People Open DS/UK/5164 Bellowhead (2004-2016) Bellowhead 2004-2016 English contemporary folk band Group (Mixed) DS/UK/13118 United Kingdom (formed) English Music Group; Folk Members: Jon Boden – lead vocals, fiddle, tambourine, shaky egg, thunder tube, kazoo, whistle John Spiers – melodeons, Anglo concertina, Claviola, kazoo, vocals, tambourine Benji Kirkpatrick – guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, tenor banjo, vocals, kazoo Rachael McShane – cello, fiddle, kazoo, vocals Paul Sartin – fiddle, oboe, slide whistle, kazoo, vocals Giles Lewin – fiddle, bagpipes Sam Sweeney – fiddle, English bagpipes, kazoo, vocals, whistle Pete Flood – percussion (including frying pan, glockenspiel, knives and forks, clockwork toys, megaphone scratching, stomp box, coal scuttle, party blowers, broomsticks, ratchet, Casio VL-tone, shakers and tambourine), vocals Gideon Juckes – sousaphone, helicon, tuba Ed Neuhauser – sousaphone, helicon, tuba, vocals Brendan Kelly – saxophone, bass clarinet, vocals Justin Thurgur – trombone, vocals Andy Mellon – trumpet, vocals Bellowhead was an English contemporary folk band, active from 2004 to 2016. The eleven-piece act played traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with arrangements drawing inspiration from a wide range of musical styles and influences. The band included percussion and a four-piece brass section. Bellowhead's bandmembers played more than 20 instruments among them, whilst all performers provided vocals. Their third album, Hedonism (2010), is the highest selling independently released folk album of all time, having sold over 60,000 copies and earning the band a silver disk. The band parted after their final gig at Oxford Town Hall in 2016. During the Covid-19 pandemic, they reformed for some lockdown online performances of their most popular tracks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellowhead (2021) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RAHeharper 3/27/2013 RAHeharper 12/6/2022 b09a3a44-45c4-4a95-8ced-79968642d3ab