Peter Bellamy (1944 - 1991) was an English minstrel.

Early years

Peter Bellamy was innate within Norfolk, the boy of the domestic bailiff. He exposed at a Royal College of Art under Peter Blake. Decades late he however seemed such as the latter-day Andy Warhol, with blonde hair, the cherry jacket & yellow trousers. He dropped away from college inside 1965 to get the member of "The Young Tradition" using Royston & Heather Wood. A trio recorded in the main traditional songs consonant. At Whitby folk festival in the 80s an anagram competition come higher by using "Elmer P Bleaty" for Peter Bellamy, the humourous comment on the slightly rhinal vibrato of his voice. A Young Tradition projected their voices powerfully, clearly influenced by The Watersons, the Copper Personal & Ewan MacColl. It recorded leash albums together + the collaboration by owning Shirley Collins called "The Holly Bears The Crown". Although recorded within 1969 it was non freed fully until a 90s. Their final concert was at Cecil Sharp Home around October 1969. Peter recorded the collaboration using Louis Killen inside 1971, "Won't You Go My Way?".

Peter as a Solo artist

His foremost solo album "Mainly Norfolk" (1968) indicated his want to promote a ethnic music of his native a portion of England. Harry Cox, however alive at that period, was a best known singer of Norfolk songs. Peter accompanied himself on the anglo concertina & guitar. Although he typically sang blues in bottleneck guitar, these seldom appeared in his albums. It wasn't until his eighth album around 1975 that he recorded his have compositions. In the equivalent month he recorded the collection of Rudyard Kipling's Barrack Room Ballads. Peter was that uncommon animal, the right-wing poet-singer. One of his ascendent, Sawbones-Commander Bellamy, experienced served using Nelson. Getting mastered the art of putting freshly words to the traditional song & his have words to the traditional tune, he so wrote a ballad-opera "The Transports". It was the vast work of faith for the Absolutely free! Reed record label to make this. Several large list in a folk scene collaborated on the design - Dolly Collins (the composer, the sister of Shirley), Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson, June Tabor, Nic Jones, A.L. Lloyd, Cyril Tawney & Dave Swarbrick. It told a story of the early transport ships, ingesting convicts to Australia. Within 2004 it was re-freed together by having the recently production involving Simon Nicol & Fairport Convention. An additional challenging plan "The Maritime Suite" was broadcast in BBC Radio Two however never issued in record. Within 1986 Sid Kipper and others devised a ballad opera known as "Crab Wars". It was part the parody of "The Transports", however Peter took it inside dependable humour & possibly sang a role of storyteller.

Bellamy, Kipling and the Tradition

Initially Peter suffered from either right of first publication problems by owning a Kipling songs however a Kipling Society in time recognised a value of the publicity & endorsed his recordings. A political economy of folk singing intended that he sold his have limited edition cassettes at folk clubs & numerous performances survive single when pirated tapes. These come said that Celtic Records have a big cache of quality recordings that are unconvincing to become issued. Peter designed his have album jackets & drew cartoons for Karl Dallas's national paper "Folk Review". He continued to exhibit & sell his paintings. He bought an Amish hat in Pennsylvania & bore it at folk festivals. Sydney Opera House once hosted a concert by him & he toured in the America. One of his better traditional albums was "Fair Annie" (1983), re-freed within Video in 2004. These are however problematic how come he committed suicide around 1991. Jon Boden of the duo Spiers and Boden is a fan of Peter's bellowing style. He has jocularly fictitious his web site "Bellamists subscribe to a belief in the absolute purity and oneness of all things Bellamy, and bleat daily incantations in the hope of advancing the day when he will finally return to reign in ever-lasting glory."

"Wake The Vaulted Echoes" occurs as placed of Terzetto Videos covering his all career.

Discography

A Young Tradition - A Young Tradition (1966) - And so Cheerfully Around (1967) - Galleries (1968)

A Young Tradition & Shirley & Dolly Collins - A Holly Bears A Crown (1969)

Louis Killen & Peter Bellamy - Won't That you Last Our Way? (1971)

Solo albums - Principally Norfolk (1968) - Fair England's Shore (1968) - A Mutt Bounded Above A Parson's Gate (1969) - Oak Ash & Thorn (1970) - Won't Smart shoppers Last Our Way (1971) - Merlin's Island Of Gramarye (1972) - Barrack Room Ballads of Rudyard Kipling (1975) - Peter Bellamy (1975) - Tell It Rather It Was (1975) - Each Sides So (1979) - Retain Kipling (1982) - Fair Annie (1983) - 2nd Wind (1985) - Mr Kipling Mass produced Extremely Proficient Songs (1989) - Soldiers 3 (1990) - Songs & Singular Conjurin' Tricks (1991)

Compilation - Wake up A Domed Echoes

Various creative person including Peter Bellamy - A Transports (1977)

"Friends of Peter Bellamy" - A Transports (2004)