Show of Hands "Tall Ships Medley"

[Morthree]

Ohne Worte. . . . Live gesehen in Ansbach.

[irenicum]

What an extraordinarily beautiful song. Thank you so much for having posted this.

[joeclapham1]

Does anybdy know the name of the song in between Tall Ships, and The Falmouth Package??

[iwsurfman]

@joeclapham1

It's a traditional folk song called 'Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy'

[infestusinfestis]

I'm desperately trying to find a copy of Tall Ships on cd. Anyone help me out with this?

[TheGuitarNoob1]

@infestusinfestis It's on Roots - the compilation CD :)

[MsElloyd]

I first saw SoH years ago at a local pub and thought they were awesome - I am just so chuffed they have made it so big now. love 'em!!!!

[mysticbrightshadow]

As a wise yank, I fall to my knees to honor my british brothers in the United Kingdom. Beautiful work.

[craffte]

i second that, what we're witnessing is the much sought after but rarely seen combination of artistry and integrity. makes me wanna go down the local pu-...oh yeah...SIGH!...)

well, we yanks have the Cox Family...

[trudilouise1]

Phil doesn't just fiddle and sing, he plays just about every other instrument known to man too - perfectly! Altnough admittedly I have never seen him drum.

[TheBitterWeed]

Absolutely mutts fucking nuts.

[georgethe100]

Show of hands are the dogs do da's

There great!!!!

[DanPat121]

Flawless performance. Who is the female vocalist? And is it just me, or does Steve sound like the less vitriolic brother of the New Model Army vocalist?

[Probusterrace]

Miranda Sykes is on the Double Bass. She's supporting the current tour.

Saw them for the 1st time last week and was v impressed. Excellent show.

[littlesthobbo]

Miranda Sykes. She's awesome, you should check out her solo stuff. Beautiful voice.

[PhoebeandZara]

Love Show of Hands.  Seen them countless times. A love that they're political as well as writing such barn-storming tunes. Fabulous :)

[thebanj]

Excellent as ever this almost made me want to listen to folk music. Aagh

[jadoredobby]

phil is such an amazing fiddler. show of hands are incredible, i saw them at WOMAD 2008.

somehow steve is really quite attractive.

[sallyjames46]

So impressed by Phil Beer's ability to sing and fiddle at the same time; so many performers don't seem to be able to manage it!

SOH - top class. x

[carollizc]

Gee, I grew up in the sixties, when half of Newfoundland moved to Ontario. A lot of fiddlers showed up at my parents' house parties, and a goodly number of them could manage it. I think it has more to do with the fact that many fiddlers nowadays have been trained classically, and have a different technique, one that perhaps doesn't allow for doing both at once.

[themajorsassistant]

i love english folk.

[NixonMcvicar]

Saw them at Langollen finge a couple of weeks ago, stunning. Loved the Arizona Smoke Review with PB, I saw when I was 16 in the early 80's, and when they formed Alianza was midn-blowing in '93. I sitll have the casette album. Brilliant too, and speaking of which, a cd (re-)release please. Soon ?!

[killiekentman]

im going to see them on friday for the first time. cant wait. i saw ASR in Scotland in the 80s and have a cd. and i saw Bully Wee and think Ian Cutler was with them in the late 70s. makes me old ?

[siandbezz]

Brilliantly fantastic music, love it!!

[wyliewoman2]

Just so fabulous - have seen them live a few times and nothing beats this!

[tommy3lions]

English till I die

[baxterUK123]

England forever!

[Gooseberry51]

Great performance.. we never see them in Holland nowadays.. pity

[bemisuk]

just shows you what they're capable of - amazing stuff.

[sonofbignose]

Man I love this video. I want a mandocello!!!!

[Glanllyn]

Can't quite catch what he says - Who is on double bass?

[sonofbignose]

Miranda Sykes (not sure if I spelt that correctly) - she's also got a fantastic singing voice

[bogwoppit66]

Yes some bands/artists just sound better live. SOH are definitely a live band. So is Jackie Leven, and Richard Thompson. Excellent thanks.

[rickmayers]

Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy from the Country Life album

[charliecurls]

Whats the second song??

[ArranzBlyth]

Its called The Falmouth Packet

[aliencheesemaker]

It's Tall Ships by Steve Knightley, then A traditional song called Adieu, sweet lovely nancy. THEN it's a tune called Falmouth Packet by Phil Beer.

[SHIPWRECKGAL84]

One of the songs in it is Haul Away Joe if your looking for specific songs in the medley

[CassyandCraig]

Thanks for posting this - good to see the songs again.

[mishmannah]

Listen to that....this is the VERY best sound they can create. Somehow the album versions of their songs seems to lose that live magic.

Thannkyou so much for posting this

[himfromthem]

Thank you so much for adding this, it's wonderful every time.