Robin Williamson & His Merry Band - Port London Early [American Stonehenge]1978
American Stonehenge is a folk album released in 1978 by Robin Williamson and his Merry Band. This album was produced by Robin Williamson and engineered by Dirk Dalton at Dirk Dalton Recording, Santa Monica, California, in December 1977.
Personnel:
Robin Williamson - vocal, guitar, percussion, alto flute, hunting horn, swanee whistle, Jews harp, mandolin, mandocello, Glenlivet bottle
Sylvia Woods - celtic harp, glockenspiel, harpsichord, kazoo, vocal
Chris Caswell - flute, metal-strung harp, accordion, jug, cheeks, animal noises, whistle, bagpipes, bodhran, vocal
Jerry McMillan - violin, piano, viola, animal noises, vocal
with
Pete Grant - six-string and ten-string dobro
Dirk Dalton - bass guitar
Stu Brotman - bowed bass
Louis Killen - concertina
This is beautiful. Thanks so much for posting this. It's great that Robin stayed true to his calling- expanded, deepened his devotion to folk forms(but with a freedom and imagination) and didn't bother trying to dress up his music in whatever was in vogue at a given moment.
written12 9 months ago