Dan Kletter 🥑May 10
#ListeningClub Enjoying the didgeridoo. The only album I have with didgeridoo is by a band called Lights in a Fat City which this is definitely not because reasons.
Show threadSimon LandmineMay 10

@soundclamp I saw a didgeridoo on stage last year - Levellers.

(One of my neighbours also plays didgeridoo, although not to the same standard, unless he's improved a lot in the last few years.)

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Show threadDan Kletter 🥑May 10
@SimonLandmine #ListeningClub Levellers! Now that’s a band I haven’t in a loooong time.
Show threadspiny / TMTMay 10
@soundclamp @SimonLandmine they seem to be constantly touring, i'm seeing them in Bristol later this year :) #listeningClub
Show threadDan Kletter 🥑May 10
@spiny @SimonLandmine #ListeningClub Here in the States it’s like Levellers who?
Show threadSimon LandmineMay 10

@soundclamp @spiny Yeah, can't say I'm entirely surprised by that! Not sure their style of crusty folk would travel too well.

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Show threadviNomadicMay 10
@SimonLandmine @soundclamp @spiny ...so Fairport without the bits of pop sheen? Inquiring ears want to know... #listeningClub
Show threadSimon LandmineMay 10

@vinomadic @soundclamp @spiny Not really. I'll chuck some links your way in a bit.

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Show threadviNomadicMay 10
@SimonLandmine @soundclamp @spiny Much, much obliged, sir! #listeningClub
Show threadSimon Landmine

@vinomadic @soundclamp @spiny
So, here's the Levellers' YouTube channel ...
https://www.youtube.com/user/Levellers

Possibly their breakthrough hit was "One Way" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0S8RNkL5Wg (damn, they look young there!)

Other good early stuff included "Riverflow" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-oI3ECI1Q

Later material went slightly more dance-influenced. They were one of the major early-mid-90s 'crusty' bands of student and green protest.

Levellers

COLLECTIVE / LIVE - AT HACKNEY EMPIRE

YouTube
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Show threadSimon LandmineMay 10
@vinomadic @soundclamp @spiny Early Leveller fan look - Plastic bottle of cider, unlaced combat boots, patchwork waistcoat over long-sleeve Levellers t-shirt, and a dog on a rope. Juggling balls often an additional item.
Show threadviNomadicMay 10
@SimonLandmine @soundclamp @spiny ...I can dig it all, but...*unlaced* boots?? #listeningClub
Show threadSimon LandmineMay 10
@vinomadic @soundclamp @spiny Made them a lot easier to kick off when you'd walked across a muddy field to get to the converted van you were sleeping in.
(OK, sometimes half-laced, but rarely tightly knotted.)
Show threadIamWahlMay 10
@SimonLandmine @vinomadic @soundclamp @spiny
Ha! The mud where I’m from would suck those unlaced boots off your feet in two steps…
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Show threadSimon LandmineMay 10
@iamwahl @vinomadic @soundclamp @spiny That did also happen, I believe ... 🙂
Show threadSimon LandmineMay 10
@vinomadic @soundclamp @spiny While this is what they sounded like with some polish from a slightly later album ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SKS_xcBS5w
Levellers - What A Beautiful Day (Official Music Video)

YouTube
Show threadDan Kletter 🥑May 10
@SimonLandmine @vinomadic @spiny #ListeningClub Yes, One Way is the song I remember.
Show threadspiny / TMTMay 10
@soundclamp @SimonLandmine @vinomadic the b-side to that was their cover of 'devil went down to georgia' which became so popular at the live shows, thats what they play as the last track (or they have on the many times i've seen them :) ) probably some live footage on youtube #listeningClub
Show threadSimon LandmineMay 10

@spiny @soundclamp @vinomadic Yeah, that's a fine cover, I'll admit!

Here's one of my favourite of their tracks ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSs_THxv2Ys

Levellers - Exodus (Official Music Video)

YouTube
Show threadDan Kletter 🥑May 10
@SimonLandmine @spiny @vinomadic #ListeningClub Thanks, listening now and I can’t help how it reminds me of The Wonder Stuff.
Show threadspiny / TMTMay 10
@soundclamp @SimonLandmine @vinomadic saw them last night in Bristol :) blinding set :) #listeningclub
Show threadDan Kletter 🥑May 10
@spiny @SimonLandmine @vinomadic #ListeningClub Wow, what a coincidence!
Show threadspiny / TMTMay 10
@soundclamp @SimonLandmine @vinomadic it was the 'Indie All Dayer' festival in bristol, got there a bit late, so missed Cud, but saw House Of Love, then Bluetones, then Jim Bob from Carter, doing quite a few Carter tracks, then Wonderstff, and Peter Hook to finish. Top day out, my ears are still ringing :) #listeningClub
Show threadDan Kletter 🥑May 10
@spiny @SimonLandmine @vinomadic #ListeningClub Amazing!
Show threadSimon LandmineMay 11
@spiny @soundclamp @vinomadic Nice lineup!
(I'm seeing Jim Bob again towards the end of the year.)