Biography
Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher is an English folk music duo, well known throughout their native county, Lincolnshire, both for their club work as a duo and as members of the Higgledy Piggledy band.
With a fine blend of voices (now mellowed by thirty or more years of singing together), their selection of songs encompasses both ancient and modern accompanied in traditional style on English and duet concertina, harmonium, and melodeon.
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The pleasure they get from singing is obvious and since the release of their debut album "Their Fine Array" in 1996, they have taken their music further afield in the UK in clubs from Cornwall to Lancashire and the North East and festivals countrywide.
They have been involved with Martyn Wyndham-Read's "Songlinks", appearing on the CDs and at the premiere concerts at Sidmouth festival and the CD launch concerts at Cecil Sharp House. Their fourth album "Fit For Reclining" received enthusiastic reviews and album number five "Acorn to Oak" is now available (see Discography)
Discography
...Their Fine Array BILDA 001
1. Mary Ellen Carter
2. Raglen Road
3. Cottage Well Thatched With Straw
4. Red Is The Rose
5. Starry Night
6. Along The Dock
7. Joe Peel
8. Green Grows The Laurel
9. Recruited Collier
10. Rolling Home
11. Buncloudy
12. Leaving Nancy
13. Farms Of Lincolnshire
14. Galway Shawl
15. Rose Of Allendale
16. Threescore And Ten
17. Farmer's Toast
Old Men & Love Songs BILDA 002
1. Stixwould Harvest Song
2. Wait 'til The Clouds Roll By
3. William Whaley's Lament
4. Ballerina
5. Lincolnshire Farmer
6. Rambling Boys Of Pleasure
7. Shores Of Jordan
8. Salt Of The Earth
9. Hooks And Nets
10. Twink's Song
11. Lullaby
12. Come Stranger, Come Friend
13. My True Love She Is Beautiful
14. Only Remembered
15. The Call And The Answer
Less Sprightly BILDA 003
1. Old Men Sing Love Songs
2. Susquehanna
3. Lost Sailor
4. Angels Of Lincoln
5. Female Drummer
6. Maggie
7. Foggy Dew
8. Five Bob Side Of The Street
9. Jenny On The Moor
10. English Ale
11. Follow The Drum
12. Come The Day
13. Baby Lie Easy
14. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
15. My Darling Girl
16. You And I
17. Weary Winter
Fit for Reclining BILDA 004
1. The Drift From The Land
2. The North Wall
3. Quiet Waters
4. If I Were A Blackbird
5. Westerdale
6. Days Like These
7. The Downhills Of Life
8. Young And Old
9. Prince Of Peace
10. Beyond The Distant Hills
11. Your Faithful Sailor Boy
12. I Find Your Love/Crossing Over
13. Love Is Life
14. Autumn Song
15. Parting Song
16. One More Before We Go
Acorn to Oak BILDA 005
1. Acorns
2. Courteous Travellers
3. A New Song To Sing
4. Give Me Love, Give Me Life
5. The Maid With The Smile In Her Eyes
6. End Of The Day
7. Another Mountian To Climb
8. Time Like The Tides
9. Sweet Is The Melody
10. Bide-a-While
11. The Sergeant Said "Son"
12. Sing For Me
13. The Miracle Of Life
14. The Brambley Lane
15. Flowers For Antonio
16. Till The Day Of My Returning
17. The Bard
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