John Jones, James O'Grady and Ian Telfer provided vocals and instrumentation on Chumbawamba's album A Singsong and a Scrap, and Oysterband provided vocals for the song "Hull or Hell" on The Boy Bands Have Won. James O'Grady ( Uilleann pipes, fiddle, flute, vocals) regularly appeared on the Oysters' albums and tours in the last few years. But recent releases Deep Dark Ocean, Here I Stand, Rise Above and Meet You There have seen the band return to a softer, more melodic sound, while recent tours under the banner The Big Session have seen the band offer exposure to several young, emerging folk musicians like Dan Donnelly, The Handsome Family, as well as veterans such as June Tabor. In the 1990s, the band adopted a more overtly political stance, recording the harder The Shouting End of Life and collaborating with Chumbawamba to record "Farewell to the Crown", released as the B-side of the Tubthumping single. Drummer Lee Partis (who for several years was billed only by his forename) replaced Russell Lax for 1992's Deserters before Holy Bandits in 1993 propelled the band to the forefront of a booming folk rock scene alongside bands such as The Levellers. Following this the band name changed to Oysterband. Subsequent albums included Ride, Little Rock to Leipzig and the June Tabor collaboration Freedom and Rain. Oysterband, Cropredy Festival, Oxfordshire, 12 August 2004Īfter the 1987 release Wide Blue Yonder Kearey left the band to be replaced by Chopper (real name Ray Cooper). Step Outside mixed self-penned songs, often with a political theme, with reworkings of traditional standards such as "Hal-an-Tow".
For the album Step Outside they added Russell Lax on drums. Cathy Lesurf subsequently left to join Ashley Hutchings' Albion Band, and Will Ward also departed so that by the time they recorded Lie Back and Think of England, the personnel had settled down to John Jones, Ian Kearey, Alan Prosser, Chris Taylor and Ian Telfer. When Chris Wood left the band to go travelling in Canada, he was replaced on bass guitar by returning founder member Ian Kearey. Will Ward – bassoon, recorders, crumhorn, keyboards.Ian Telfer – violin, English concertina, saxophone.Chris Taylor – guitar, bouzouki, harmonica, one-row melodeon, mandola.The line-up of the band changed over these albums. Subsequent albums, as "Oyster Band" (sometimes "The Oyster Band") were released on the band's own Pukka Music label: English Rock 'n' Roll: The Early Years 1800–1850 and Lie Back and Think of England, followed by Liberty Hall and 20 Golden Tie-Slackeners. Their first album, released under the Oyster Ceilidh Band name, was Jack's Alive (1980) on the Dingles record label. The name Oyster comes from the group's early association with the coastal town of Whitstable, East Kent, known for the quality of its oysters. The band formed in parallel to Fiddler's Dram, and under the name "Oyster Ceilidh Band" played purely as a dance band at first.
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