View Full Version : Any Tiger Moth Fans here?


birddog
08-07-2008, 07:24 PM
I picked up a pristine copy of their self titled LP, on Rogue Records, from 1984 today while record hunting. Never heard of them, but the cover was cool, and the vinyl NM, so why not grab it I thought.

Interesting stuff, to say the least! Not exactly sure what you would call the music.... English Country prog alt psych?

Anybody familiar with them?

birddog
08-08-2008, 07:45 AM
I gave the whole LP a listen, and it's some pretty good stuff, just a little different. Any one else heard these guys?

Drybasement
08-08-2008, 09:37 AM
Never heard of them birddog, but I like your description. English country prog alt psych sounds right up my alley.

I'd bet Mystic or Cantabury Guy might know of them.

Cheers

birddog
08-08-2008, 10:57 AM
Stolen from the web:

With their energetic mixture of traditional English country dance music, reggae, blues, rock & roll, jazz, and world music, Tiger Moth, and its successor Orchestra Super Moth, helped to spark a new wave of British trad rock bands in the late '80s. During the six years that it was together, the group rocked the traditional British world with a style of electric music that the Free Press review called, "zany, lively, danceable, and fun." Tiger Moth originated as the English Country Blues Band, a group formed by melodeon wiz Rod Stradling shortly after leaving Old Swan Band in the early '80s. The band changed its name after switching to a more-electric approach. The original members -- guitarist Ian A. Anderson, formerly with Hot Vultures and later the editor of Folk Roots; hammered dulcimer player Chris Coe; and bass guitar and banjo player and vocalist Maggie Holland; in addition to Stradling -- were subsequently joined by electric guitar and synthesizer player Jon Moore, drummer/percussionist John Maxwell, and keyboards and melodeon player ian Carter. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide

Mark W.
08-08-2008, 02:34 PM
Tiger Moth's are OK but while they served the British Airforces well for many years the PT-17 is my favorite primary trainer.