John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris were a duo which achieved an enviable reputation in the British folk scene of the 1970s. Their repertoire focussed on English country music and songs. John recorded ‘Morris On’ with Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson and Barry Dransfield ushering a new appreciation of Morris music. The purely instrumental ‘Facing The Music’ was the duo’s fourth record for the Topic label and represents a high point of their recording career. The splendid tunes are drawn from a bewildering variety of sources; from rural musicians and from published tune books, from the Bahamas, from the Appalachians and from Orkney.
1 John Locke’s Polka / Three Jolly Sheepskins
2 Kettle Drum
3 Trip to the Cottage / Hunting the Squirrel / Jack of the Green
4 A Shelter in the Time of Storm / We Shall be Happy
5 Millfield / Saturday Night and Sunday Morn
6 Garrick’s Delight / The Flaxley Green Dance
7 Crocker’s Reel
8 Roast Beef / All Flowers in Broome
9 The Rope Waltz
10 A Cheshire’s Hornpipe / Black Mary’s Hornpipe
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