Watersons, the For Pence And Spicy Ale -1975- Folk, World, & Country (Vinyl)

The band’s original members wereNorma,Mike, and Elaine known asLal Waterson, with their cousin John Harrison fromKingston High School. They had askiffleband in the early 1960s but moved on to playing more traditional material. They were briefly known as “the Folksons”.

Their first album wasFrost and Fire1965 (awarded theMelody MakerAlbum of the Year, a rarity for a debut album) followed byThe WatersonsandA Yorkshire Garlandin 1966. The Watersons split up in 1968, when Norma went to work as a disc jockey on a radio station onMontserrat.

The group reformed in 1972, with John Harrison briefly replaced by Bernie Vickers. In that year they performed and arranged the music for theAlan PlaterTVPlay for Today, “The Land of Green Ginger”, set and filmed in Hull, and appeared in a scene filmed in the Bluebell Folk Club.[1]

Vickers was replaced the same year by Norma’s husband,Martin Carthy. This line-up recordedFor Pence and Spicy Ale(1975),Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy(1977), andGreen Fields(1981).

Later line-ups featured Mike Waterson’s daughter Rachel Waterson, who briefly replaced Lal during a leave of absence caused by ill health in the mid-1980s, then continued to sing with the group on Lal’s return. This five-piece line up performed regularly during the late 1980s and recorded a session for theBBCAndy Kershawshow in August 1986. In 1987, the group collaborated withSwan Arcadeto formBlue Murder, who have performed and recorded sporadically with various line-ups to the present day. Subsequent Watersons line-ups fluctuated, featuringEliza Carthy, Anne Waterson andMaria Gilhooleyat various times, but recording only occasionally.

Lal Waterson died in 1998 and, by the early 1990s, Carthy, Norma Waterson and their daughterEliza Carthyhad formed the groupWatersonCarthy. The Watersons gradually ceased to sing live on a regular basis, but the family occasionally reconvened for special events and festival appearances, where they are usually billed as “The Waterson Family”. These have included ‘A Mighty River of Song’ at theRoyal Albert Hallon 12 May 2007, theBBCElectric Promsconcert, ‘Once in a Blue Moon: A Tribute to Lal Waterson’, atCecil Sharp Housein London on 25 October 2007 and ‘A Tribute to Bert,’ a concert celebrating the life and work ofAlbert Lancaster Lloyd, at Cecil Sharp House on 15 November 2008. During the summer of 2009, “The Waterson Family” performed at a number of festivals and large concerts throughout England and Ireland.

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Label:Topic Records 12TS265Format:Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry:UKReleased:1975Genre:Folk, World, & CountryStyle:Folk

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