Son of Morris On is an electric folk

Electric folk

Electric folk is the name given to the form of folk rock pioneered in England from the late 1960s, and most significant in the 1970s, which then was taken up and developed in the surrounding Celtic cultures of Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man, to produce Celtic rock and its...

 album released in 1976 under the joint names of Ashley Hutchings

Ashley Hutchings

Ashley Stephen Hutchings is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band...

, Simon Nicol

Simon Nicol

Simon John Breckenridge Nicol is a guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founder member of British folk rock, or electric folk group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band...

, John Tams

John Tams

John Tams is an English actor, singer, songwriter, composer and musician.- Folk musician :John Tams was a member of Derbyshire folk group Muckram Wakes in the 1970s, then worked with Ashley Hutchings as singer and melodeon-player on albums including Son of Morris On, and as a member of the...

, Phil Picket

Philip Pickett

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, Michael Gregory, Dave Mattacks

Dave Mattacks

Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician, and as a performance artist...

, Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins

Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBE is a British folksinger who was a significant contributor to the English Folk Revival of the 1960s and 1970s...

, Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days...

, John Watchem, John Rodd, The Albion Morris Men, Ian Cutler, and the Adderbury

Adderbury

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 Village Morris Men.

Like the previous Morris On

Morris On

Morris On is a folk/rock album released in 1972 under the joint names of Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Dave Mattacks, John Kirkpatrick and Barry Dransfield...

(1972) and subsequent "Descendant Of" Morris On albums, it features English Morris dance

Morris dance

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 tunes and songs, played with a combination of traditional instruments (concertina, melodeon, fiddle, etc.) and modern ones (electric guitar, bass, drums). In common with later records, dancers complete with bells and sticks were also included in the sessions.

The cover photo by Peter Vernon mirrors that of the original Morris On album with a photograph of the principal participants in morris-associated costume, but with modern accessories.

The album was produced by Ashley Hutchings

Ashley Hutchings

Ashley Stephen Hutchings is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band...

.

It has been compared favourably with the original Morris On album. Paul Saunders in a review for the BBC Radio 2 website described it as 'a far more subtle and interesting affair'.

Track listing

1. 'Winster Processional' (0.56)
2. 'Monck's March' (2.53)
3. 'Old Hog or None' (1.15)
4. 'As I Was Going to Banbury' (1.23)
5. 'The Happy Man' (3.02)
6. 'Fieldtown Processional / Glorishears' (2.50)
7. 'Bob and Joan' (0.15)
8. 'Ladies of Pleasure' (1.38)
9. 'Bring Your Fiddle' (2.17)
10. 'Jockey to the Fair / Room for the Cuckolds' (2.36)
11. 'Saturday Night' (2.20)
12. 'Roasted Woman / Rigs of Marlow / Getting Upstairs' (3.06)
13. 'Y'e Wild Morris / The Wild Morris' (1.39)
14. 'The Postman's Knock' (1.59)
15. 'Ring O' Bells' (2.41)
16. 'The Gallant Hussar' (3.21)
17. 'Bonnets So Blue' (1.54)
18. 'Old Hog or None (reprise)' (1.17)

CD bonus tracks from the 1994 CD (Harvest CZ 535)

1. 'Y'Acre of Land' (3.34)
2. 'Cotswold Tune' (2.59)

• Tracks 1-2, 11 trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings, John Watcham, Albion Morris;
• Tracks 3, 8, 14, 18 trad. arr. Martin Carthy, Ashley Hutchings;
• Tracks 4, 19 trad. arr. John Tams;
• Tracks 5, 10, 16-17 trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings;
• Track 6 trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings, John Watcham;
• Track 7 trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings, John Tams;
• Track 9 trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings, John Tams, Shirley Collins;
• Track 12 trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings, John Tams, John Watcham;
• Track 13 trad. arr. Phil Pickett;
• Track 15 trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings, Albion Morris;
• Track 20 Ric Sanders

Personnel

• Albion Morris Men
• Adderbury Village Morris Men with James Plester, fiddle
• David Armitage (dancer from the Hammersmith Morris Men)
• Eddie Upton (dancer from Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men)
• John Tams, vocals, spoken vocals, dialogue, concertina, melodeon
• Shirley Collins
  Shirley Collins
  Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBE is a British folksinger who was a significant contributor to the English Folk Revival of the 1960s and 1970s...
  
  , vocals, dialogue
• Martin Carthy
  Martin Carthy
  Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days...
  
  , vocals, guitar
• John Watcham, concertina
• John Rodd, concertina
• Phil Pickett, bagpipes
• Ian Cutler, fiddle
• Ric Sanders
  Ric Sanders
  Richard 'Ric' Sanders is a British violinist who has played in jazz-rock, folk rock, electric folk and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention.-Biography:...
  
  , fiddle
• Simon Nicol
  Simon Nicol
  Simon John Breckenridge Nicol is a guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founder member of British folk rock, or electric folk group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band...
  
  , guitar
• Graeme Taylor, guitar
• Pete Bullock, keyboards
• Ashley Hutchings
  Ashley Hutchings
  Ashley Stephen Hutchings is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band...
  
  , bass
• Michael Gregory, drums, percussion, tabor, tambourine
• Dave Mattacks
  Dave Mattacks
  Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician, and as a performance artist...
  
  , drums