A debut album from melodeon player Frank Lee from the north of England. He started going to Newcastle Folksong and Ballad Club in 1958 so he had a headful of music, mostly from the North of England. Over the decades he had picked up a lot more from radio, and from friends in sessions. I had been flattered by encouragement from a few friends to make this CD. So Frank had to thank Steve for turning up at his house with a microphone and a recording device, putting his time where his mouth was, spending an evening recording the tunes, and then adding his matchless hurdy-gurdy (and other instruments) playing where appropriate. They had worked together in a band some 20 years previously. Frank's wife Corrie joins some tracks on recorder or violin.
Tracks:
1. About the Bush, Willie 02:45
2. Dear Tobacco 03:07
3. The Black and the Grey 02:18
4. None so Pretty 03:08
5. Cuckoo?s Nest 01:48
6. Bobbin Joan 02:15
7. The Bonny Pit Laddie 03:31
8. Pour quoy 02:46
9. Boyne Water 02:43
10. Riggs of Marlowe 01:13
11. Green Bracken 04:03
12. I'll go and Enlist 03:11
13. Hunt the Squirrel 02:11
14. Stingo 02:17
15. Packington's Pound 03:59
16. The Far Away Waltz 03:35
17. Idbury Hill 02:15
18. Kettledrum 01:57
19. The Wounded Hussar 03:00
20. Trunkles (Wheatley) 01:34
21. Woodicock/An Old Man is a Bedful of Bones 04:18
