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Burlesque is the first full-length album by Bellowhead. To describe Burlesque as a folk music is deceptive, as it sounds more like raucous circus music than Peter, Paul and Mary. The sound is so complex that you cannot tell whether it is wildly improvised or rehearsed. Jon Boden's vocals are both intense and anxious. Three of the tracks are bouncy instrumentals, written by the mainstay of the group, Spiers and Boden.
[edit] Personnel
- Jon Boden - lead vocals , fiddle, tambourine
- John Spiers - melodeon, anglo-concertina, backing vocals
- Benji Kirkpatrick - guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, banjo, backing vocals
- Andy Mellon - trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
- Justin Thurgur - trombone
- Brendan Kelly - saxophone, bass clarinet, backing vocals
- Gideon Juckes - sousaphone, tuba, helicon, backing vocals
- Pete Flood - drums, glockenspiel, Stomp Box, frying-pan, knives and forks, party blowers
- Rachael McShane - cello, fiddle, vocal
- Paul Sartin - fiddle, oboe, backing vocals, megaphone
- Giles Lewin - fiddle, bagpipes, backing vocals.
[edit] Track listing
- Rigs of the Time (Trad)
- Jordan (Daniel Decatur Emmett)
- Across The Line (Words: trad/ Tune: Milton Nascimento)
- London Town (Trad)
- Sloe Gin (Frozen Gin/ The Vinegar Reel/ The Sloe) (instr) (Spiers/ Boden/ Trad
- Courting Too Slow (Trad/Bellamy)
- Flash Company (The Yellow Handkerchief) (Trad)
- Hopkinson's Favourite (instr) (Trad)
- One May Morning Early (By The Green Grove) (Trad)
- The Outlandish Knight (Child 4) (Words: Trad/ Tune: Martin Carthy)
- Frog Legs (Fete du village)/ Dragon's Teeth (instr) (Trad/ Boden)
- Fire Marengo (Trad)
- Death and the Lady (Trad)
