Searching for Chris Leslie...
R. Andrew Bowyer
Gang--
During the Divinities tour, Ian had Chris Leslie along for violin...Any info
that can be had as to the tunes "Dust Devils/She Walks Through The Fair" (Title
pulled from memory, may be inaccurate) or ANY of his music would be greatly
appreciated. I know he's played for Fairport Convention, but am not sure on
which albums.
Thanks!
Andy
Alex Brands
She Moves Through the Fair is, I believe, a traditional tune. There is a
version of it on the Cheiftains "Long Black Veil" sung by Sinead O'connor
(This version is entitled "HE moved through...)
If I remember Ian's commentary correctly, Dust Devils is also some sort of
traditional tune.
Alex
W. S. Gumby
R. Andrew Bowyer wrote:
>
> Gang--
>
> During the Divinities tour, Ian had Chris Leslie along for violin...Any info
> that can be had as to the tunes "Dust Devils/She Walks Through The Fair" (Title
> pulled from memory, may be inaccurate) or ANY of his music would be greatly
> appreciated. I know he's played for Fairport Convention, but am not sure on
> which albums.
>
>
> Andy
There is a 2 CD set of Fairport's 25th Aniversary Concert on which Chris
Leslie subs for Ric Sanders at the '92 Cropredy Festival. The CD is
"dedicated to Chris Leslie with much thanks from Fairport for saving our
festival, following Ric's unfortunate fiddle player/plate glass window
interface..." If you like Fairport this is definately worth getting. BTW
in the early days of Fairport Convention the band recorded a very
nice version of She Moves Through the Fair. It's on What WE Did On Our
Holidays and it's one of my favorite Sandy Denny performances.
W. S. Gumby
Paul Rhodes
"W. S. Gumby" <wsg...@concentric.net> wrote:
>There is a 2 CD set of Fairport's 25th Aniversary Concert on which Chris
>Leslie subs for Ric Sanders at the '92 Cropredy Festival. The CD is
>"dedicated to Chris Leslie with much thanks from Fairport for saving our
>festival, following Ric's unfortunate fiddle player/plate glass window
>interface..." If you like Fairport this is definately worth getting.
IIRC, when he's not helping out Fairport or Anderson, Chris Leslie
plays in Whippersnapper. (And if I'm wrong, well, they're good
anyway!)
Paul
John Travis Beavers
rabo...@nrv.net (R. Andrew Bowyer) wrote:
>Gang--
>
>During the Divinities tour, Ian had Chris Leslie along for violin...Any info
>that can be had as to the tunes "Dust Devils/She Walks Through The Fair" (Title
>pulled from memory, may be inaccurate) or ANY of his music would be greatly
>appreciated. I know he's played for Fairport Convention, but am not sure on
>which albums.
"She Walks Through The Fair" is an old Irish vocal folk song, I've
heard it sung in recordings from the early twentieth century,
actually, but I don't have access to this recording at the moment. It
was also the basis for the guitar piece "White Summer" recorded by
many people in the sixties, including Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, and
Jimmy Page. I've heard recordings of Davey Graham's, I believe, and
many many recordings of Jimmy Page doing it, it was a popular
Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin live piece, and due to the modal tuning he
used to play the song with, it was mixed with a similiar piece, "Black
Mountainside" (a variation of Bert Jansch's (?) "Black Waterside") and
used as an intro to "Kashmir".
When I heard the vocal version I was surprised that an a capella piece
was the basis for a guitar instrumental, but I'm sure there's alwyas
been something more to it than a vocal melody.
--
John Travis Beavers
-"Feel fit beatnik man out to make it rich..."
Biffyshrew
Chris Leslie's main band was Whippersnapper, a band that at one time also
featured former Fairport mainstay Dave Swarbrick. He also worked with All
About Eve, who did a version of "Witch's Promise" (with violin, so I
assume that was Chris L., but I can't confirm) that I think is probably
the best cover version of a Tull song ever.
I was at the Cropredy festival at which the Fairport 25th Anniversary CD
that W.S. Gumby wrote about was recorded. Chris Leslie sang a magnificent
version of a traditional song called "I Wandered By A Brookside" that
sounded so much like vintage Procol Harum that I got chills that were
nothing to do with the Oxfordshire night air. Fortunately, this
performance is on the CD!
Your pal,
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Paul Oliver
Chris has an album out with Beryl Marriott at the moment, in fact they
played at this years Cropredy festival, an excellent set.
Paul
--
Paul Oliver, EMail pol...@falcs.demon.co.uk
Carl Anderson
In article <50o20l$8...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, biffy...@aol.com
(Biffyshrew) wrote:
> Chris Leslie's main band was Whippersnapper, a band that at one time also
> featured former Fairport mainstay Dave Swarbrick. He also worked with All
> About Eve, who did a version of "Witch's Promise" (with violin, so I
> assume that was Chris L., but I can't confirm) that I think is probably
> the best cover version of a Tull song ever.
Very good indeed. I only acquired the CD recently, but I prefer playing
along in the key that AAE used than the original Tull key :) (It's
easier, anyway :)
Cheers,
Carl
rism
In <cea20-08099...@mac009.joh.cam.ac.uk> ce...@cus.cam.ac.uk
On which All About Eve album is Witches Promise and can it be found at
a record store in the US? By the way, Chris Leslie has an album called
The Gift that he did with Beryl Marriott. I picked it up in the UK.
--Rita
Carl Anderson
In article <50ujq7$j...@sjx-ixn6.ix.netcom.com>, ri...@ix.netcom.com (rism) wrote:
> On which All About Eve album is Witches Promise and can it be found at
> a record store in the US?
It wasn't on any album, just a 3-track CD single which I can't remember
the title of ... "Road to Your Soul"? Probably something else ...
I never saw it in the US, and it took me some searching to find in the
UK--even then I found it without the insert, just a CD and thin jewelbox!
Cheers,
Carl
Biffyshrew
ce...@cus.cam.ac.uk (Carl Anderson) wrote:
>ri...@ix.netcom.com (rism) wrote:
>> On which All About Eve album is Witches Promise and can it be found at
>> a record store in the US?
>
> It wasn't on any album, just a 3-track CD single which I can't
remember
>the title of ... "Road to Your Soul"? Probably something else ...
Something else. It was "December."
> I never saw it in the US, and it took me some searching to find in the
>UK--even then I found it without the insert, just a CD and thin jewelbox!
That's the one! Apparently it was meant to go in a special CD wallet that
you had to buy separately...or maybe it was one of those "disc two of a
two disc set" deals...