steeleye span…

I went along to St George’s last night to see the Folk Revival band Steeleye Span. They were established in late 1969, when London-born bass player Ashley Hutchings departed Fairport Convention (another of my favourites) - the band he had co-founded in 1967. The marvellous Maddy Prior is the only surviving member of the original band.
They’re currently on their 50^th Anniversary Tour (somewhat disrupted/delayed by Covid – some people had bought tickets for this concert 3 years ago!) so, as you might imagine, the vast majority of the enthusiastic audience were ‘seniors’ like me (understatement)! The band still makes a great sound.
Maddy Prior can STILL sing wonderfully well (albeit her voice is somewhat deeper these days) and the very impressive singer/violinist, Jessie May Smart, was able to fill in on those old high notes (eg ‘Gaudette’)!
It proved to be a brilliant evening – hugely enjoyable.
Photo: on stage at St George’s last night.