Jabberwocky is based bear Bicester in Oxfordshire. They got together in November 1988 as a "recreational" side, learning a dance (Runcorn) half remembered from a Bromyard Festival two years previously. They were the first mixed North-West side in the county and in 1990 decided to take it seriously (relatively) and chose their name to link with Oxford where Lewis Car roll wrote the "Alice" Books.

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The North West and Lancashire in particular has always been well blessed with talented writers, men and women, who can express themselves in verse and song in their own local dialects. Jack Benson writes and sings about life and knows the areas of ordinary local agriculteral talk, their lives and loves sadness and joys.

One of the most influential Folk/Rock bands of the seventies, born out of Lindisfarne, and brought forth a powerful style of Geordie roots music, without whippets or flat caps, which soon had the audiences flocking to see them, to watch and to listen, sing along with and dance to.

Jez plays guitar, dulcimer, cittern and harmonica. Jake plays hurdy-gurdy, dulcimer and guitar, they both sing and write their own original material. They have toured the world both as a duo and as solo artists and they are highly rated wherever they play.

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Jay has been involved in music for longer than he cares to remember, going from original folk music to country music in the late '70s from country to rock at the turn of the '80's through electro-pop (dry ice, audio-visual back drops, pyrotechnics!) in the eary '80s and back to doing cover versions at pubs and clubs in the late '80s, He has played every sort and size of venue up to and including audiences 20,000 strong.

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Jeff Warner and Jeff Davies are singers, musicians, folklorists and entertainers from the U.S.A., who perform the traditional music of North America. Multi-instrumentalists with a special feel for old time banjo and fiddle styles, they also play guitar, concertina and mandolin as well as other more unusual instruments such as jaw harp and nose flute.

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Jenny Shotliffe has been active on the North West folk scene for many years. Always keen to see that traditional skills are past on. Jenny was also instrumental in getting the "Youthquake" project up and running and was a youth organiser for the North West Federation of Folk Clubs.

One of the funniest Folk entertainers ever.. with a list of songs that go on and on such as, "Jobsworth", "Red velvet steering wheel covered driver" and "All along the South Coast", songs that by just hearing the title make you feel a chuckle coming on.

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Jez Lowe - as a well established songwriter and performer of many years' standing, Jez provides most of the material for the groups repertoire. All are talent musicians with years of 'Globe Trotting' and many recordings under their belts.

Lynette Eldon is a champion clog dancer. Her speciality is North East style of stepping, one of the most intricate of clog dancing styles. Jim Eldon is known to thousands of east coast holidaymakers asthe fiddleron the Bridlington pleasure cruises 'Yorkshire Belle' & 'Flamborian'.

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Whether hosting and event or performing in his own right, Jim Smith rapidly gets an audience in the mood with his wit and humour. He tells a good tale (some unprintable!) and can sing anything from traditional ballads to Bob Dylan.

Like his musical compatriot Hugh O'Donnell, Joe's family background is in the west of Ireland, and the music of County Sligo and Donegal is reflected in his repertoire on the Irish pipes and fiddle.Since settling in the North-East he has been very involved in both Northumbrian music and that of the Tyneside Irish community as a performer and teacher.

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A veteran of the folk scene, both as an accomplished singer and entertainer and as the driving force behind the prolific Sweet Folk All record label. Joe Stead has a huge repertoire of Folk Songs, Ballads and Sea songs/shanties that he has collected whilst travelling around Britain.

John Bond was born on a farm at Marton, Blackpool, started singing in the School & Church Choir and has not stopped since! Having played in Skiffle bands in the 50's and later with Distressed Gentlefolk, can be seen playing now with The Elderly Brothers and Fleetwood Mashers and solo in clubs throughout the area - John is the man behind The Falcon..
John released a CD in Nov 1999 - "Before It's Too Late" which is available from John or via the PI recordings section on the Folk around the Fylde Web section.

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These two talented and entertaining singer/songwriters have at last joined forces. Steve, originally with popular group "Usher's Well", is an accomplished guitarist and can turn his hand to playing Mandolin or Banjo. John sang with the Manchester group"Redmayne" for several years and plays Mandolin and sometimes Guitar. John & Steve are also members of the four part instrumental group "Feet in Mouths".

John Conolly's name is known wherever songs such as Fiddler's Green, Punch and Judy Man, and The Trawler Trade are sung. Since taking early retirement from his career in the library service, he has been able to reach audiences previously only familiar with his songs and present them in his own distinctive way. Jane Ludham has her own repertoire of traditional English and contemporary songs and can deliver a gentle ballad or powerful song with equal facility.

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John Greenwood is a witty and competent raconteur and comic with an incredible memory for words. If you think that his style is reminiscent of Keith Donnelly, you'd be right - Keith is John's hero.

John Kirkpatrick is one of the most well-known and popular performers on the British folk scene. He is widely regarded as England's leading exponent of "sqeezebox" instruments. His remarkable skill with accordion and concertina and melodeon has taken him from folk dancing to experimental rock music and a wide range of international recording collaborations.

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With Big Bill Broonzy as a major influence, his first album (1965) was heavily into blues guitar but with his second, a year later, he'd made some interesting shifts of emphasis. For one thing, he'd met a fellow guitarist - Bert Jansch; and for another, both had been knocked out by the work of guitarist Davey Graham. This new development reached its apogee with the formation of Pentangle in 1967.

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Imagine a snug corner of a pub with a warm fire and good friends gathering around. Imagine a rich, resonant voice starting a song and inviting everyone to join in, then imagine a room bursting with song. That's the sensation when Johnny Collins sings. Steeped in rich tradition of English folk songs, Johnny brings ballads, love songs, sea shanties, drinking songs and more to every concert.

Regarded by many as amongst the finest of singaround hosts, they are particularly well known for their entertaining delivery of shanties and other songs of the sea. Both Johnny and Jim are well known as solo artists.

In sharp contrast to the expected effect of "retiring" from teaching, Johnny seems to be working harder now than when he worked full time. Roped in to "help out" with music teaching for Gateshead on odd days, he now teaches two days a week. Local and National bookings still keep rolling in and along with his T.V. appearances, book writing, and record sessions there's no time to put his feet up

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A three piece harmony group, originally from the Manchester area. To compliment their singing ability they also play a wide range of instruments including, fiddle, English, Anglo and duet concertinas, guitar, accordian and mandola.

Jon Brindley has something to say and uses creativity, liveliness and versatility in his performances to help him say it. A talented musician and songwriter.

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Julie Felix, b.14th. June 1938, Santa Barbara, California. USA., the fragile folk child of the sixties, now the strong song woman of the nineties. Her voice, pure and powerful, reflects her story and will entertains and thrill us all into the millennium.

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