Mostly Autumn
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Mostly Autumn is a British band, producing music influenced at least by progressive rock, most obviously Genesis and Pink Floyd, and folk music.
Mostly Autumn was formed in the late 1990s. Their original lineup (as listed on their first album) included Bryan Josh (electric guitar, vocals, 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars, e-bow), Heather Findlay (vocals, tombourine, 6 string acoustic guitar), Iain Jennings (keyboards, vocals), Liam Davison (electric guitar, vocals, 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars), Bob Faulds (violins), Stuart Carver (bass guitar), Kev Gibbons (low whistle, high whistle) and Allan Scott (drums). Angela Goldthorpe and Che were credited as additional musicians, with the former becoming a regular band member later.
On their second album Allan Scott was replaced by Rob McNeil and for their third album in 2001 he in turn has been replaced by Jonathan Blackmore (no relation to Ritchie), while Andy Smith replaced Stuart Carver on bass.
The current line-up is Bryan Josh, Heather Findlay, Liam Davison, Angela Gordon (née Goldthorpe)) and Andy Smith (bass) plus Andrew Jennings (drums, and younger brother of Iain). They are also frequently joined by Olivia Sparnenn on backing vocals. Iain Jennings left the band at the beginning of 2006 to pursue his own musical ambitions and has put his own band. Breathing Space, together as well as contributing to projects by other artists. He released a solo album, Breathing Space, in late 2005. Ben Matthews of Thunder stood in on keyboards for the band's headline gig at the Baja Prog Festival in Mexico in March 2006. During the band's UK and Dutch spring 2006 tour keyboards were provided by Angela Gordon and Chris Johnson.
During 2005 Heather Findlay and Angela Gordon formed an acoustic side project called Odin Dragonfly. As such, they have made several live appearances but they have yet to release any recorded material.
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[edit] Trivia
- One of the well-known Mostly Autumn album characteristics is that the first song of a new record tends to literally begin from where the last song of previous album left off. The final seconds of the precursor albums last song are audible at the beginning before a smooth fadeout.
- Heather Findlay contributed to Arjen Lucassen's Ayreon project on The Human Equation album in 2004, singing the part of Love.
- Away from Mostly Autumn, Heather Findlay and Angela Gordon perform together as Odin Dragonfly (the name is an anagram of Findlay Gordon).
[edit] Members
[edit] Current lineup
- Heather Findlay
- Liam Davison
- Angela Gordon
- Bryan Josh
- Chris Johnson
- Andy Smith
- Andrew Jennings
- Olivia Sparnenn
[edit] Former members
- Iain Jennings
- Bob Faulds
- Stuart Carver
- Kev Gibbons
- Allan Scott
- Rob McNeil
- Jonathan Blackmore
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- For All We Shared (1998)
- The Spirit of Autumn Past (1999)
- The Last Bright Light (2001)
- The Story So Far (CD and VHS, 2001)
- Music Inspired by Lord of The Rings (2001)
- Passengers (2003)
- Storms Over Still Water (2005)
- Heart Full Of Sky (2006)
[edit] Anthologies
[edit] EPs and Singles
[edit] Live
- Live In The USA (2003)
- The Fiddler's Shindig (2003)
- Live At The Canterbury Fayre (2003)
- Live at the Grand Opera House (DVD, 2003)
- The Next Chapter (DVD, 2003)
- V Shows (DVD 2004, CD 2005)
- Pink Floyd Revisited (DVD 2005, CD 2004)
- Storms Over London Town (2006)
