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John Wright: Ride the Rolling Sky

Ride the Rolling Sky John Wright (1947-2008) Fellside Recordings FECD97 (CD, UK, 1993)

Produced by Paul Adams.
Recorded by Paul Adams, Graham Bell & Richard Adams

The album title is a line from Sandy Denny's song Rising for the Moon.

Musicians

John Wright, vocals;
Kenny Speirs, guitar, vocal harmonies;
Wattie Robson, fiddle;
Ewan Ross, Highland & Lowland pipes, whistles;
Bryan Stewart, bass guitar;
Ellie Ellis & Elsa La Maitre, chorus vocals [6, 14];
Linda Adams, guitar [5], chorus vocals [14];
Paul Adams, chorus vocals [14], percussion.

Tracks

1. Never Be the Sun [Donagh Long] (3.18)
2. Granemoor Hare [Owen McMahon arr. John Wright] (3.40)
3. Chisel Hill [Chris Rea] (4.23)
4. Wail o' Flodden / Floo'ers o' the Forest [Grant / Murray] (4.50)
5. Rising for the Moon [Sandy Denny] (4.40)
6. Little Pot Stove [Harry Robertson] (4.27)
7. Bonnie George Campbell (Roud 338] (2.22)
8. Bright Blue Rose [Jimmy McCarthy] (4.17)
9. Caledonia [Dougie McLean] (3.03)
10. Down Too Deep [Dougie McLean] (5.02)
11. Adieu, Adieu (Roud 490) (4.36)
12. The Lock-Keeper [Stan Rogers] (4.52)
13. Sheep Crook, Black Dog (Roud 948) (2.49)
14. Dumbarton Drums (Roud 8669) (3.59)

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> Folk Music > Records > John Wright Band: The Things We've Handed Down

John Wright Band: The Things We've Handed Down

The Things We've Handed Down John Wright Band Fellside Recordings FECD106 (CD, UK, 1996)

Musicians

John Wright, vocals;
Kenny Speirs, acoustic guitar, vocals;
Wattie Robson, fiddle;
Bernd Jungmann, electric and additional acoustic guitars;
Steve Lawrence, bouzouki, mandolin, low whistle, percussion;
Jane Armstrong, vocals;
Kathy Stewart, Linda Adams, vocals;
Rick Kemp, bass;
Richard Adams, drums

Tracks

1. You Decide My Love [Eric Barlow] (5.05)
2. So Much Love [Lorraine Jordan] (3.49)
3. All the Lies [Christy Hennessy] (4.40)
4. I'm a Dreamer [Sandy Denny] (4.31)
5. Waste the Paint [Jim Hunter] (4.35)
6. The End of My Pirate Days [Mary-Chapin Carpenter] (4.50)
7. Only Love Can Do [Donagh Long] (4.35)
8. The Things We've Handed Down [Marc Cohn] (4.35)
9. Late Night Grande Hotel [Nanci Griffith] (4.09)
10. Blue Old Saturday Night [Julie Matthews] (4.16)
11. Glory Days [Kieran Halpin] (6.20)
12. Reconciliation [Ron Kavana] (5.38)

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> Folk Music > Records > The John Wright Band: Other Roads

The John Wright Band: Other Roads

Other Roads The John Wright Band Fellside Recordings FECD121 (CD, UK, 1997)

Produced by Stewart Hardy and Paul Adams;
Recorded by Richard and Paul Adams

Musicians

John Wright, vocals;
Kenny Speirs, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals;
Stewart Hardy, fiddle;
Tommy Roseburgh, keyboards;
Tom McFarland, percussion;
Richard Admas, drums;
Bryan Stewart, bass guitar

Tracks

1. Naked to the Eyes [Mary Chapin Carpenter] (3.39)
2. What's the Use of Wings [Brian Bedford] (4.28)
3. Winds of Freedom [Lorraine Jordan] (4.36)
4. Ghost of the Chair [Ian Bruce] (6.29)
5. All the Answers [Kieran Halpin] (4.41)
6. The Snows of France and Holland [Brian McNeill] (5.20)
7. Keep Your Distance [Richard Thompson] (3.31)
8. What You Do With What You've Got [Si Kahn] (3.36)
9. Weakness in Me [Joan Armatrading] (5.02)
10. Bigo Market Lasses [C. Ornston]
    Queen of All Argyll [Andy M. Stewart]
    Keep It Up [trad arr. John Wright Band] (5.42)
11. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground [Willie Nelson] (3.49)
12. All Used Up [Utah Phillips] (3.19)
13. Family [Pierce Pettis] (4.29)

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> Folk Music > Records > The John Wright Band

Other records with John Wright and the The John Wright Band

(Beware that singer and Jews's harp player John Wright is quite another musician.)

Various Artists, Ballads, CD, Fellside FECD110, 1997

Various Artists, Fyre & Sworde: Songs of the Border Reivers, CD, Fellside FECD131, 1998

Various Artists, Flash Company: A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Records (1976-2001), 2 CD, Fellside FECD156, 2001