Harry Brazil - Revision history

Andyturner at 21:31, 23 May 2009

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	He was recorded by Peter Shepheard, Mike Yates, and Gwilym Davies, and many of his songs can be heard on the Musical Traditions 3-CD set '''The Brazil Family: ''Down by the Old Riverside''''' (MTCD345-7).		He was recorded by Peter Shepheard, Mike Yates, and Gwilym Davies, and many of his songs can be heard on the Musical Traditions 3-CD set '''[[MTCD345-7 The Brazil Family: Down by the Old Riverside\|The Brazil Family: ''Down by the Old Riverside]]''''' (MTCD345-7).

	--[[User:RodStradling\|RodStradling]] 12:28, 1 June 2007 (BST)		--[[User:RodStradling\|RodStradling]] 12:28, 1 June 2007 (BST)

Andyturner at 20:44, 23 May 2009

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	There are also recordings on the [[Topic Records]] LP [[Travellers (LP)\|Travellers]].		There are also recordings on the [[Topic Records]] LP [[Travellers (LP)\|Travellers]], and on Volumes [[My Father's the King of the Gypsies\|11]] and [[To Catch a Fine Buck was my Delight\|18]] of the Voice of the People.

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JohnnyAdams: LInk to the Travellers LP

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LInk to the Travellers LP

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	There are also recordings on the [[~~Topic\|~~Topic Records]] LP [[~~Travellers\|~~Travellers (LP)]]		There are also recordings on the [[Topic Records]] LP [[Travellers (LP)\|Travellers]].

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JohnnyAdams at 10:22, 10 February 2009

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			There are also recordings on the [[Topic\|Topic Records]] LP [[Travellers\|Travellers (LP)]]

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JohnnyAdams at 19:48, 17 October 2008

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	--[[User:RodStradling\|RodStradling]] 12:28, 1 June 2007 (BST)		--[[User:RodStradling\|RodStradling]] 12:28, 1 June 2007 (BST)


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RodStradling at 11:29, 1 June 2007

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	'''Harry Brazil:'''was one of the 15 children of William and Priscilla Brazil.  Harry had a fine tenor voice and his songs were often carried by some luxurious modal tunes, although over the years he had sometimes telescoped the words to produce more compact versions than those sung by his brothers and sisters.  He suffered from angina and this prompted him to give up singing several years before his death.  His singing was obviously popular with his grandchildren, as on one of the recording ''The Blacksmith'', they can be heard at the end reminding and urging him to sing one of the verses which he had omitted.  Paul Burgess thought of him as 'the cricketing singer', due to his habit of firing the question "'Owzat?" at the end of a performance!  Like [[Danny Brazil]], Harry was pleased that people should take an interest in his songs and his singing		'''Harry Brazil:'''was one of the 15 children of William and Priscilla Brazil.  Harry had a fine tenor voice and his songs were often carried by some luxurious modal tunes, although over the years he had sometimes telescoped the words to produce more compact versions than those sung by his brothers and sisters.  He suffered from angina and this prompted him to give up singing several years before his death.  His singing was obviously popular with his grandchildren, as on one of the recording ''The Blacksmith'', they can be heard at the end reminding and urging him to sing one of the verses which he had omitted.  Paul Burgess thought of him as 'the cricketing singer', due to his habit of firing the question "'Owzat?" at the end of a performance!  Like [[Danny Brazil]], Harry was pleased that people should take an interest in his songs and his singing.

RodStradling at 11:28, 1 June 2007

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	'''Harry Brazil:'''was one of the 15 children of William and Priscilla Brazil.  Harry had a fine tenor voice and his songs were often carried by some luxurious modal tunes, although over the years he had sometimes telescoped the words to produce more compact versions than those sung by his brothers and sisters.  He suffered from angina and this prompted him to give up singing several years before his death.  His singing was obviously popular with his grandchildren, as on one of the recording '''The Blacksmith''', they can be heard at the end reminding and urging him to sing one of the verses which he had omitted.  Paul Burgess thought of him as 'the cricketing singer', due to his habit of firing the question "'Owzat?" at the end of a performance!  Like [[Danny Brazil]], Harry was pleased that people should take an interest in his songs and his singing		'''Harry Brazil:'''was one of the 15 children of William and Priscilla Brazil.  Harry had a fine tenor voice and his songs were often carried by some luxurious modal tunes, although over the years he had sometimes telescoped the words to produce more compact versions than those sung by his brothers and sisters.  He suffered from angina and this prompted him to give up singing several years before his death.  His singing was obviously popular with his grandchildren, as on one of the recording ''The Blacksmith'', they can be heard at the end reminding and urging him to sing one of the verses which he had omitted.  Paul Burgess thought of him as 'the cricketing singer', due to his habit of firing the question "'Owzat?" at the end of a performance!  Like [[Danny Brazil]], Harry was pleased that people should take an interest in his songs and his singing

RodStradling: New page: '''Harry Brazil:'''was one of the 15 children of William and Priscilla Brazil. Harry had a fine tenor voice and his songs were often carried by some luxurious modal tunes, although o...

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New page: '''Harry Brazil:'''was one of the 15 children of William and Priscilla Brazil. Harry had a fine tenor voice and his songs were often carried by some luxurious modal tunes, although o...

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'''Harry Brazil:'''was one of the 15 children of William and Priscilla Brazil.  Harry had a fine tenor voice and his songs were often carried by some luxurious modal tunes, although over the years he had sometimes telescoped the words to produce more compact versions than those sung by his brothers and sisters.  He suffered from angina and this prompted him to give up singing several years before his death.  His singing was obviously popular with his grandchildren, as on one of the recording '''The Blacksmith''', they can be heard at the end reminding and urging him to sing one of the verses which he had omitted.  Paul Burgess thought of him as 'the cricketing singer', due to his habit of firing the question "'Owzat?" at the end of a performance!  Like [[Danny Brazil]], Harry was pleased that people should take an interest in his songs and his singing

He was recorded by Peter Shepheard, Mike Yates, and Gwilym Davies, and many of his songs can be heard on the Musical Traditions 3-CD set '''The Brazil Family: ''Down by the Old Riverside''''' (MTCD345-7).

--[[User:RodStradling|RodStradling]] 12:28, 1 June 2007 (BST)