Jack The Lad

Jack the Lad were a folk rock/electric folk group from North East England formed in 1973 by three former members of the most successful band of the period from the region Lindisfarne. They moved from the progressive folk rock of Lindisfarne into much more traditional territory and were in the mid-1970s something of a northern counterpart to bands like Fairport Convention. They have also been seen as part of an important roots movement, rediscovering traditional Northumbrian music.

After two highly successful albums, Lindisfarne's third album Dingly Dell (1972) was a commercial and critical failure and the band split with main songwriter Alan Hull going off to perform solo projects and eventually reforming Lindisfarne with a new line-up later that year.[1] The remaining members: Rod Clements (bass, violin, guitar, vocals), Simon Cowe (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals), and Ray Laidlaw (drums) formed Jack the Lad with former Lindisfarne member Billy Mitchell (guitar, banjo, vocals) Read more at Wikipedia).

Links to Peel
Jack The Lad are less well-remembered than Lindisfarne, who were far more commercially successful. Yet they did eight sessions for Peel's shows between 1973 and 1976, while Lindisfarne only appeared in session six times. This may have been because Jack The Lad were responsible for one of Peel's favourite tracks of the mid-1970s - their version of the traditional song "Gentleman Soldier" (previously recorded by Martin Carthy on his 1967 LP with Dave Swarbrick, "Byker Hill"), which he chose as his third favourite single of 1975 and described as "one of the most joyous records I've ever heard in me life".

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