Dancing Did

Hailing from Evesham in Worcestershire, Britain, the Dance Did’s make of rustic rock and roll ‘n’ roll demonstrated you could compose songs in regards to the British countryside without embracing the comic design of the Wurzels or the Yetties. Dance Did had taken their name from ‘didicoi’ – usually recognized to town-dwellers as Gypsies. The music group comprised Tim Harrison (vocals), Martyn Dormer (business lead electric guitar, synthesizer, vocals), Roger Smith (bass) and Chris Houghton (drums). Produced in 1980, they released two singles on initial their own FRUIT AND VEGETABLES label, after that Stiff Information, before moving towards the ill-starred Kamera Information. Musically they resembled a married relationship from the Clash with Steeleye Period, but their accurate appeal lay within the imagery of Harrison’s lyrics, as proven in such game titles as ‘A Fruits Picking Illusion (YOUR DAY Bo Diddley Almost FOUND Evesham)’, ‘Badger Children’ – a special event of nation delinquents – ‘Ballad FROM THE Dying Sigh’ – an account that would not really end up being out of place in Fairport Convention’s repertoire – as well as the rousing ‘Wolves Of Worcestershire’. That the topic matter was of such a rural hue limited their appeal within the metropolitan areas to only cult following, making sure their eventual demise in 1983. Dormer became initial a clothes store owner then cellular phone salesman, while Houghton continuing part-time in pub cover music group the Bassetts, while carrying on to run market stall. Smith continued to review farming and performed intermittently with Tempo Essential oil, while Harrison utilized his graphical design degree to acquire work at Punch, after that Chat and Q mags.