We're Not All Here Yet, but We're Getting There
....and some people would say that we here at sam-and-lizzie are not all there either, but that's a different story for another occasion, but, you know what?....it's his fault, that geezer to your left, you recognise him. He's involved in so much that interests us here at sam-and-lizzie, it's inevitable that our paths cross so often, and none more so that where we're going with this website.Known to many as the father of folk rock, Ashley Hutchings revolutionised English morris dance music in 1971 with the release of his seminal album Morris On. Sequels followed in 1976, 2002 and 2004, with each new project building on the original concept of updating traditional dance music.
In conjunction with morris/roots fusion enthusiast Simon Care, Hutchings planned and executed the ultimate morris modernisation with the final album in the series which was released in late September 2007. The Mother of All Morris will cover the broadest definition of the term and feature some of the best performers in English dance music including Show of Hands, Eliza Carthy and Saul Rose, John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson, Chris Leslie, Ric Sanders Group, Jim Moray, Jim Causley, Ken Nicol, Ruth Angell, the Minehead Hobby Horse musicians, The Morris On Band, John Spiers, Jon Boden and The Gloworms. The CD will be released on the Talking Elephant record label.
In conjunction with morris/roots fusion enthusiast Simon Care, Hutchings planned and executed the ultimate morris modernisation with the final album in the series which was released in late September 2007. The Mother of All Morris will cover the broadest definition of the term and feature some of the best performers in English dance music including Show of Hands, Eliza Carthy and Saul Rose, John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson, Chris Leslie, Ric Sanders Group, Jim Moray, Jim Causley, Ken Nicol, Ruth Angell, the Minehead Hobby Horse musicians, The Morris On Band, John Spiers, Jon Boden and The Gloworms. The CD will be released on the Talking Elephant record label.
Right....after that babbling and carrying on, this is where you are. A brand new website, sort of. It's a combination of our Complete Morris On website and the aforementioned news of the final "Morris On" album. The new website title is, indeed, The Mother of All Morris, as you can see, we're going to include everything from our original website, plus some other odds and ends of related materials.
The Morris Book by Cecil J. Sharp and Herbert C. Macilwaine (Part 1) 2nd Edition, published by Novello and Company, London, 1912.
