Blowzabella

English Dance band playing traditional tunes from UK, France and the Balkans and self-composed tunes. Also contemporary songs.

(Andy Cutting has recorded with June Tabor, Kate Rusby, John McCusker, 1651, The Battlefield Band, Fernhill and Pete Morton)
(Nigel Eaton and Andy Cutting have recorded as duo)
(Andy Cutting has recorded with Karen Tweed as a duo)
(Andy Cutting has recorded with Chris Wood as a duo)
(Nigel Eaton has recorded with the Duelists and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant)

(Andy Cutting, Nigel Eaton and Jo Freya have produced the book "Blowzabella: New Tunes for Dances")

Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
Blowzabella	1982	Plant Life
In Colour	1983	Plant Life
Bobbityshooty	1984	Osmosys	5 016700 101522
Wall of Sound	1986	Osmosys	5 016700 100525
A to B of Blowzabella	1987
A Richer Dust	1988	Plant Life	PLCD 080
[Reissued]		Osmosys
Pingha Frenzy	1988	Some Bizzare
Vanilla	1990
Octomento	2007

Compilations.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Compilation	1988	Osmosys

Collaboration - Frankie Armstrong, Brian Pearson, Blowzabella, Jon Gillaspie.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Tam Lin	1984	Plant Life	PLR 063

Anthology - Maddy Prior, Blowzabella, Incredible String Band et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Strange Co-incidents in Speciality Tea-Making	2005	Osmosis

Best Albums(*).

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Wall of Sound	1986
Compilation	1988

(*) Based on critical opinion.

Album tracks.

Bobbityshooty Running time 44 minutes 2 seconds. Recorded 1984. Released on CD in 1998. Paul James, Dave Roberts, Dave Shepherd, Jon Swayne, Cliff Stapleton, Dave Armitage.

Title.	Author.
1. Shave the monkey/Boys of the mill	Paul James/Cliff Stapleton
2. The Presbyterian Hornpipe/The Red Lyon	Trad/ Trad arr Shepherd, Swayne
3. La Ronde des milloraines	J-F Duterte
4. Branle de borgogne/Horses branle	Trad(French)/Trad(French)
5. Bobbityshooty	Jon Swayne
6. Carl Wark	Dave Shepherd
7. Eglantine/Man in the brown hat/Schottische Fran Havero/The Minah bird	Stapleton/ Stapleton/ Trad(Swedish)/ Stapleton
8. The topman and the afterguard	Trad (song)
9. The savage hornpipe/ The Gloucestershire miner/ William Taylor's table-top hornpipe	Trad/ Trad/ Shepherd
10. Scaramouche/ Kathryn Arwen's march	Stapleton/ Stapleton
11. Blowzabella/ Jon's jig	Trad / Swayne

The Blowzabella Wall of Sound Running time 44 minutes 44 seconds. Recorded 1986. Released on CD in 1996. Nigel Eaton, Paul James, Ian Luff, Dave Roberts, Dave Shepherd, Jon Swayne .

Title.	Author.
1. Kopenitsa	Trad (Bulgarian)
2. Eight Step Waltz/Lisa/Stukka Gruppa	Trad/Nigel Eaton/Ian Luff
3. Hallowed Ground	Violent Femmes (song)
4. Newbury Jig/In The Wood/Sword Dance(Ghost Tune)/Old Wife of Coverdale	Jon Swayne/Trad (Eng)/Trad(Eng)/Trad(Eng)
5. Sideways Glance	Paul James
6. Roger De Coverley/Trip O'er Tweed	Trad(Eng)/Trad(Eng)
7. Lyke Wake Dirge	Trad(Eng)
8. Finnish Scottish	?Trad(?Finnish)
9. Last Chance Bourree	Michel Pichon
10. Glass Island	Jon Swayne
11. Sinfonia	aka 'Entry of The Queen of Sheba' by GF Handel

Websites

http://www.users.waitrose.com/~pauljamesmusic/page14.htm

http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopedia/b/B161.HTM

Last updated on 10/05/2008