Group

Lindisfarne

UK folk & progressive rock band

From: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Active: 1970–2004
Rating: ★ 3 (1 votes)
Releases: 55

folk
british folk rock
art rock
folk rock
progressive rock

About

Lindisfarne are an English folk rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne established in 1968 (originally called Brethren). The original line-up comprised Alan Hull (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Ray Jackson (vocals, mandolin, harmonica), Simon Cowe (guitar, mandolin, banjo, keyboards), Rod Clements (bass guitar, violin) and Ray Laidlaw (drums).

They are best known for the albums Nicely Out of Tune (1970), Fog on the Tyne (1971) (which became the biggest selling UK album in 1972), Dingly Dell (1972) and Back and Fourth (1978), and for the success of songs such as "Meet Me on the Corner", "Lady Eleanor", "Run for Home", "Fog on the Tyne" and "We Can Swing Together".

From Lindisfarne (band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Rod Clements 1968–1975, 1976–1976, 1978–1990, 1994–2004, 2015–now · original member bass guitar, violin, slide guitar, mandolin, lead vocals
Ian Thomson 1990–2003, 2013–now bass guitar
Dave Hull‐Denholm 1994–2004, 2013–now guitar, keyboard, lead vocals
Alan Hull now
Ray Jackson now
Ray Laidlaw now drums (drum set)
Ian Thompson now bass guitar
Simon Cowe 1968–1973, 1976–1976, 1978–1994 · original member · former banjo, guitar, keyboard, mandolin
Ken Craddock 1973–1975 · former keyboard, lead vocals
Tommy Duffy 1973–1975 · former bass guitar
Marty Craggs 1984–1990, 1990–2000 · former background vocals, flute, saxophone, tin whistle, accordion
Steve Cunningham 1989–1995 · former electric bass guitar
Billy Mitchell 1995–2004 · former guitar, keyboard, lead vocals, harmonica