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Thread #84018   Message #2942643
Posted By: GUEST
09-Jul-10 - 06:40 PM
Thread Name: Amity - Forgotten UK folk group
Subject: RE: Amity - Forgotten UK folk group
Hi all this is Colin - it's good the band is still remembered we actually broke up just after Colin Erwin announced the `Death of Folk Rock' in the Melody Maker and listed Amity, Fairport, et al saying wereare they now!. Nobody was buying albums, folk rock gigs were dropping off and it seemed there was no future in flogging a dead horse (can't remember the year but I think it was 75). Now, thanks to Fairport who battled on, there's been a complete resurgence and you've got new great artists like Seth Lakeman, Leatherat and great songwrites in the old tradition like Newton Faulkner. Back to Amity they were great days and if anyone wants copies of things either released or not my brother has everything so blog on. Put enough pressure on and maybe I'll get the ancients back for a few more gigs - please provide the zimmer frames.