Steeleye Span at Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2018

Steeleye Span performing on the Bellstone stage at Shrewsbury Folk Festival.
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[@vs938]

I am nigh 74 years old and I have loved their music all my adult life. it's not long until I depart, I hope their music sees me out. God bless you all.

[@Robinwhiteart]

Me, also.

[@neilhewitson1617]

I'm just a littl younger. I found them in 1980 and have been listening to them ever sincr. It was the "All around My Hat" album. Since I was living in San Diego, California, English Folk Rock was not all that popular on the radio. Thank goodness for Tower Records!

[@curtishaughton-wilson4766]

i hope you're still with us. I was born in 88, my dad played this to me all the time and i've been to see them numerous times, i prefer their early stuff, as does my 12yo son :) sadly dad passed 3 years ago but we live on in the music

[@vonBottorff]

After finding FC's L&L the English folk floodgates opened. FC and SS (and others) took over my Colonial life. And so I would play FC and SS to my fellow Colonials and some would be deer in headlights, but some would immediately start to jump around in a sort of wild dancing.

[@DebbieSkolnik]

This newest lineup is just wonderful. So grateful that Maddie is still at the helm but kudos to all the other band members. What a great set!

[@annejones597]

I was sitting in the audience for this. [Smug smile]

[@davewilliams3315]

I fell in love with this band in the early 70's, and they've never disappointed. All hail!

[@daveadams506]

Same here. Where did that time go...

[@jappychap2003]

Blimey! I must have been in love with Maddy for about 50 years now. She's aged better than me.

[@camjugmith]

you and me brother.

[@maryraab9066]

You have great taste in women! ;)

[@rickhaley779]

@@camjugmith That makes three of us

[@petrolhead1960]

Count me in, chaps!

[@iainfoxell8543]

@@petrolhead1960 Could be her groupie no trouble at all.She's wonderful

[@gmolorin13]

I believe it was 1974 when I heard Steeleye for the first time. My roommate in a house in Denver, whose name was Gary Drury, told me that they were coming to town for a show. His sister was married to Peter Knight. We got passes to the show, and I was amazed. I'd never heard anything like them, taking old English, Irish, and Scottish lyrics and making folk rock songs...they were and are so good...I've bought and kept all their albums, and would love to see them again, and am so glad they are still playing together...we partied pretty hard in their hotel that night...I'll never forget!

[@hectorandjudidesautels1457]

They are still sounding amazing. I have been a fan since 1970.

[@SPARKY102950]

So have I. I first heard them on ktlk radio in Denver in 1071.

[@edblues45]

Me too!

[@roberttreborable]

Me Too...

[@januszgierlak6056]

Liam Glenockey what a drummer !!!! One of the best drumers ever and still going strong.

[@qdaveq6597]

Absolutely right!

[@jimmymalone9139]

Liam a good IRISHMAN. BEST VOICE THEY HAD GAY WOODS IRISH TOO AND MARTIN CARTHY

[@thomasstackhouse8778]

Still sound great, first saw them in Allentown, PA in 1973.

[@susanbriscoe9267]

I can hardly remember when I didn't know Steeleye Span. My second cousin (much older than me) was a part of the British folk scene in the late 60s and I heard Maddy, Tim, Ashley and the original lineup from a very early age (c1970). I've followed them in all their reincarnations, and they are always superb. A real treat was Tim Hart coming on to do a solo spot an an into to their show in Rhyl c. 1997. I was there with a technician friend, Guy from Theatr Clwyd, and we met Maddie in the bar just before the show opened. She said we shouldn't miss the support act. Tim was wonderful. Among the songs he sang was his 'Dancing at Whitsun'. Magical. Benji is a fantasic addition to Steeleye's line up, and folk royalty to boot! I hope I can see them many more times in future.

[@stuartbarker6508]

Maddy is a national fucking treasure! How is she not a dame?

[@jimmymalone9139]

And as a brit you have to profane. A credit to britain.

[@pressgangdamian]

I totally agree,

[@pressgangdamian]

about being a Dame

[@Wotsitorlabart]

@@pressgangdamian Well she was awarded the MBE for services to folk music so, some recognition there.

[@pressgangdamian]

@@Wotsitorlabart Yes indeed. I think it was Eliza Carthy being awarded that got me, I'm not convinced there. But Maddy did so much to switch people onto the the folk song culture and history, in her own way, not on her Dad's shoulders.

[@WolffBachner]

Truly one of the world's great treasures, Steeleye Span.

[@andrewgreener]

I heard their song 'All around my hat' on radio today, and loved it. So, I have to confess I only discovered them in June, 2020, but love their sound.

[@philchappell6831]

This is a great concert. Steeleye Span are one of the most important bands this country has ever produced.

[@vonBottorff]

I thought they were British.

[@reginabillotti]

@@vonBottorff They are

[@csnelling4]

Lawrence Bottorff there maybe some English in there !!!

[@tankthelord1178]

Hey Phil, my surname is Chappell also Karl is my first name, nice one.

[@machendave]

"Tyger" Hutchings has founded most of them..

[@cyelannford4735]

Thank God for these people... Music one never forgets!!👋👋

[@davisbliss2739]

Love it all, and have for too many decades.

[@robinjones6999]

I can watch liam Genockey drum all day - genius

[@martyquinn3684]

Liams a legend

[@BlackWhirlies]

Probably the most under appreciated rock/folk/prog drummer.

[@mike.47]

One you catch the Steeleye Span bug, you are never cured.

[@georgeassimacopoulos7256]

I think that their sound is absolutely fantastic!

[@andygaines9686]

It's amazing. Maddy is not only the only original member but also the only one left from the "hits" line up, and yet it is unmistakably them (and not just Maddy's voice either) Nice to see to that ex member John Kirkpatrick's son is now in the band

[@Doviderus]

These Spans deserve a DVD .Amazing.

[@alexkawamartins8548]

Steeleye Span simply...FOREVER!!! From Portugal we love all of you!

[@BeasleyStreet]

Class is permanent...any band that continues after all that time...you have to admit it is awesome

[@samissomar]

One of the greatest Bands of Folk Rock...Masters !...

[@nickrowland1904]

This the best Steelye Span concert I have seen. The fiddle player is amazing.

[@briane5706]

Maddy is Steeleye Span. Very impressed with the current band, highly proficient and energetic. The fiddle player is awesome.

[@357HFC]

Maddy is the front for Steeleye Span, Pobably not the same without Her. Love their music, great musos.

[@pjeffries180]

@@357HFC They managed just fine for 5 years when she left! Temporarily...

[@folkme3042]

@@pjeffries180 I agree completely.I am a huge fan of Maddy's solo work and everything she has done with Steeleye Span but Gay Woods did a magnificent job when Maddy left for a while. Horkstow Grange and Bedlam Born are two of their most underrated albums in my opinion.

[@thejoin4687]

@@folkme3042 They're both fantastic albums. Horkstow is a great roots album and Bedlam is deep and creative.

[@folkme3042]

@@thejoin4687 Absolutely! I've got to start playing them more often.

[@paulgarratt-proctor5629]

Regardless of new members etc, it has to be said, a lot of bands get to this point in their career and require a LOT of support from session players and backing singers etc OR they are a car crash. THIS BAND IS INCREDIBLE!! The live sound has matured like a fine wine and it's literally THE BAND on the stage performing this superb music!! I'm a late comer to Steeleye Span and I'm vexed to have missed so much over the years but glad to know they really are still at the top of their game and going strong. They are HIGH on my list of artists to see live as soon as possible. The more I'm discovering about them, the more I'm loving them.

[@michaelandrews4403]

0:57 - Maddy says, "Turn my vocals up, idiot." Who could disagree? I saw Maddy Prior, in concert, in Colchester, Essex, UK, more than a decade ago; off the scale brilliance. You can't get tired of that voice.

[@MrCoveralls]

😄 Born on a farm on an island in Western Norway back in 1962. You do the math in terms of how long I have loved them! ❤️🌈🇳🇴

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Oh, how I love this band! It is so great to see this concert (2022) and that the band is rolling on!

[@alistaircheyne7219]

As brilliant as always. Thrilling, great arrangements, ever fresh, new and innovative. Britain's first and best Folk rock pioneers par excellence. Saw them first in Aberdeen at Capitol cinema early 70's , several times here in Australia - like Maddie's voice, they just get better with the years. Had the pleasure to speak with Maddie (solo gig and Tivoli Brisbane) and Rick Kemp (at Twin Towns, NSW) after almost all of these unforgettable nights - so genuine, warm and funny, no superstar pretensions, lovely people and wonderful artists.

[@andreaduncan1042]

I saw them at the Capitol too, the one and only time I saw them though I picked up a few albums over the years.

[@regardez403]

wish I'd been there....Maddy is still the goddess!

[@massimogiuntini1]

Knowing that there are still Steeleye Span, and in such good shape, is something healing somehow, expecially nowadays. Thanks very much

[@jamesbaskerville9800]

I love the blend of legends and new blood in this band.

[@philipdutton9435]

One of my favourite groups of all time, and I followed them live since the 70s

[@KevinBallmerMusic]

Steeleye Span Forever!!!

[@davidsnowdon3144]

Best folk band of all time ⏲️ without a doubt absolutely class 👏

[@ronbartholomew9456]

hi dave like you i have allways like this group,,, but do you feel that now that natural charm as died in the group, maddy as lost that constant smile and humour, i know age must be a factor, but for me the magic of this group as gone i am now 78 years old, god bless dave.

[@davidculmer1520]

Saw them in Margate at the end of 2019. Maddie’s voiceis as pure as ever.

[@kurtklingklang5918]

David Culmer I think you need some new headphones.

[@SPARKY102950]

I first heard this group in 1973 when I was living in Denver Colorado prior to joining the Army. I am so pleased to see that they are still performing.

[@donpaladino]

I had the very good fortune to see these folks perform when they opened for Jethro Tull in 1973 in Denver, Colo. Their opening really got my attention. They were all simply standing in a row, wearing robes and hoods, with the only lighting being a spotlight on each one. They began singing with this amazing harmony, a capella, a song that sounded to my young ears like it was centuries old. After maybe maybe a minute, they threw off their robes, all the stage lights came up, and they launched into this fantastic high energy thing with, I think, Maddie leaping back and forth on the stage.

[@shaunlowthian213]

The spirit of Swarbrick is within Jessie May

[@stewartchristie3408]

Maddy is still dancing 😁 what a brilliant band. Best folk rock band of all time. The last two albums are as good as they've ever done ✅ How many bands of their longevity can say that? None I suspect. Magnificent stuff!

[@Mindsi]

Fairport🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@stewartchristie3408]

@@Mindsi Mighty fine band indeed but not the same without Sandy and Swarbs! Good shout though 👍

[@bdwfh02]

Some singers loose their voice as they get older but Mady's just gets better. Fantastic!❤

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

Let’s not become delusional! Maddy’s voice has deteriorated over the years, as it would and should naturally, due to age (she’s in her 70’s). She cannot achieve the higher pitch that typified her singing in the 1970s and 1980s. She is still a very good singer.

[@davisbliss2739]

Breathing

[@23theseeker50]

Love Steeleye Span got really into this music great musicians they can certainly play Maddie Prior still brilliant don't ever retire Maddie you are a national treasure just like the late much missed Sandy Denny. [P.S. LOVE THE LADY VIOLINIST]

[@aweebunny]

Bloody 'ell. It's the Span!

[@paulbaxter7985]

Brilliant concert, superb line-up, Jessie May Smart awsome

[@JesseMcCormack]

WOOHOO! I love it. Fantastic selection of all eras of their repertoire. I won't complain if they're still around after another 50 years...

[@user-hn6sk5fw4g]

Only two songs in and there seems to be more energy due to the new members. Very impressed with the new blend and original band members. Thanks so much for posting this; it is great!

[@fandeplici]

I was introduced to SP in 1981 when studying in Crewe. I bought the album Below the salt. Still my favourite album. Still a huge fan.

[@jublaim]

What an absolutely fantastic band!

[@veronicadansereau2792]

I love how this was filmed! Getting to see each of the musicians up close was so great.

[@Hagarviking]

Jessie Mae's fiddle playing in "When I Was On Horseback" is superb

[@interested-q4d]

As always it's reassuring to know steel eye span is around,great version of old woman of wexford.

[@peterbuckmaster581]

Thank you for putting this up! I can never have enough of Steeleye Span! I miss the old crew but this line-up brings it plenty.

[@jamescattanach1129]

Nice to see new blood and, dare I say it, a better sounding band. Great show and thank you for sharing. A long time fan

[@bwanna23]

They did a great job re-inventing themselves.

[@PaulErlandsonArt]

Fantastic!!

[@bradjohnson169]

If they ever come back to Toronto, I'd see them in a heartbeat! Great stuff

[@jeffreylemal7432]

I've only seen steeleye span once.it was at the madison square garden in the late eighties with fairport convention steeleye span and rennasaince.talk about a dream line up.

[@macluit]

The beginning of proza and symphonic rock !

[@davidlomax8838]

Really enjoyed this, I've liked this band ever since I was a small boy and first heard them (I was 8 or 9 at the time), I went into Woolworths the following day and asked the woman at the record counter if they had a copy of "All Around My Hat"? She looked at me as if I was mad and asked me if I was sure that I had got the title right, it was years later when I finally bought a Steeleye album that I finally got to hear that song again!

[@goldenoriolesilverbirch8220]

'All around my hat' was the first folk rock song I remember ( 62 ) but my toes keep tapping every time I hear it since.

[@joernschramm8483]

It's been so long ago that I last heard from Steeleye Span. I guess, Germany is not the main country for British folk rock. Just by chance, a few days ago, I came across their name again. And here I am, enjoying every chord I hear. I had never thought they were still performing. Thanks for a great show!

[@dorodogs]

We went to England three times in the past years to see them. Autobahn, Tunnel, concert, B&B, Tunnel, Autobahn...crazy but great !

[@truebluewonderful1139]

I could've written exactly your words, but Germany replaced by the Netherlands.... Also this week! How is it possible.

[@lesterpaul9657]

Nevertheless I saw some sold out folk rock shows in germany. There was an audience in the 70' s and 80' s for folk and folk rock music. Talkin' about Fairport Convention, Strawbs, Pentangel, Clannad, Waterboys, Levelers etc.

[@evelynshore9489]

Loved them since the 70’s and I heard Misty Moisty Morning.

[@brianlazor6704]

Mind-blowingly incredible music, thank you all so much!

[@nicholashuggins8233]

Absolutely amazing! I just watched the entire video 3 times.. Everybody on stage brings it 100%. I can't remember when I enjoyed a performance this much. Joyous! Thank you.

[@pimderuiter4864]

Jessie May Smart = Top of the bill

[@camjugmith]

I have loved this band since the 70's. Got to see them when I lived in Oz in the late 80's! Thank you for the upload!

[@theoveenhof5558]

Great! Maddy's enchanting voice even became more beautiful with the years. And very special: Lev Tolstoy on drums!

[@russs7574]

All these years later....same beautiful voice.

[@aprilonpot]

excellent thanks for posting love it

[@robinholmescnx]

If there's a better band I don't know it. It always makes me happy to hear them.

[@notmune]

Saw them the First time in the late seventies at the Netherlands Lochem Open Air Festival. Great fan... listen al their songs very regular and going to their 50th year concert at Tilburg November the 15th

[@GLFlacco1968]

Yay, Steeleye Span! I still have a few of their albums from the 1970s.

[@stevenbatley8666]

Fabulous Band,never ages❤

[@nicolayoung8321]

Saw them in eastbourne 1 month ago. I love them. Just get better and better.

[@leesmith3560]

Saw SS at Newark, Notts March 2019. As a long time fan I thought that the band had not suffered from its changing line up. Maddie seems to hold it all together. She said the band is like a bus, with passengers getting off and on.

[@23theseeker50]

MAGGIE'S ENJOYING HERSELF HERE BLESS HER.

[@brotherthor8699]

I wish that I had made a career in folk music like this.

[@brotherthor8699]

Back-up Vocals and percussion.

[@TezzRah]

You heal my soul

[@garyhardman8369]

Wow - I only knew this group for 'all around my hat'. Little did I know the depth of the talent...

[@geoffbaker4452]

Indeed , such a shame so many people think the Hat song is all they really ever did. So much more...

[@nygelmiller5293]

I saw Steeleye Span when they first started, and they were both original, and fantastic! If I'm correct, from to time they had personnel changes. They were never quite sparkling TILL NOW! Back on top! And now , quite without losing the original style, they have succeeded in adding a rocky "edge" too. This instantly makes them my favourite band!

[@alexkawamartins8548]

Extraordinários como sempre. Steeleye Span património eterno do Folk e de todos aqueles amantes da música! Forever and Ever!!!

[@pentangle4444]

Have heard Cruel Sister for years with Pentangle, first time hearing Cruel Brother! Jessie Mae Smart has been playing the violin since age 4 and is fantastic here in concert. Have not seen Allison Gross performed live in years. All Around My Hat always brings joy and rememberance of all the concerts in which Maddy danced around the stage. The drummer also played with John Martyn I believe. I do miss Tim Hart from those early duos with Maddy.

[@apollomemories7399]

If Genockey did, it can't have been too often. Arran Ahmum was his regular drumer, Jeff Allen before him and John Stevens before Jeff. I saw more Martyn gigs than had hot dinners and never saw Genockey with Martyn.

[@pentangle4444]

@@apollomemories7399 Genockey played on John Martyn's Sunday's Child Album 1975

[@billpriester7538]

Ya haven’t missed a beat in all these years! Top shelf dear lass!

[@karlmylnere5712]

Interesting lineup , such possibilities , hope they continue as such.

[@General.Longstreet]

Just fuxxing amazing music! Pardon my French 😀💖

[@vladimirhendrix4284]

One of my favorite bands

[@bwanna23]

I've been listening to this band for fifty years. Watched Maddy go from maiden to matron to crone. Blessed Be!

[@dinerouk]

Not sure she'd like last one!

[@jimglover9232]

asshole

[@folkme3042]

Are you actually a fan because that was such a disrespectful comment about Maddy?

[@bwanna23]

@@folkme3042 I've been a fan since their inception. Is maiden disrespectful? Is matron? Why should crone be disrespectful? It's the natural progression of a magickal female, (sometimes called a witch) and there's nothing derogatory about it. I don't think Maddy would be offended. She would probably just laugh and do a "hokus-pocus" gesture with her fingers. I love what she has brought to this world.

[@Wotsitorlabart]

@@bwanna23 A crone is an ugly old woman - that's the definition. You can attach all that 'magick' cobblers to it but in effect you are saying she is old and ugly. I think any woman would be offended to be called a crone.

[@nicolayoung8321]

Absolutely love Benji.

[@anglicanbeachparty]

Amazing, as always!!

[@PCTECHJBAY]

Awesome thank you! Love Steeleye Span!

[@mccypr]

At least the second time that I’ve watched this. Absolutely fantastic!!! Thanks so much!✌️🌞😎🎻

[@tankthelord1178]

Nice to meet most of you at Spudoid and Zoe's wedding, great night - my Wife (Denise) and I had a magical time, Spudoid - you are da man.

[@drumhd1]

Brilliant!!

[@januszgierlak6056]

Maddy 's had it all - a sweet and endearling personality and spectacularly gorgeous looks ! A dream woman in every respect.

[@mccypr]

Fantastic!!! Thanks much!

[@travisfletcher9078]

Fantastic 😊 just brilliant.

[@thoughtful_criticiser]

All around my hat. Chartered in 1975 probably before the violinist was born but the timelessness of the song and music makes Steeleye Span a legend. Which category they be placed is for the listener but a legend they no less be. Exquisite is their music and entertainment.

[@isgray]

Whoa!. Cartwheel, cartwheel, cartwheel. Just awesome.

[@igalflint]

Bless you . Bless you again and again!

[@rolandcolyer5199]

Absolutely lovely to see the entire audience singing 'hat'. It was like watching a devout congregation! 😂 The old technical Guy.

[@vincentbogan5320]

I loved them as well from Below the Salt on. Maddy was great on "Never too old to R & R" w/ J. Tull. Won't hold my breath for them touring on this side of the pond. Great line up too.