Rock In The Weary Land - The Waterboys

A Pagan Place - Waterboys

recordings in late 1981 and early 1982 while in a band named Another Pretty Face These sessions at Redshop Studio are the earliest recordings that would be released under the The Waterboys name. During the same period, Scott formed the short-lived band The Red and the Black, with saxophone player Anthony Thistlethwaite, after hearing him play on Waiting on Egypt, a Nikki Sudden album. The Red and the Black performed nine concerts in London during which time Thistlethwaite introduced Scott to drummer Kevin Wilkinson, who joined The Red and the Black. During 1982, Scott made a number of recordings, both solo and with Thistlethwaite and Wilkinson. These recording sessions, ...

A Pagan Place - Waterboys

stable as punk were identified as a new phenomena known as Celtic indie rock …but wait were do ‘The Waterboys’ fit in to all this…well as U2 made it big The Waterboys fronted by the Scottish Mike Scott were developing their own brand of Celtic influenced folk/rock and their brand of music was in many ways looking back at the earlier days of 70’s progressive rock rather than the recent punk movement. Formed in 1983 The Waterboys had already released one album before ‘A Pagan Place’ but it was this record that really allowed them to be known to a wider audience. This second album cemented their musical style and for a few years at least made them the most identifiable ...

Fisherman's Blues - Waterboys

This is generally seen as the album where The Waterboys went folk. In their career so far, the Waterboys (basically Mike Scott with various session musicians and a few regulars) tend to cover two areas with their music. Both of which they do very well, and in their own way. In their earlier albums they were more of an epic rock n roll band with plenty of sax, trumpet, and metaphor about trains. Or just trains as a subject matter if metaphor fails. On this landmark album they really changed their direction somewhat, sticking with the trains in a couple of songs, but opting for a much more irish influenced folk sttyle. A couple of the tracks are remakes of traditional irish ...