Adge Cutler

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Adge Cutler was the original lead singer for the Scrumpy and Western band, The Wurzels.

Cutler was born in 1930 in Nailsea, North Somerset. He was the founder of the Wurzels, and spent his earlier years pursuing various jobs he would use as material for later songs, including road manager for Acker Bilk, working in a cider mill (Coates of Nailsea), and working on building a power station in North Wales. He spent a year in Spain working as an agent looking for property. During his time there he grew to love the country and the Spanish way of life, as well as becoming fluent in Spanish.

He was the lead singer of the band until his untimely death in 1974. He died when he crashed his MGB sports car on a roundabout in Chepstow, following a Wurzels concert. Cutler is buried in the graveyard of Christ Church, Nailsea.