Lindisfarne (band)
| Lindisfarne | |
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 At the Village Pump Folk Festival, 1991 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Newcastle upon Tyne , England |
| Genre (s) | Folk rock , progressive rock |
| founding | 1969 |
| resolution | 2004 |
| Website | www.lindisfarne.co.uk |
| Founding members | |
Vocals, guitar |
Alan Hull † (1945–1995) |
guitar |
Simon Cowe † (1948-2015) |
Bass, violin |
Rod Clements |
Drums |
Ray Laidlaw |
Mandolin, harmonica |
Ray Jackson |
| Last occupation | |
Bass, violin |
Rod Clements |
Keyboards |
Steve Daggett |
Guitar, keyboards |
Charlie Harcourt |
Guitar, vocals |
Dave Hull-Denholm |
Drums |
Paul Thompson |
bass |
Ian Thomson |
| former members | |
Keyboards, vocals |
Kenny Craddock † (1973 to 1975, 1993) |
Guitar, keyboards |
Charlie Harcourt (1973 to 1975) |
Bass, vocals |
Tommy Duffy (1973 to 1975) |
Drums |
Paul Nichols (1973 to 1975) |
Saxophone, flute, accordion |
Marty Craggs (1984 to 2000) |
Keyboards |
Steve Daggett (1986 to 1989) |
bass |
Ian Thomson (1993 to 2003) |
Guitar, vocals |
Dave Hull-Denholm (1993 to 2003) |
Vocals, guitar |
Billy Mitchell (1995 to 2003) |
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Lindisfarne was a British folk rock band founded in Newcastle , England in 1969 , which was particularly successful in the 1970s. Her best-known hits include Lady Eleanor , Meet Me on the Corner , Run for Home and Fog on the Tyne .
Band history
In 1969, Simon Cowe, Rod Clements, Ray Jackson and Ray Laidlaw, all musicians with band experience, joined forces in Newcastle , northeast England , and called themselves Brethren . Shortly thereafter, the singer and songwriter Alan Hull , who ran a folk club in Whitley Bay, joined them, and the following year they signed a record deal with Charisma Records ; Before the release of their debut album Nicely out of Tune , Alan Hull & Brethren became the band Lindisfarne . But neither the album nor the debut single Lady Eleanor sold particularly well.
It was only through the following tour that they made a name for themselves throughout England and with the second album Fog on the Tyne , which was released just a year later, the success started. It hit the UK charts straight away and after a few weeks the debut album also hit the charts. Meet Me on the Corner was released in the spring of 1972 . The single made it into the top 5 of the single charts. Subsequently, the album Fog on the Tyne rose to number 1 on the charts, where it stayed for four weeks. It was the UK's best-selling domestic album of the year. The re-release of Lady Eleanor brought Lindisfarne a third place in the UK and after a few appearances in the US, the song was also able to place in the charts there. The album Nicely out of Tune also made it to position 8 in Great Britain in the wake of its success.
The band was so successful that they were counted among the leading bands in the country. The third album in less than two years was called Dingly Dell and was again very successful: It reached number 5. However, the musicians had changed their sound on it: Out of dissatisfaction with the production, they had pushed through their own adaptation, which was rougher and harder than that the predecessor. This earned them bad record reviews. In addition, the big single hit was missing on the album, the release All Fall Down was the only one that made it into the top 40.
The break
At the beginning of 1973 the band broke up. Three members went into business with another musician as Jack the Lad . Alan Hull had a brief success with the solo album Pipedream before he let Lindisfarne live on with Ray Jackson and four new members. The band also switched to Warner . But the new composition didn't work and two more albums flopped. So two years later came another end.
Reunification
However, Hull, Jackson and the original three members had only once teamed up for three sold-out Christmas concerts in their homeland.
The three dropped out members, who in the meantime could not achieve any great success with Jack the Lad , finally returned in 1977 and the third edition of Lindisfarne came, this time again with the original line-up and on the Mercury label . This was followed by the album Back & Forth , which promptly continued its old successes. With Run for Home managed another single in the top 10, even Juke Box Gypsy was ranked in the charts.
At the end of the 1970s, however, the success of Lindisfarne was over. They continued to give concerts and record albums, but commercial success was no longer there. In 1982 they founded their own label LMP and with Sleepless Nights reached the bottom of the album charts for the last time.
The late years
In 1990, Ray Jackson left, who, apart from Hull, was the only one who had been there from the start. In the same year the band had another special success. Together with the football star Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne , who comes from the north of England and had started his career at Newcastle United , they re-recorded the title track of their second album Fog on the Tyne . Gazza was the hero of the English national team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Together with him, Lindisfarne had the highest ranking of the band in the singles charts with No. 2.
When the band's most important musician, Alan Hull, died unexpectedly on November 17, 1995, the rest of them decided to carry on. They continued to give concerts and also recorded albums, the last one, Promenade , in 2002. On November 1, 2003, they gave a last Lindisfarne concert, with a smaller cast under the name of Lindisfarne Acoustic , the final appearance on May 17, 2004 of three band members.
From the quintet that Lindisfarne last consisted of, Denholm, Thomson and Clements still appear as The Ghosts of Electricity and Mitchell is solo, while Laidlaw has switched full-time into the film and media industry.
Members
Founding members
- Alan Hull (born February 20, 1945 - November 17, 1995): vocals, guitar, until 1995
- Simon Cowe (April 1, 1948 - September 30, 2015): guitar, until 1973 and 1977 to 1993
- Rod Clements (born November 17, 1947): bass, violin, until 1973 and 1977 to 2003
- Ray Laidlaw (born May 28, 1948): drums, until 1973 and 1977 to 2003
- Ray Jackson (born December 12, 1948): mandolin, harmonica, until 1990
Other members
- Kenny Craddock († 2002): keyboards, vocals, 1973 to 1975, 1993
- Charlie Harcourt: guitar, keyboards, 1973 to 1975
- Tommy Duffy: bass, vocals, 1973 to 1975
- Paul Nichols: drums, 1973 to 1975
- Marty Craggs: saxophone, flute, accordion, 1984 to 2000
- Steve Daggett, keyboards, 1986-1989
- Ian Thomson: Bass, 1993 to 2003
- Dave Hull-Denholm: guitar, vocals 1993 to 2003
- Billy Mitchell: vocals, guitar, 1995 to 2003
Discography
Studio albums
- Nicely out of Tune (1970)
- Fog on the Tyne (1971)
- Dingly Dell (1972)
- Roll on Ruby (1973)
- Happy Daze (1974, US only)
- Back and Fourth (1978)
- The News (1979)
- Sleepless Nights (1982)
- Dance Your Life Away (1986)
- Amigos (1989)
- Elvis Lives on the Moon (1993)
- Blues From the Bothy (1997)
- Here Comes the Neighborhood (1998)
- Promenade (2002)
Live albums / compilations
- Lindisfarne Live (1973)
- Finest Hour (1975, Best of)
- Magic In The Air (1978, Live)
-
The Best Of (1993, Best Of, UK:
silver) - Another Fine Mess (1995, Live)
Singles
- Lady Eleanor (1971)
- Meet Me on the Corner (1971)
- All Fall Down (1972)
- Juke Box Gypsy (1978)
- Run for Home (1978)
- Nights (1982)
- Winning the Game (1983, only Germany)
- Lady Eleanor '88 (1988)
- Fog on the Tyne (Revisited) as Gazza and Lindisfarne (1990)
Solo releases
Alan Hull
- Pipedream (1973)
- Squire (1975)
- Phantoms (1979)
- Statues and Liberties (1996, posthumous)
Rod Clements
- One Track Mind (1994)
- Stamping Ground (2000)
- Live Ghosts (2004)
- Odd Man Out (2006)
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Web links
- Official website (English)