Behind the Music
Sleeve Notes
Further Tales of Love! Death! and Treachery!
Winter Winds
Gregg - vocal, ac gtr
Marion - vocal, ac gtr
Gemma - bv
Guy - bv, mandolin, mandola
Mark J - bv, bass
Mark S - bv, drums, organ, percussion, ac gtr
PJ - el gtr, baritone gtr
The Crafty Lover
Gregg - vocal, el gtr
Marion - bv, ac gtr
Gemma - bv
Guy - fiddle
Mark J - bass
Mark S - bv, drums,
PJ - slide gtr, el gtr, baritone gtr
Dream Not of Love
From the Northamptonshire poet John Clare's collection "From my Mother's and Father's Singing."
Marion - vocal, fiddle, 'cello, viola
Gregg - vocal, ac gtr
Gemma - bv, piano
Guy - mandolin, mandola
Mark J - bass
Mark S - drums
PJ - el gtr
Rap Her to Bank
(Roud 1786) A.L. Lloyd describes it thus:
“Rap ‘er to bank! is the cry of men at the bottom of the shaft, waiting to come up in the cage. The onsetter would rap, and the winding man, hearing the signal would draw the cage to the surface (the bank)."
Walter Toyn, schoolmaster of Birtley, Co. Durham, collected Rap Her to Bank in 1962 from Henry Nattress of Low Fell Gateshead. Pete Scrowther knows it from the singing of Jack Elliott of Birtley (the geordie one, not the Ramblin' one). The final verse is newly written by Pete Scrowther.
Gregg - vocal, ac gtr
Marion - bv, ac gtr
Guy - mandolin
Mark J - bv, bass
Mark S - bv, cornet, drums, organ
PJ - bv, el gtr, pedal steel gtr
Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484)
"Until well into the last century the only way of keeping the Royal Navy up to strength was by pressing men into service, and press gangs terrorised the coastal towns in search of likely young men to serve on board. Although this service was ostensibly for the duration of a campaign, in practice it was more often a life sentence. Apparently the system was never officially abolished by act of Parliament." - Martin Carthy
Marion - vocal
Gemma - vocal, piano
Mark S - bv, cornet, keyboards, programming
Golden Vanity/Brace & Auger (Child 286)
Guy's tune Brace & Auger forms the instrumental section of this tale of betrayal by the ruling-class with the young & poor paying the price. Sounds familiar. Featured on the B-side of the1960 Lonnie Donegan single "My Old Man's a Dustman"
Guy - vocal, mandolin, mandola, fiddle, ac gtr,
Marion - bv, 'cello
Gregg - el gtr
Mark J - bass
Mark S - bv, drums, percussion
PJ - el gtr, slide gtr
Drowned Lover
Gemma - vocal, fiddle, piano
Marion - fiddle
Guy - fiddle
Gregg - el gtr
Mark J - bass
Mark S - drums, cornet
PJ - el gtr, baritone gtr
Bonny Lass of Anglesey (Child 220)
(basic track recorded live at the Clubhouse, Priors Marston, Warks.)
Gregg - vocal, ac gtr
Marion - fiddle
Gemma - percussion
Guy - drums
Mark J - bass
Mark S - bodhran, dumbek, percussion
PJ - el gtr, soprano sax
Phil Bond - accordion
Cuckoo's Nest (Roud 1506)
A bawdy song of Scottish origin, lyrically enhanced by Marion (of Scouse origin)
Marion - vocal, bv, ac gtr, hi-strung gtr
Gregg - el gtr
Mark S - drums, bv, percussion
Tim - double bass
PJ - el gtr, slide gtr, dulcimer
Bailiff's Daughter of Islington (Child 105)
Gregg - vocal, ac gtr, el gtr
Marion - bv,
Gemma - bv
Tim - bass
Mark S - bv, drums
PJ - el gtr, baritone gtr
Madame Bonaparte/Golden Eagle
Two tunes led by Guy - the first from his father, the second from Gemma
Guy - fiddle, mandolin
Gemma - fiddle
Marion - fiddle
Gregg - ac gtr
Mark J - bass
Mark S - drums, cornet, comedy percussion
PJ - ac gtr, el gtr, baritone gtr
Spencer the Rover
Gregg - vocal, ac gtr
Gemma - bv, piano
Marion - bv
Mark J - bv, bass
Mark S - bv, drums, cornet, autoharp
PJ - bv, el gtr
TradArrr acknowledges the continuing encouragement, appreciation, song-finding and general input from the talented Mr Scrowther of Lucerne, Switzerland.