Phil Beer, the Glossary
Phil Beer (born 12 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.[1]
Table of Contents
68 relations: Arrogance Ignorance and Greed, Ashley Hutchings, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Beat about the Bush, Beer and Sandland Live 2003, Bristol Post, Chris While, Classical guitar, Cold Frontier, Country Life (Show of Hands album), Covers (Show of Hands album), Cuatro (instrument), Dance Without Music, Dark Fields (album), Davey Graham, Decameron (band), Exminster, Exposed (Mike Oldfield album), Fiddle, Folk music, Folk Music (album), Folk, Blues and Beyond, Get Lucky (Johnny Coppin album), Guitar, Hard Hats, Hard Works, Honorary degree, Jackie Oates, Jez Lowe, Johnny Coppin, Lie of the Land, Life Ain't Worth Living (in the Old-Fashioned Way), Live at Nettlebed, Live in Concept, Mandocello, Mandolin, Mandoline (album), Mandorock, Mandorock 2000 Live, Mike Oldfield, Miranda Sykes, Nigel Mazlyn Jones, No Going Back (Johnny Coppin album), Paul Downes, Phil Beer, Poetic Justice (Steve Harley album), Rhythm Methodist, Ridgeriders, Roll On Dreamer, Sentinel (album), ... Expand index (18 more) »
- English fiddlers
- Folk violinists
- The Albion Band members
Arrogance Ignorance and Greed
Arrogance Ignorance and Greed is the fourteenth studio album by English folk duo Show of Hands.
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Ashley Hutchings
Ashley Stephen Hutchings (born 26 January 1945), MBE, sometimes known in early years as "Tyger" Hutchings, is an English bassist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. Phil Beer and Ashley Hutchings are English folk musicians and the Albion Band members.
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music.
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Beat about the Bush
Beat About the Bush is the fourth studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
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Beer and Sandland Live 2003
Beer and Sandland Live 2003 is a live album by Phil Beer and occasional collaborator Deb Sandland (also a member of The Phil Beer Band).
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Bristol Post
The Bristol Post is a city/regional five-day-a-week (formerly appearing six days per week) newspaper covering news in the city of Bristol, including stories from the whole of Greater Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
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Chris While
Chris While (born 1956) is an English songwriter, singer and musician, known particularly for her vocals and live performances. Phil Beer and Chris While are English folk musicians and the Albion Band members.
Classical guitar
The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles.
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Cold Frontier
Cold Frontier is the ninth studio album by the English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
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Country Life (Show of Hands album)
Country Life is the eleventh studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
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Covers (Show of Hands album)
Covers is the eighth studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
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Cuatro (instrument)
The cuatro is a family of Latin American string instruments played in Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries.
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Dance Without Music
Dance Without Music is the second studio album by British musicians Paul Downes and Phil Beer, and their first under the shorter name of "Downes & Beer", released as a standard 33 rpm 10-track stereo vinyl in 1976 only.
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Dark Fields (album)
Dark Fields is the sixth studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands, released in 1997 on their own label Hands on Music.
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Davey Graham
David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham (originally spelled Davy Graham) (26 November 1940 – 15 December 2008) was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival.
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Decameron (band)
Decameron were an English folk rock and progressive rock band, existing from 1968 to 1976.
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Exminster
Exminster is a village situated on the southern edge of the City of Exeter on the western side of the Exeter ship canal and River Exe in the county of Devon, England.
Exposed (Mike Oldfield album)
Exposed is the first live album by English musician Mike Oldfield, released as a double album on 27 July 1979 by Virgin Records in the UK.
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Fiddle
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.
Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
Folk Music (album)
Folk Music is the seventh studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
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Folk, Blues and Beyond
Folk, Blues and Beyond is the second studio album by British musician Davy Graham, originally released in 1965.
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Get Lucky (Johnny Coppin album)
Get Lucky is a folk/rock album by Johnny Coppin released in 1982, his third solo album.
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Guitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.
Hard Hats
Hard Hats is the second studio album by Phil Beer, released in 1994, some 15–16 years after his previous solo album, Mandoline, though between those years he had worked on other albums with Paul Downes amongst other artists.
Hard Works
Hard Works is a compilation album by Phil Beer released 20 November 2000 and again on 15 December 2008 with a different cover, the album aims at collecting all the tracks from Hard Hats and The Works.
Honorary degree
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.
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Jackie Oates
Jackie Oates is an English folk singer and fiddle player. Phil Beer and Jackie Oates are 21st-century violinists, English fiddlers and English folk musicians.
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Jez Lowe
John Gerard "Jez" Lowe (born 14 July 1955) is an English folk singer-songwriter.
Johnny Coppin
John "Johnny" Coppin (born 5 April 1946) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, poetry anthologist and broadcaster.
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Lie of the Land
Lie of the Land is the fifth studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.
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Life Ain't Worth Living (in the Old-Fashioned Way)
Life Ain't Worth Living (subtitled (in the Old-Fashioned Way)) is the debut album by Downes and Beer, at the time known as simply "Paul Downes & Phil Beer", released in 1973 on stereo vinyl.
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Live at Nettlebed
Live at Nettlebed is the second live album by Downes and Beer.
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Live in Concept
Live in Concept is the first live album by Downes and Beer, released in 1980.
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Mandocello
The mandocello (mandoloncello, Liuto cantabile, liuto moderno) is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family.
Mandolin
A mandolin (mandolino,; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick.
Mandoline (album)
Mandoline is the debut album by Phil Beer, released in 1978/1979 on Greenwich Village record label.
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Mandorock
Mandorock is a studio album by the Phil Beer Band in 2000.
Mandorock 2000 Live
Mandorock 2000 Live is a live album by Phil Beer with The Phil Beer Band.
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Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English former musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Phil Beer and Mike Oldfield are English multi-instrumentalists.
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Miranda Sykes
Miranda Sykes (born 1978 in Spalding, Lincolnshire) is an English folk singer, double-bassist and guitarist who performs with Steve Knightley and Phil Beer in the acoustic roots/folk group Show of Hands.
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Nigel Mazlyn Jones
Nigel Mazlyn Jones (born 26 June 1950) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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No Going Back (Johnny Coppin album)
No Going Back is a folk/rock album by Johnny Coppin released in 1979, his second solo album.
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Paul Downes
Paul Downes is an English folk guitarist, singer and composer.
Phil Beer
Phil Beer (born 12 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands. Phil Beer and Phil Beer are 21st-century English male musicians, 21st-century violinists, British male violinists, English fiddlers, English folk musicians, English multi-instrumentalists, folk violinists, musicians from Devon and the Albion Band members.
Poetic Justice (Steve Harley album)
Poetic Justice is the fourth solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Steve Harley, which was released by Transatlantic on 26 August 1996.
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Rhythm Methodist
Rhythm Methodist (typeset as RHYThM METhODIST on the 2005 version) is the fourth studio album by Phil Beer (sixth including the Phil Beer Band studio albums).
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Ridgeriders
Ridgeriders is a 1999 studio album based on music from the TV series Ridge Riders.
Roll On Dreamer
Roll On Dreamer is a folk/rock album by Johnny Coppin released in 1978, his debut solo album following his time with Decameron.
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Sentinel (album)
Sentinel is the third album by Nigel Mazlyn Jones, full title "Sentinel & The Fools of the Finest Degree".
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Show of Hands
Show of Hands is an English acoustic roots/folk duo formed in 1986 by singer-songwriter Steve Knightley (guitars, mandolin, mandocello, cuatro) and composer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer (vocals, guitars, violin, viola, mandolin, mandocello).
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Singing
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.
Slide guitar
Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music.
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Steel Wheels
Steel Wheels is the nineteenth studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 29 August 1989 in the US and on 11 September in the UK.
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Steve Harley
Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice (27 February 1951 – 17 March 2024), known by his stage name Steve Harley, was an English singer-songwriter and frontman of the rock group Cockney Rebel.
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Steve Knightley
Steve Knightley (born 1954) is an English singer, songwriter and acoustic musician. Phil Beer and Steve Knightley are 21st-century English male musicians, 21st-century violinists, British male violinists and English fiddlers.
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Teignmouth
Teignmouth is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon.
Tenor guitar
The tenor guitar or four-string guitar is a slightly smaller, four-string relative of the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar.
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The Albion Band
The Albion Band, also known as The Albion Country Band, The Albion Dance Band, and The Albion Christmas Band, is a British folk rock band, originally brought together and led by musician Ashley Hutchings.
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The Fiddle Collection
The Fiddle Collection (subtitled Volume One) is a studio album with tracks from various British fiddle players produced by Phil Beer.
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The Path (Show of Hands album)
The Path is the tenth studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands, released in April 2003.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Spinners (English band)
The Spinners were a folk group from Liverpool, England, who formed in September 1958.
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The Works (Phil Beer album)
The Works was Phil Beer's third studio album, believed to have been released in 1998 (though some sources suggest earlier copies may have been released in 1996) by HTD, who also released his previous album Hard Hats.
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University of Plymouth
The University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England.
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Viola
The viola is a string instrument that is usually bowed.
Witness (Show of Hands album)
Witness is the twelfth studio album by British folk duo Show of Hands.
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Yuletracks
Yuletracks is a studio album released in 1986.
See also
English fiddlers
- Barry Dransfield
- Bella Hardy
- Bryony Griffith
- Chris Leslie (musician)
- Chris Wood (folk musician)
- Dave Swarbrick
- Eamon McLoughlin
- Eliza Carthy
- Forster Charlton
- George Hepple
- Jackie Oates
- James Hill (folk musician)
- John Armstrong (of Carrick)
- Jon Boden
- Kathryn Tickell
- Nancy Kerr
- Nic Jones
- Peter Knight (folk musician)
- Phil Beer
- Ric Sanders
- Robert Whinham
- Scan Tester
- Sian Phillips (musician)
- Steve Knightley
- Wild Willy Barrett
Folk violinists
The Albion Band members
- Ashley Hutchings
- Barry Dransfield
- Bill Caddick
- Blair Dunlop
- Brian Protheroe
- Cathy Lesurf
- Chris Leslie (musician)
- Chris While
- Colin Ross (pipemaker)
- Dave Mattacks
- Dolly Collins
- Graeme Taylor
- Howard Evans (trumpeter)
- John Kirkpatrick (musician)
- John Tams
- Julie Matthews
- Kellie While
- Ken Nicol (musician)
- Lal Waterson
- Linda Thompson (singer)
- Lol Coxhill
- Maddy Prior
- Martin Carthy
- Martin Simpson
- Mike Waterson
- Nic Jones
- Pete Zorn
- Phil Beer
- Philip Pickett
- Ric Sanders
- Richard Thompson (musician)
- Roger Swallow
- Simon Nicol
- Steve Ashley
- Sue Draheim
- Sue Harris
- Tim Renwick
- Trevor Foster (drummer)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Beer
Also known as Boys Called William/Girls Called Nancy, Once in a Blue Moon (Phil Beer Band album).
, Show of Hands, Singing, Slide guitar, Steel Wheels, Steve Harley, Steve Knightley, Teignmouth, Tenor guitar, The Albion Band, The Fiddle Collection, The Path (Show of Hands album), The Rolling Stones, The Spinners (English band), The Works (Phil Beer album), University of Plymouth, Viola, Witness (Show of Hands album), Yuletracks.