Jerry - is one of the founder members of IAO. As well as mid harmony vocals he plays guitar, mandola, bouzouki bodhran and harmonica.
Chris - plays 6 and 12 string guitar as well as high harmony vocals.
Helen - the latest member, has added a girlie touch to the bands sound. As well as high harmony vocals she plays bodhran and recorder.
Steve - is the other founder member of IAO and sings lead and bass harmony vocals. He also plays whistle, guitar, bouzouki and melodeon.
Influences
Our musical tastes are varied, ranging from traditional folk to 60’s pop and beyond.
We are heavily influenced by many of the major folk musicians both past and present. Fairport and Steeleye are big favourites, but Runrig, Show of Hands, The Watersons, Cara Dillon and Clannad, to name but a few, all play a big part in our musical life.
We would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to all those musicians whos music has found its way into our setlist over the years. We play your music in love and respect for your talents and hope that our megre efforts do your music justice....thank you for allowing us to play it and share it.
In Any Order are a four-piece acoustic folk band based in the East Midlands.
Jerry & Steve had been performing together on and off for many years prior to them meeting up with Chris in 1998 at a local folk club. Although all solo performers in their own right, the resulting powerful blend of harmonies had the three playing together regularly.
In 2000, Helen joined the group after an inpromptu audition at a local sing-around night. Although coming from a different musical background (Classical, Blues and Rock) she brought a greater depth to the harmonies and a broader range to the reportoire.
Hi - good to hear from you. If you're free this Sunday, I'm still hosting the Denbigh Arms session and always welcome such talented musicians as yourselves.
Thanks for the add, enjoying the clips and shall return for more the not too distant future.
If you want any details, gigs or links adding to the main folk and roots site, drop us a note.
www.folkandroots.co.uk
Sean Cannon of The Dubliners headlines a free admission folk concert as part of the Godiva Festival in Coventry, UK on the afternoon of Sunday 15th July.
The line-up includes: 1pm Thom Kirkpatrick and the Beautiful Noise*, 1.35pm Justine*, 2.10 The Harbour Lights*, 3.25 Clarkesville Mountain Band, 4.20pm Jim Crawford, 5.10pm Isambarde*, 6.05pm Sean Cannon (acts marked * are among My Friends if you want to check them out).
Further details of the Festival itself will be appearing shortly on www.godivafestival.co.uk
We now have a video collection of images of The Oddsods by Chele Willow. (Er - sorry about the choice of song but great minds think alike!) Click here and let us know what you think.
Hi there, thanks for your friends request, we are very happy that you have chosen to become one of our buddies!! Love your music, we also do Black is the Colour, but really like your version of it! Feel free to come back and check out our pages any time, they will change on a fairly regular basis, we may also be looking for gigs and stuff down your way, so you never know, we could actually run into each other some time!!
Take care of you and yours,
