Writer - Musician
David Chadwick
1. The Blacksmith
2. As I Roved Out
3. Lord Franklin
4. Raggle-Taggle Gypsies
5. Sylvie
6. Cloak of Grey
7. Mrs McGrath
8. Matty Groves
9. Omie Wise
10. She Moved Through the Fair
11. Lowlands of Holland
12. Sands of Dee
All songs traditional arranged Jade except:
Track 6 Chadwick/Conway
Track 12. Chadwick (lyrics adapted from a poem by Charles Kingsley)
Musicians
Jade
David Chadwick: vocals, guitar
Peter Conway: vocals, mandolin
Mike Dew: vocals, guitar, banjo, electric guitar
Additional musicians
Colin Heath: bass (tracks 1, 3,5, 7, 9, 11)
Michelle Scullion: flute (tracks 2, 6)
Dick Willard: violin (tracks 5, 6, 11)
Dave Riordan: electric bass (tracks 6, 8, 10, 12)
Bruce McKnight: drums (track 6, 8, 10)
Paul Metsers: dulcimer (track 8)
Recorded at Delbrook Studios, Tawa, 1976
Produced by Jade
Engineer: Gilbert Egdell
Cover design: Lyn Giles
Jade
Matty Groves​
She Moved Through the Fair
The Blacksmith
About Jade
When I was living in Wellington in the mid-1970s,
I got together with Peter Conway and Mike Dew
and we formed Jade. Our first gig was for the inmates
of Arohata women's prison. We moved from playing
Bob Dylan and Neil Young covers into traditional British folk music (although we were never precious - we played anything and everything we liked).
We started with a regular spot at the Settlement restaurant and later held down weekly gigs at the
Royal Tiger and the Cambridge. We also appeared
at cafes, clubs, universities and folk festivals around
the country.
Television appearances included New Faces, Grunt Machine, and the Max Cryer show (on which we appeared as the Gumboot Orchestra and Chorus, as winners of the Viking Records Topical Song Contest).
Jade disbanded in 1977 when I went overseas, but over the years, Peter, Mike and I still got together to play music whenever we got the chance.
In 2006 Jade played concerts at the Wellington folk music club (Acoustic Routes) and the Levin Folk Club
to commemorate 30 years since we began.
Here's a live track from our glory days ...
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Arthur McBride
(Jade recorded live at the
Wellington Folk Festival, 1976)
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Jade at the Wellington Folk Festival 2014
Two clips from the Looking Back concert on
Saturday 25 October 2014.
Unfortunately Peter was not well enough to play, so our old friend Simon Burgess stepped in to fill the gap.
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Sands of Dee, Matty Groves, Mrs McGrath
Listen to tracks from the album
