User:Kentpatterson/Caedmon Acid Folk Rock

Caedmon Acid Folk Rock Band
1973 - 1978 Reformed 2008

'Caedmon', named after the Whitby Monk, performed throughout Scotland for five years in the 1970's featuring at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1976 and 1977, and in England's Greenbelt Festival 1977. Their eponymous album, a private vinyl pressing of 500 copies was made to celebrate their farewell concert in 1978. It features a translation of Caedmon's Hymn to original music. Over thirty years it has become a collectors' item commanding large sums in a world wide record collecting market. It and a second live album was released on CD by the Kissing Spell label in 1994. They are categorised as Acid Folk, Psychedelic Folk or Wyrd Folk alongside [Mellow Candle],[ Comus] and [Trees]. Andy Love (guitar), Angela Naylor (vocals) and Ken Patterson (cello, keyboards and guitar), veterinary students at Edinburgh University, formed the band for a Christmas concert in 1973. Simon Jaquet (guitar, mandolin and bongos) and Sam Wilson (bass and guitar) joined the trio in 1974 as Andy moved back to Aberdeen and left the band behind in the same year. Jim Bisset joined soon after introducing electric guitar to the mix. Their influences were Fairport Convention, Pentangle and contemporaries in the Christian music scene who visited Edinburgh: David Heavenor, Ricki Ross (Deacon Blue), Adrian Snell, Water into Wine Band. Almost exclusively, they wrote their own songs, exploring celtic, biblical and personal themes. Their instrumentation and arrangements are unconventional, perhaps reflecting the eclectic influences of the time, but rooted in English and Celtic traditional folk. Pure female lead vocals, fuzz and clean Strat guitar, cello, mandolin and agile bass guitar riffs typifiy their appeal.

External Link
s: www.caedmonsreturn.com and www.myspace.com/caedmonsreturn