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Ashley Hutchings
eb, voc, b, *1945 GB, Southgate, London
Singer / Musician / Songwriter / Arranger / Producer of Rock, Folk and World
A.k.a. Ashley Stephen Hutchings
British folk rock bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, bandleader and producer. Born : January 26, 1945 in Southgate, Middlesex, England. Hutchings was a founding member (1967) of Fairport Convention with which he remained until the release of their fourth album "Liege and Lief" in 1969. After he left Fairport he helped found (1969) Steeleye Span, another folk rock group (albeit without a drum), which he too left early on, after their third album was released. He formed and left and returned again to The Albion Country Band. He has spent the past forty-five plus years contributing to various and sundry other traditional English folk efforts, including but not limited to Morris dancing, English country dance, Child ballads, skiffle and, of course, Fairport's Cropredy Convention.
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He's Young but He's Growing on Street Cries by Ashley Hutchings I'll Go 'List For A Sailor on Morris On The Road by Ashley Hutchings Princess Royal on Morris On The Road by Ashley Hutchings Four Up on Morris On The Road by Ashley Hutchings Cuckoo's Nest on Morris On The Road by Ashley Hutchings Doing Time to Fit Your Crime on Street Cries by Ashley Hutchings The Blue-Eyed Stranger / Curly-Headed Ploughboy on Grandson of Morris On by Ashley Hutchings Sulgrave Air/Shepherds Hey on The Mother Of All Morris by Ashley Hutchings Abbotts Bromley Horn Dance Tune on The Mother Of All Morris by Ashley Hutchings Bonny Green Garters on Great Grandson of Morris On by Ashley HutchingsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise And Thorns | Ashley Hutchings | 2018 | Album |
| Copper, Russet And Gold | Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol | 2010 | Album |
| My Land Is Your Land | Ashley Hutchings And Ernesto De Pascale | 2008 | Album |
| Burning Bright - The Life & Music Of Ashley Hutchings | Ashley Hutchings | 2005 | Compil. |
| A Brilliant Light | Ashley Hutchings & Rainbow Chasers | 2005 | Album |
| Appearing At Huntingdon Hall | Ashley Hutchings & Rainbow Chasers | 2005 | Album |
| Visions Of The Daughters Of Albion | Ashley Hutchings | 2005 | Compil. |
| No Surrender | Ashley Hutchings & The Albion Band | 2003 | Compil. |
| Human Nature | Ashley Hutchings | 2003 | Album |
| 5 | Ashley Hutchings | 2002 | Album |
| Street Cries - A Collection Of Dark Traditional Songs Re-Set In The Present Day By Ashley Hutchings | Ashley Hutchings | 2001 | Album |
| Ridgeriders In Concert | Ridgeriders - Phil Beer, Ashley Hutchings, Chris While | 2001 | Album |
| Along The Downs (The Countryside Collection Album) | Ashley Hutchings | 2000 | Compil. |
| "Ridgeriders" (Songs Of The Southern English Landscapes, From The Television Series) | Phil Beer, Ashley Hutchings & Chris While With The Albion Band And Julie Matthews | 1999 | Album |
| The Collection | Ashley Hutchings | 1998 | Compil. |
| The Guv'nor (Volumes 1 - 4) | Ashley Hutchings | 1997 | Album |
| Folk Aerobics ('Folk Your Way To Fitness') | Malcolm Rowe To The Music Of Ashley Hutchings | 1997 | Album |
| The Guv'nor Vol 4 | Ashley Hutchings | 1996 | Album |
| The Guv'nor's Big Birthday Bash | Ashley Hutchings | 1995 | Album |
| The Guv'nor Vol 2 | Ashley Hutchings | 1995 | Album |
| The Guv'nor Vol 3 | Ashley Hutchings | 1995 | Album |
| The Guv'nor Vol 1 | Ashley Hutchings | 1994 | Album |
| Sway With Me | Judy Dunlop And Ashley Hutchings | 1991 | Album |
| By Gloucester Docks I Sat Down And Wept (A Love Story) | Ashley Hutchings | 1987 | Album |
| An Hour With Cecil Sharp & Ashley Hutchings | Cecil Sharp & Ashley Hutchings With Guests Martin Carthy ● Richard Thompson ● Dave Whetstone | 1986 | Album |
| Kickin' Up The Sawdust | Ashley Hutchings | 1977 | Album |
| Rattlebone & Ploughjack | Ashley Hutchings | 1976 | Album |
| Son Of Morris On | Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol, John Tams, Philip Pickett, Michael Gregory, Dave Mattacks, Shirley Collins, Martin Carthy, John Watcham, John Rodd, Albion Morris Men, Ian Cutler, Adderbury Village Morris Men | 1976 | Album |
| The Compleat Dancing Master | Ashley Hutchings & John Kirkpatrick | 1974 | Album |
| Morris On | Ashley Hutchings . Richard Thompson . Dave Mattacks . John Kirkpatrick . Barry Dransfield | 1972 | Album |
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