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krj
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response 59 of 62:
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May 29 16:15 UTC 2001 |
Very ominous note from Steeleye Span fiddler Peter Knight, posted
on the http://www.peterknight.net website on May 19:
"Tim leaves.
"Tim Harries has had a change of heart and has decided not to battle
on against the odds. I don't feel at present that I want to
reform the band alone, but I will live with it for a while before
making a final decision.
"Good luck Tim and thanks for your wonderful musicianship."
Peter Knight's website also includes a track list for the new
Australian release "Gone To Australia," which looks like it does
include the rare early 1980s live Steeleye album, plus about five
other live tracks recorded in Australia. (David, could you check
the posted track list and maybe confirm that?)
There are also reviews of the one appearance of the temporary
Steeleye Span lineup I described in resp:57
which might turn out to be the final appearance for a while.
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krj
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response 60 of 62:
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May 30 06:46 UTC 2001 |
Reviewing my previous responses: Guitarist Bob Johnson leaves around
August 2000; Gay Woods leaves in January 2001; Tim Harries leaves in
May. Wow. I know that Bob Johnson was supposed to be leaving for
a career change -- he'd completed a masters degree in psychology, or
something like that -- but Steeleye Span hasn't been this unstable
since its earliest days. Something seems to have gone seriously wrong
with the band. I wonder if the band became unviable, as a business
proposition, after Maddy left in 1987?
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dbratman
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response 61 of 62:
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May 30 17:06 UTC 2001 |
resp:59 - Ken, the Adelaide 1982 part of the track list contains all
but three of the songs recorded live and appearing on the "On Tour" LP
(Little Sir Hugh, Thomas the Rhymer, and I Live Not Where I Love), and
substitutes three others in their place that weren't on the LP (Barnet
Fair, Sligo Maid, and Cam Ye Oer Frae France). (The LP also has two
soundcheck songs which aren't on the new CD track list either.)
resp:60 - I think it's dead, Jim. There must be many reasons, of which
the fact that the last two albums just don't feel like Steeleye may be
a big part. It's a hard job holding a part-time band together. They
did surprisingly well during the 1985-95 period.
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krj
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response 62 of 62:
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Jun 1 18:53 UTC 2001 |
I have to disagree at least somewhat about the difficulties in running
a part-time band. Many bands in the current British Isles folk scene
are now running on a part-time basis, with members combining and
recombining endlessly.
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