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Force of Habit
Artist: John Kirkpatrick Band
Label: Omnium
Genre : Rock
Traditional
Instruments : Accordion (button accordion)
Banjo
Bass (fretless)
Bass guitar
Concertina (anglo concertina)
Drum kit
Fiddle (violin)
Guitar, acoustic
Keyboards
Mandolin
Percussion
Recorder
Tuba
Vocals
Vocals (male)
Geography : England
Label : Omnium - http://www.omnium.com
Description:
The first US release from the hardest-working English squeezebox maestro in show business, who's been heard with artists from Richard Thompson to Pere Ubu, from Steeleye Span to Tarika Sammy.
He's one of the key players in the British folk-rock scene, having anchored the Morris On band's 1972 recording of electric English dance music, and later joined Steeleye Span.
These fifteen live tracks draw on Kirkpatrick's vast repertoire, with the tunes and songs given new life by a dynamic electric band.
Reviews
- "Fans of traditional British dance music will get a huge kick out of this album... What's both surprising and impressive about this album, apart from the lively and virtuosic playing, is how many of these very traditional-sounding numbers are actually Kirkpatrick originals..." -- All-Music Guide
Track List:
| 1 | Pepper In The Brandy / The Seven Coloured Linnet | 4:28 | |
| 2 | The Cheshire Rounds / The Old Lancashire Hornpipe | 3:20 | |
| 3 | George's Son | 4:38 | |
| 4 | Four Morris Tunes: La Mouresque / The Winster Morris Reel / London Pride / Glorishears | 6:10 | |
| 5 | Menage a Trois | 3:43 | |
| 6 | White Fryer's Hornpipe / Shreds and Patches | 5:08 | |
| 7 | Black Against The Snow | 5:32 | |
| 8 | Blue Balloon | 5:20 | |
| 9 | Step and Fetch Her | 3:29 | |
| 10 | Bread and Jam Waltzer / Mr. Gubbin's Bicycle | 3:22 | |
| 11 | Seventeen Come Sunday | 5:20 | |
| 12 | The Oakham Poachers | 7:26 | |
| 13 | The Gas Almost Works | 2:48 | |
| 14 | Princess Royal | 3:56 | |
| 15 | The Swirling Serpent / Beast of Burden | 4:10 | MP3 Download |
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