Before Martin’s Obit falls off the screen and now that all 3 of Jolly Jack have departed for who knows where, I thought I’d add in a few more references here. Does anyone know of Jolly Jack clips on YouTube?? Plenty of Martin Hall, but he seems to be a bloke who writes lots of Christian songs, RATHER THAN our JJ-er, and, there’s a Dave (Weatherall) and Martin (Hall) Channel – but with no content! (Dave & Martin's version of TWO YOUNG BRETHREN is amongst my all-time favourites.) Martin’s comp “I Never Knew” is here in the DigTrad : /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=58482#925905 Back in August 2016, I posted a coupla times on the “Long Time Travellin” thread, but it’s relevant to Martin and Jolly Jack, so if you’ll forgive me, I’ll repeat bits of it here : “I know this is an old thread, but as I noted in 2004 on one of the other related threads, this Sacred Harp hymn entitled "WHITE" achieved being one of my all-time favourite songs after hearing English group JOLLY JACK** sing it, replete with gorgeous male harmonies! I first heard it on Peter Bellamy's 1979 album "Both Sides Now" (with Waterson harmonies) and then was given a copy of Jolly Jack's heart-stopping recording for Fellside in 1988 (on "A Long Time Travelling" album). Ever after, I tried to weave it into the repertoire of a cappella harmony groups I sang with! Sad to say, my voice entered a dysphonic era in 2009 and that was the end of that dream :( Though I quite like The Wailin Jennys, I was a little .... ahem .... "surprised" (shall we say), to find The Net and YouTube [ in earlier times ], fairly swamped with young girlie "covers of their song", LOL! - no one mentions its true origins*** and very rarely does a male version come up for listening. Come All Ye Singing Blokes out there - seek out that Jolly Jack version of "White" and see how wonderful those bass harmonies can be - then help redress the balance on YouTube - PLEASE!! :):):) ***Sacred Harp 288 "White" / Roud 5732 "To Lay This Body Down" / Apparently called "White" in tribute to Benjamin Franklin White, the 1844 compiler of "The Sacred Harp" - composed by Elder Edmund Dumas. ** [ Dave Weatherall - lead vocals, concertina; Alan Taylor - lead vocals and vocals, fiddle,mandolin; Martin Hall - vocals, accordion, concertina, guitar ] Cheers! R-J"
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