The Minstrel in the Galleries Featuring Lord John Wesley Harding Click here for pictures... The Crocodile Cafe, January 29th, 1999 The Minstrel In The Galleries put the EVIL back in "Mediaeval" in Seattle as a benefit for their friend and fellow football fan Peter English. The line-up for this (their first gig since the legendary Lowestoft Folk Festival debacle of 1972) was as follows:    Lord John Wesley Harding: Vocals and Guitar    Kurt Bloch ("The Rake"): Lead Guitar    Jim Sangster ("Master Crispin Solo Project"): Bass    Jed Critter ("Hippy Longstocking"): Mandolin and Accordion    Alison Faith Levy ("Dame Alison"): Keyboards and Vocals    Mike "Little" Mus"grave"burger: Drums    Peter Buck (Friar Buck): 12 String Guitar The set list was 45 minutes long and comprised six songs, which were: The Murder Of Maria Marten Hard Times In Old England Percy's Song The Hills Of Greenmore The Famous Flower Of Serving Men Minstrel In The Gallery (Edit) The set comprised songs from their forthcoming album which is apparently called"Approaching The Early Middle Ages." The Group looked dashing in their mediaeval tunics and robes, previously seen worn by The Young Fresh Fellows during their Evenings At Edenbrook Forest spectacular. Lord JWH himself wore a brown fringed suede vest, grey lace-up breeches, a large billowy green overshirt atop a laced up white undershirt and some very mediaeval shoes. For one magical night in the Pacific Northwest, Serf Music was back. Each song was either long or very long, except Famous Flower Of Serving Men, which was phenomenally long. Other people have of course also played the above songs and these are found on the following records: No Roses -- Shirley Collins And The Albion Band All Around My Hat -- Steeleye Span Unhalfbricking -- Fairport Convention Hark The Village Wait -- Steeleye Span Shearwater -- Martin Carthy Minstrel In The Gallery -- Jethro Tull (Tracks #1 and #5 can also be found on the excellent Rhino set Troubadours Of British Folk Vol.II) The Minstrel In The Galleries hope to play another show before the Millennium and we urge you to attend. A tape was made of this performance and is likely to be made generally available in a non-payment format. Said Lord John Wesley Harding: "It's become a mad mad madrigal world and it was great to be back!"