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Martin Simpson

Martin Simpson, Towersey 2018
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About the artist

Martin Simpson (born 5 May 1953, Scunthorpe, England) is an English guitarist of some renown. In the 1970s he teamed up with legendary singer June Tabor; together they recorded three albums. By the age of 12 Simpson was playing guitar and banjo. In 1970, Simpson dropped out of college to become a full-time professional musician, touring folk clubs. In 1976 he recorded his first solo album "Golden Vanity". In the same year he opened for Steeleye Span on their UK tour.

Top songs

  1. Never Any Good
  2. Plains Of Waterloo / James Connolly
  3. She Slips Away
  4. Mother Love
  5. Louisiana 1927
  6. Pretty Crowing Chicken
  7. Lakes of Champlain
  8. Little Musgrave
  9. Batchelors Hall
  10. Diamond Joe
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  1. Dark Honey
  2. A Love Letter
  3. La Rivolte
  4. Blues Run the Game
  5. Duncan & Brady
  6. Boots of Spanish Leather
  7. The Granemore Hare
  8. The Keel Row
  9. Dark Swift and Bright Swallow
  10. Jackie and Murphy
  11. Shallow Brown
  12. I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes
  13. Dives and Lazarus
  14. Andrew Lammie
  15. The First Cut Is The Deepest
  16. First Cut Is the Deepest
  17. Horn Island
  18. Delta Dreams
  19. Come Down Jehovah
  20. Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
  21. Moonshine
  22. Shepherds Rejoice
  23. Masters Of War
  24. The Sheffield Apprentice
  25. Here's Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy
  26. Lorena
  27. Lowlands of Holland
  28. Lakes of Ponchartrain
  29. Palaces Of Gold
  30. Brothers Under the Bridge
  31. Molly As She Swings
  32. Kit's Tun / When a Knight Won His Spurs
  33. The Lover's Ghost
  34. Shawnee Town
  35. Air for Maurice Ogg
  36. Blue Eyed Boston Boy
  37. Fair Annie
  38. Rounding the Horn
  39. North Country Blues
  40. Polly on the Shore
  41. John Hardy
  42. Strange Affair
  43. Waly Waly
  44. Bold General Wolfe
  45. Kit's Tune / When A Knight Won His Spurs
  46. Love Never Dies
  47. Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man
  48. Betsy The Serving Maid
  49. Easy Money
  50. Leaves of Life
  51. Come Write Me Down
  52. Swooping Molly
  53. Fair Rosamund
  54. Banks of Sweet Primroses
  55. Lady Gay
  56. Stranger Song
  57. Thomas Drew
  58. Cruel Mother
  59. Little Liza Jane
  60. Neo
  61. Ridgeway
  62. The Four Angels
  63. Ghost In The Pines
  64. Brother Can You Spare a Dime
  65. The Coo Coo Bird
  66. Icarus
  67. Love Henry
  68. Look Up, Look Down
  69. Roving Gambler
  70. Sammy's Bar
  71. Banjo Bill
  72. In the Pines
  73. East Kentucky
  74. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
  75. One More Day
  76. Wayfaring Stranger
  77. Swannanoa Tunnel
  78. Richmond Cotillion
  79. One More Day / Boots of Spanish Leather
  80. Jamie Foyers
  81. Handsome Molly
  82. Believe Me If All These Endearing Young Charms / Waters of Tyne
  83. Sir Patrick Spens
  84. Living in the Country
  85. Granuaile
  86. I'll Fly Away
  87. The Princess Royal
  88. Bones and Feathers
  89. Some Dark Holler
  90. Trouble Brought Me Here

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