Steeleye Span - Blackleg miner

[@PaulKasner]

That slap bass is sensational! And so is Maddy's delivery... five stars!

[@reginaldrusin9412]

Jau

[@billowyvilla]

The Span are still awesome. They still rock hard 40+ years later!

[@stylophobia]

Excellent band, massive in the early `70s, then undeservedly forgotten by the record companies when Punk came along. Steeleye deserve to be massive again !

[@mirrorblue100]

Amen

[@Epiphone100]

God that's a cracking version, 100 per cent pure Folk Rock, Steeleye still have it !!!!!

[@user-swanjubilee]

❤ One of my favourite folky tunes❤🎉🎉

[@richardwilton722]

Rick Kemp. Fantastic bass player.

[@mirrorblue100]

Nice upbeat treatment of the song - thanks.

[@jayehrlich9430]

as a Tull and giant fan how did i miss these guys / Amazing I heard alison gross on the radio last week and i remembered hearing it 40 years ago I LOVE THIS BAND@!!!!!!!!!!

[@mariojorgecaeiro]

Brilliant. Groove, precision, grace, subtle power. They OWN this song.

[@hereandthere4763]

Noooo. He does kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ_ZlJVmbdWbr68

[@stevewells8500]

i am 64 i saw steeleye span at cardiff castle early 70s with thin lizzy ,10 cc and loads more bands, maddy was a step above the lot.

[@AndrewRFord]

fantastic band and awesome song.. thanks

[@Paul-zq2jn]

Richard Thompson doing this solo is awesome

[@robibm2003]

Not really expecting slap bass licks on a Steeleye Span song, but this version definitely had its charms, not the least of which is Maddy is still a commanding presence and voice.

[@AllanBurnett67]

I love Rick's bassline on this song!!

[@AndrewRFord]

this is an awesome track... Love steel Eye Span and screw the haters

[@wishbass1]

the single baddest ass song from the English Folk Rock deal. Not to put down anybody else, but jeeezzum this song rocks.

[@stylophobia]

I`d have to say that at the time I supported the strike as a CPGB member and I didn`t know Steeleye had done this song as at the time I preferred The Clash and The Style Council. I thought that it took some sheer bravery for them to play this song in 1986. I`ve had the nice experience to chat with Maddy Prior since and see no reason to doubt her good intentions.

[@BardofCornwall]

Love it!

[@wulliestewart7551]

Magic😀

[@Serfuzz]

Blackleg Miner in slap. It's hard to imagine but this hits the spot.

[@BassistPaul]

Well, I've been a fan since '73 - saw them at Hammersmith in '75 and think this is brilliant! Great playing Rick, as ever (as a pro bassist, I have to say he influenced me considerably in my early days). With respect, banjometal's missing the point, I think - misguided critics were having a go at the "inappropriate" electric guitar in the early days - let alone the drums in "Now We Are Five". I agree with aussiepaul; they're just taking it on a bit. You can still listen to the original!

[@mrsterripurcell]

May not be as instantly in your face as the original but its still a marvelous track

[@janiquevaillot8554]

super bassiste. Merci

[@paulmoore3231]

One of my favourite bands of all time, but this version of an absolute classic is No No and thrice No !

[@gr06eg02du55]

Peter Knight gets better every time he plays. And he started good!

[@dfrantsev]

awesome!

[@alanmp160]

this drummer looks like mick fleetwood to me ! ace

[@felicerosser5400]

Cool.

[@jayehrlich9430]

Gentle Giant that is lol

[@EmpressOfWyoming58]

Without the banjo, this sung loses its wickedness.

[@fewbroth]

It's SEGHILL not Cleghill as Maddy should rightly know ....she sang the correct lyric on an album!

[@breakingbisley]

people can have ago at me for this. But i could never see them now as to me they brilliant in their time. However i now think they have passed their time,mainly for me when Tim left the band.!!

[@stylophobia]

The drummer here-Liam Genocky-used to drum with Gillan.

[@reginaldrusin9412]

Keine Frage,. 😅

[@steeleye56]

What is the source of this show? Is it available on DVD?

[@mickb44]

+W Scott Enochs Steeleye Span: The 35th Anniversary World Tour 2004 [DVD] [2007

[@mickigoe]

@atfatw It's not a scholarly intellectual "judgement" I was making - just a thought conceived in lust - ruff !!

[@KevKli3]

Music !!!

[@stylophobia]

Well I think this is how folk-rock about scab miners SHOULD be sung-what do you want, Whitney Houston ?

[@albatross7677]

Four people have had their necks stretched!

[@Welshman2008]

most scabs come from nottignham.

[@AbandonEarth911]

Yes and their pits are also long gone.

[@EdwardAveyard]

This was actually a bit of a myth. About 30% of Notts struck. Leicestershire had about 1% who struck throughout. South Derbyshire was much the same. As the latter two were small coalfields, they didn't feature as much in tactics.

[@phredd229]

What original?

[@mickb44]

+Phyllis Redd Steeleye Span: The 35th Anniversary World Tour 2004 [DVD] [2007

[@slartibartfast68]

@poodlewip Well, she turned me into a NEWT!!!! But i got better.

[@coramunroe]

Soo different from the original...

[@SunshineInWoods]

Flecky bassist!

[@KevKli3]

The electro guitar solos add nothing. Just sounds like filling time. Other than that : excellent version.

[@1928374365]

Sad to say not one of their best.....original was much more effective.

[@string071]

This version is rotten. Maybe you've forgotten the original version..

[@cackermuffin]

yeah, this version's pretty fucking odd. it's better if you don't watch them as you listen to it. some of the drumming's up there with the best live modern r'n'b and rap stuff - very much in the style of jay-z's live band (bars of double time, fills all over the shop, that kind of stuff - much more complex than the original). fair enough though, the bass is pretty rank and conspicuous. no slapping!!!!!

[@yolojcl1]

Couldn't agree more with String61, this is an abomination. Utter crap. Wow!!!

[@Antipole]

TERRIBLE FUNK SLAP BASS. I love Steeleye Span but this is terrible. I guess all bands do mistakes though :)

[@lxd1951]

I'm sorry but this is truly awful compared to the version on Hark The Village Wait. Almost pretentious.

[@AdrianTether]

terrible version of this song, slap base has no place in folk sadly and no banjo in this version :/