Ashley Hutchings
Ashley "Tyger" Hutchings (born January 26, 1945 in Southgate , Middlesex ) is a British folk rock singer and bassist .
Life
Hutchings started out as a singer and bass player in a skiffle band. In 1966 he founded the Ethnic Shuffle Orchestra together with Simon Nicol , Steve Airey and Bryan King. The band didn't last very long. As early as 1967, Hutchings and Nicol formed a folk rock band called the Fairport Convention . After the release of Liege & Lief , the band's fourth album, in 1970, Hutchings was no longer traditionally aware of the Fairport Conventions way of playing and he dropped out. A short time later he was one of the founding members of Steeleye Span .
But Hutchings didn't last long with Steeleye Span either and he left the band in 1971 to found the Albion Band . The band was originally only intended as a backing band for Hutchings' future wife, Shirley Collins , but then remained for a long time, even if the line-up kept changing. And the name of the band changed often too. In 1974 it was called Etchingham Steam Band, in 1975 the Albion Dance Band followed and in 1978 the name was finally shortened to Albion Band, which still exists today with changing line-ups.
In the first half of the 1970s , Hutchings had also started to release solo records and duo records with other folk musicians (including John Kirkpatrick and Judy Dunlop ). He also worked with many other musicians in the 1970s and 1980s, including Ian Matthews , Shirley Collins, Royston and Heather Wood , Richard Thompson , Ray Fisher , Mike and Lal Waterson and Martin Carthy . In the 1990s , Hutchings formed a skiffle revival band called Ashley Hutchings' Big Beat Combo. Later he also worked in a duo with Ernesto De Pascale .
Hutchings has been involved in many theater and radio productions as a producer and contributor. His processing of traditional folk dances in the folk rock context was groundbreaking for the English scene.
Choice discography
- Ashley Hutchings with friends: The Guv'nor's Big Birthday Bash. Live from the Mill, Banbury. CD. Talking Elephant 1995
- Ashley Hutchings: The Guv'nor. Retrospective. Vol 1, 2, 3 (HTD Records / CastleMusic)
Web links
- Ashley Hutchings' website
- Ashley Hutchings at Allmusic (English)
- Ashley Hutchings at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hutchings, Ashley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hutchings, Tyger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English folk rock singer and bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Southgate , Middlesex |