The Barclay James Harvest story begins in the early sixties in the Oldham area of North-West England. John Lees and Stuart “Woolly” Wolstenholme met at Oldham Art School, and formed a band called The Sorcerers, which evolved into The Keepers. Meanwhile Les Holroyd and Mel Pritchard were playing in another local outfit rejoicing in the name of Heart And Soul And The Wickeds. In 1966 a new band was formed from a fusion of the two and performed live shows on a semi-professional basis as The Blues Keepers. The resulting six-piece gradually dwindled to a stable quartet comprising Holroyd, Pritchard, Lees and Wolstenholme, and in the summer of 1967 they turned professional with a new name selected by putting names into a hat, and Barclay James Harvest was born.
From the very beginning, BJH experimented with new forms, going beyond the traditional guitar, bass and drums format to include woodwind, strings and brass, then acquiring a Mellotron to simulate the sound of an orchestra. It was a logical step, then, to record their debut album, Barclay James Harvest, with their own orchestra led by “Resident Musical Director” Robert Godfrey, later of The Enid, and to back the release of the album in June 1970 with a short orchestral tour.
Genres: Art rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock
Years active: 1966–present
Members:
John Lees' Barclay James Harvest
Current members:
John Lees - vocals, guitars (1966–present; BJH member)
Craig Fletcher - bass (1998–present)
Kevin Whitehead - drums, percussion (1998–present)
Jez Smith - keyboards (2009–present)
Former members:
Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme - vocals, mellotron, keyboards, guitars (1966–1979, 1998–2010; BJH member; died 2010)
Jeff Leach - keyboards (1998–2006)
Mike Bramwell - keyboards (2006–2009)
Guest musicians:
John Joseph Lees - cornet (2006, 2009)
Liz Fitzpatrick - trumpet (2009)
Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd
Current members:
Les Holroyd - bass, guitars, keyboards, vocals (1966–present; BJH member)
Michael Byron-Hehir - lead guitars (1998–present)
Colin Browne - keyboards, guitars (1998–present)
Steve Butler - guitars, keyboards (1998–present)
Louie Palmer - drums, percussion (2011–present)
Former members:
Mel Pritchard - drums, percussion (1966–2004; BJH member; died 2004)
Ian Wilson - guitars (1998–2009)
Chris Jago - drums, percussion (1998–2003, 2004–2005)
Roy Martin - drums, percussion (2003–2004, 2006–2007)
Paul Walsham - drums, percussion (2005–2006, 2007–2010)
Child of the Universe (live):
Galadriel:
Discography:
Studio albums:
Barclay James Harvest
Barclay James Harvest (1970)
Once Again (1971)
Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories (1971)
Baby James Harvest (1972)
Everyone Is Everybody Else (1974)
Time Honoured Ghosts (1975)
Octoberon (1976)
Gone to Earth (1977)
XII (1978)
Eyes of the Universe (1979)
Turn of the Tide (1981)
Ring of Changes (1983)
Victims of Circumstance (1984)
Face to Face (1987)
Welcome to the Show (1990)
Caught in the Light (1993)
River of Dreams (1997)
John Lees' Barclay James Harvest
Nexus (1999)
Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd
Revolution Days (2002)
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclay_James_Harvest
http://www.bjharvest.co.uk/bjh-biog.htm
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