Going back a bit (I don't have daily access to the computer): Mike, It sounds like the later stages of Chester Waytes. Andy was with us for quite a while, and it was through him bumping into Bob and Ann somewhere that they joined us. We played as a 7-piece band, mainly playing Elizabethan/Jacobean town band and consort music. But after a couple of years, David, who played the top lines, got a job in Orkney (he now runs the EMS website), and I went off to do a college course in London. I had been playing the bass lines, so although the group carried on playing together in a more limited way, with me joining them when I was at home, it wasn't the same. Eric got involved at that time, and by the time I finished the course, I found that they had sort of resettled themselves, and I didn't seem to be required. I've not been involved regularly in early music since, although the odd engagement has cropped up, and two or three of us have managed to get together. I miss it. Playing Shawms and sackbuts is almost as much fun as you can have without getting locked up (I don't think they can lock you up for it, can they?).
Les/Mike, I'm on at Chorlton on 14th Feb. J.K.