
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The Fool
Linda Moylan
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The Home Service
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David Carrol
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Judie Tzuke
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Pastime With Good Company
The Druids
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