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This band are from wigan, originally the tansads but now merry hell, I was going to have fiddle lessons from their fiddle player at one point, the tune is their own they have several albums out and have played at a lot of festivals including glastonbury a few years back, the accent of the singer is wigan, they are in the mold of the pogues and the levellers.
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@stringy That was fun! Fun to listen to and watch.
It is funny how some voices work together. The lead male and lead female voices really work well together.
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They have mellowed a bit now, I was actually at that gig right in the middle of the madness
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Cool. It was fun to watch and listen to.
Thanks for that post.
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Had not heard of them!
Interesting... the OP video is Tansads playing before the breakup & long hiatus. When some regrouped to form Merry Hell, appears there was a HUGE change in style - leaning more Folk-like.
AND, it's when fiddle was added!
Wiki listed Neil McCartney as 'Merry Hell's' first fiddler - Simon Swarbrick as the current fiddler.
Neil McCartney also played fiddle with the smaller group, 'Virginia Kettle and the Dreamkeepers' (all were Merry Hell members). Didn't find any solo videos or albums by Neil.
Simon Swarbrick has 2 albums, 1 trad, 1 not (like them both).
From Simon Swarbrick's 'Oyster Girl' album - Princess Margaret’s Fancy and The Mucking o’ Geordie’s Byre.
Example track from her 2023 'Traits' album - Sienna.
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