Jack the Lad

This offshoot of UK folk rock outfit Lindisfarne, comprising Billy Mitchell (guitar/vocals; ex-Callies), Simon Cowe (electric guitar/vocals), Ray Laidlaw (drums) and Fishing rod Clements (bass), was shaped in 1973. The quartet documented some rock and roll ‘n’ jig materials with Maddy Prior’s vocals, before Clements still left for program and production function. Ian Walter Fairburn (fiddle) and Phil Murray (bass; also Doonan Family members Music group and Hedghog Pie) had been recruited for The Aged Straight Monitor, a song routine of ‘Geordie’ electrical folk songs. Following the failure of the somewhat experimental task, the music group came back to philosophical great time materials, and, in 1976, agreed upon for United Performers Records. Cowe helped in the planning of Jackpot, but got left prior to the music group recorded the thick, commercial album, that was made by Tom Allom. Despite creating a devoted cult pursuing on the faculty and membership circuit, Jack port The Lad disbanded soon after Laidlaw’s departure to Radiator, playing several farewell gigs with Eric Green on drums. In 1993, after many CD produces, and Lindisfarne’s impending 25th wedding anniversary, Jack port The Lad re-formed in two forms: the initial music group, so when a festival work including Mitchell, Fairburn and Murray.