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Mike Ruff – The Wife of the Soldier and Other Tales
Description
In 2015 I was commissioned to do a CD of songs about Farming Life for the Farmland
Museum and I told everyone it was my first solo CD for nearly 20 years. Then I found
most people did not know I had done any. So I dug out “Almost a Gentleman” a cassette
album from 1993, “Accordion to Taste” (1996) and the CD “Man of Parts” (1997) and
had a listen to them in the studio of friend and colleague Andy Dewar. We decided that
there was enough good material to create a CD and that Andy could apply his wizardry
to ensure it did not sound too uneven in spite of the original reel to reel masters being
lost – and hardly anyone has those machines anymore! So here is an offering for your
listening pleasure is a collection of highlights – not entirely a solo album as there are a
host a great singers and musicians joining me on many of the tracks adding to the fun.
The album is available for download. You can also purchase and download individual tracks.
Mike Ruff - The Wife of the Soldier (ALBUM)
A music album by Mike RuffMike Ruff - The Wife of the Soldier (TRACKS)
Tracks form a a music album by Mike Ruff- Description
- Technical Details
Mike Ruff Vocals, Accordion, Recorders and Piano (track8)
Alison Humphries Guitar (tracks 1, 7 & 16) Bernie Dembowski Electric Bass (1, 7 & 16) Rob Alderton Electric Bass (2, 11), Drums (2, 11), Keyboards (11, 12), Piano (5, 11) Accordion (11) Helen Akitt Vocals (4, 10) Keith Holloway Melodeons (12) Chris Boland Electric Guitar (2) Chris Haigh Fiddle (9) Rick Bolton Guitar (9) Bernard O’Neill Double Bass (9) (appears courtesy of Real World Music) Neil Greggor Euphonium (5) Andy Rogers Tuba (5) Backing Vocals on Tracks 2, 11 & 12 were provided by: Helen Akitt, Kitty Vernon, Tom Brown, Mick Pearce
- The Wife of the Soldier
- The Ballad of the Working Man
- England’s Queens
- Sweet Forget-Me-Not
- The Arethusa
- The Minstrel
- My Irish Molly-O
- Grey Daylight
- Autumn Leaves
- Black Crow
- Benjamin Bowmaneer
- The Easter Tree and Pace Egging Song
- Kitty’s City
- Broken Dreams
- Sally Free & Easy
- The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore
Albums
You can purchase individual downloadable tracks for our albums or buy the complete album as set of downloadable tracks. there is a saving by doing the latter.
If you buy the CD then it is normally dispatched by first class post the same day on weekdays where possible or on the next working day. Delivery on overseas orders take longer.