Scrumpy & Western website. Made In Somerset from cider! The best in West Country music and comedy from The Wurzels to Bill Bailey...
- ️Somersetmade Ltd
"The
ultimate website if you've even the vaguest interest in the West
Country's finest musical export. Incredibly detailed and written
with unexpected panache" - PC Format magazine
"We've had loads of Myspace hits since being included on
Scrumpy and Western! Great Stuff!" - Kev
of Who's Afear'd
This website is dedicated to the memory of the forgotten pioneer of Scrumpy & Western music Bob Barratt (19??-2004) and to our founding webmaster Paul 'Zider Ed' Gunningham (1951-2007)**
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Scrumpy & Western music is the sound of the West Country of England. It is best known as being the music of Adge Cutler and the Wurzels, but to connoisseurs of the genre, there is much, much more to Scrumpy & Western music than just Drink Up Thy Cider or Combine Harvester. This website lists well over 30 artists and bands whose music falls into the genre, and there are undoubtedly many others not listed, and more yet who have Scrumpy & Western songs within their repertoire, but whose music fall mostly into other genres. read more...
**This website was founded by Paul Gunningham, aka Zider Ed in 1999. Sadly Paul died in 2007 as a result of injuries sustained in a road traffic accident. Rather than let his legacy fade, Frank Blades of Somersetmade Ltd took over the running and continued development of this website in his memory. However, Frank has now left Somersetmade Ltd as a director and subsequently information contained herein (although correct at the time of posting) may now be out of date and links to artistes or sites cannot be guaranteed.
