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CodeDS/UK/17194
NameThe Albion Band (1971-2014)
Variations of NameAlbion Country Band | The Albion Dance Band | The Albion Christmas Band
Dates1971-2014
GenderGroup (Mixed)
Place of Birth/OriginEngland (formed)
RelationshipsAshley Hutchings - founder

Past Members:
Steve Ashley, Francis Baines, Phil Beer, Martin Bell, Dave Bland, Joe Broughton, Pete Bullock, Bill Caddick, Simon Care, Martin Carthy, Alan Cave, Dolly Collins, Shirley Collins, Lol Coxhill, Trevor Crozier, Sue Draheim, Barry Dransfield, Howard Evans, Trevor Foster, Michael Gregory, Tony Hall, Sue Harris, Melanie Harrold, Keith Hinchcliffe, Eric Hine, Ashley Hutchings, Nic Jones, John Kirkpatrick, Chris Leslie, Cathy Lesurf, Alan Lumsden, Neil Marshall, Dave Mattacks, Julie Matthews, John Maxwell, Steve Migden, Doug Morter, Gillie Nicholls, Ken Nicol, Simon Nicol, Philip Pickett, Roger Powell, Maddy Prior, Brian Protheroe, Jean Pierre Rasle, Ashley Reed, Tim Renwick, Andy Roberts, John Rodd, Colin Ross, Ric Sanders, Steve Saunders, John Shepherd, Martin Simpson, John Sothcott, Roger Swallow, John Tams, Graeme Taylor, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Eddie Upton, John Watcham, Lal Waterson, Mike Waterson, Dave Whetstone, Chris While, Kellie While, Ian Whiteman, Royston Wood, Pete Zorn
BiographyThe Albion Band were a British folk rock band, originally brought together and led by musician Ashley Hutchings. Considered one of the most important groupings in the genre, it has contained or been associated with a large proportion of major English folk performers in its long and fluid history.

The one constant in the band’s history has been the band leader Ashley Hutchings, founding member of arguably the two other pre-eminent English folk rock groupings Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span, and it has been the home for most of the projects of his long and highly productive career, though in the 2011 incarnation of the band he has handed over the reins to his son Blair Dunlop.

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