Trees (folk band)

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Trees (Bias Boshell is first on the left)

This article is about the British folk band. For the American one-man band see Trees (band).

Trees were a British folk rock band that existed between 1970 and 1973. During this short time, however, they did produce two studio albums, The Garden of Jane Delawney and On the Shore, both in 1970. Although largely ignored at the time, they are now considered one of the best bands in the genre. The style was of a folk rock genre first pioneered by Fairport Convention a few years earlier, though with heavier rock and psychedelic influences. Approximately half of their songs were takes on traditional folk songs with the others being penned by group leader Bias Boshell.

1 Personnel
2 Future influence
3 Samples
4 Discography

[edit] Personnel

Bias Boshell - Bass, Guitar, Some Vocals (and song writer).
Celia Humphries - Lead Vocals
Barry Clarke - Lead Guitar
David Costa - Acoustic Guitars
Unwin Brown - Drums

[edit] Future influence

The Trees' style of folk rock work would be cited as an influence on later artists of the genre^{[citation needed]} as well as some of the folkier end of the gothic rock movement of the late 1980s. All About Eve performed a cover version of "The Garden of Jane Delawney" as the B-Side to their single "What Kind of Fool".

In 2006, Gnarls Barkley sampled the band's version of "Geordie" on the title track of their debut album St. Elsewhere