If anyone is interested, Threads was the last album Alistair Russell was on. It was my first introduction to the band and I was hooked immediately. The tape was a gift from a woman who visited the park I was working at at the time. I was intrigued by the sounds emanating from her (air-conditioned!) car and asked her what she was listening to. A conversation about traditional music followed and I pointed her to the Chocolate Church. I never saw her again, don't know her name, but when she left the park, she dropped the tape off at the fee collction booth with instructions to "give it to the ranger who was there earlier." Whoever she was, I thank her every time I listen to The Battlefield Band. However, my favorite member will always be Davy Steele.