ToppermostNEW post: "Nic Jones’ brilliant solo work has cemented his legacy as one of the greatest artists in English folk music, his contribution to the genre immeasurable."
We pick 10 tracks from the albums of #NicJones
Andi ChorleyThe Transports is a folk ballad opera written by Peter Bellamy released by Free Reed Records in 1977...It featured many artists from the 1970s English folk revival,.. The orchestral arrangements were by Dolly Collins.
The story is based on an account of two convicts of the First Fleet, Henry Cabell and Susannah Holmes as given by Norfolk historian Eric Fowler. According to Fowler's research, which begins in 1783, young Henry Cabell receives a sentence of transportation for fourteen years for the burglary of a country house. Another youngster, Susannah Holmes, receives a sentence of transportation for an unrelated theft. - Wikipedia
*edit the yt channel the original link came from is a far-right extremist one, so replaced with a link to the Shrewsbury Folk Festival re-telling of the folk opera which I have not watched but will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CimFZqPiWkE
#PeterBellamy #NicJones #MartinCarthy #FolkMusic #Music #DollyCollins #Norfolk #FirstFleet
Ted Tocks CoversTed Tocks Covers
Gallows Pole
Originally posted on October 5, 2018
On this day 55 years ago Led Zeppelin released their ‘III’ album.
“What did you bring me, my dear friends
To keep me from the gallows pole?
#ledzeppelin #fredgerlach #JohnJacobNiles #nicjones #bobdylan #leadbelly #judycollins
https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/gallows-pole/
Gallows Pole – A song that dates back to the 17th century. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #LedZeppelin #FredGerlach #JohnJacobNiles #NicJones #BobDylan #LeadBelly #JudyCollins
Today’s feature is a song with a fascinating history. I was vaguely aware of the tradition behind ‘Gallows Pole’ but I had no idea of the depth of its roots nor the fact that it dates as far back a…
Chris BondRecorded #OnThisDay 49 years ago:
Nic Jones - Ten Thousand Miles (Peel Session)
Ten Thousand Miles by Nic Jones, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 8 July 1976.
Great_Albums#GreatAlbums1980s - #NicJones – Penguin Eggs (1980). UK folksinger Nic Jones mined the Roud folk index for his fifth and final studio LP. A fine guitarist for whom open tunings expanded the harmonic range, Jones backs his resonant voice on pieces like "Canadee-I-O" and "Courting is a Pleasure." But the centerpiece of the set is Jones's reading of Harry Robertson's "The Humpback Whale," a stark ballad of Melvillian force. A tragic accident ended Jones's recording career in 1982.
Stewart RussellA lovely cover of an Ivor Cutler song: John E. Flamingeaux — https://flamingeaux.bandcamp.com/track/im-going-in-a-field
(free download). The original was meant to be in The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, but was cut before broadcast.
This cover is by a bunch of Hamburg bluegrass musicians, and is clearly influenced by Nic Jones' wonderful live cover.
Ivor would have been 101 today ...
#IvorCutler #bluegrass #hamburg #beatles #MagicalMysteryTour #NicJones
I'm going in a field, by John E. Flamingeaux, Mike Gilmour & DM Bob
from the album Three men went a-hunting
72Degrees aka Pete FisherKate Rusby and Nic Jones in harmony - bliss!
Oh, how I'm cold; will you let me in?
If you could hear me speak, where I would begin?
Time it is past now and I roam free
Is it wrong to wish you still need me?
Is it wrong to wish you still need me?
Out in the field where the lark resides
Here I'll remain where my heart can hide
Only the lark and the west winds know
I'm in this field where no-one goes
