James Lascelles
Encyclopedia
James Edward Lascelles styled The Hon. James Lascelles, is a British musician
and the second son of the 7th Earl of Harewood
and his first wife, the former Marion Stein
(now Mrs. Jeremy Thorpe
). His father was a first cousin
to Queen Elizabeth II
, and he is 50th in line to the British throne
.
'taught' him to improvise" by performing duets on a church organ.
He then became interested in jazz, blues and rock & roll
benefit album in 1973, and in 1976 they recorded an eponymous album.
In 1973 the BBC made a documentary about Global Village Trucking Company, their communal living and their aim to make it without a record company. The BBC updated the documentary for the What Happened Next series, shown in May 2008, which included their first gig in 30 years. This re-union led to other Global Village gigs at Glastonbury 2008 and other festivals.
He then took an interest in world music
, recording tribal music in North Africa and New Mexico, and releasing this on his own label, Tribal Music International. He also started composing music for theatre
, The Footsbarn Travelling Theatre Company
and Tiata Fahodzi
, and film. He now plays keyboards, for Cockney Rebel and his own world music band, Talking Spirit, and works with disaffected inner city children.
As of 2011 Lascelles was appearing with Mike Storey as "The Ivory Brothers"
, to Frederica Ann Duhrssen (born 12 June 1954 Newport, Maine). They had two children before divorcing in 1985:
Secondly, (in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772
) on 4 May 1985 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
, to Lori "Shadow" Susan Lee (29 August 1954, Albuquerque – 29 June 2001). They had two children:
Tanit Lascelles is excluded from the line of succession due to being born before the marriage of her parents and Tewa Lascelles is excluded because the marriage was in contravention of the abovementioned Act. James and Lori divorced in 1996.
Lascelles married, thirdly (also in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772
), Joy Elias-Rilwan (born 15 June 1954 Nigeria
), on 30 January 1999. The Hon. Mrs. Lascelles is an actress and is actively involved in efforts to combat AIDS
. She has four children, and is a member of the Yoruba
noble family of Elias of Lagos
.
The Breakfast Band
Solo
Mandyleigh Storm
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and the second son of the 7th Earl of Harewood
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE AM , styled The Hon. George Lascelles before 1929 and Viscount Lascelles between 1929 and 1947, was the elder son of the 6th Earl of Harewood , and Princess Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and...
and his first wife, the former Marion Stein
Marion Stein
Maria Donata Nanetta Paulina Gustava Erwina Wilhelmine Stein, CBE , known as Marion Stein, is an Austrian concert pianist and, as a former Countess of Harewood, is also a former member of the British Royal Family....
(now Mrs. Jeremy Thorpe
Jeremy Thorpe
John Jeremy Thorpe is a British former politician who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976 and was the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979. His political career was damaged when an acquaintance, Norman Scott, claimed to have had a love affair with Thorpe at a time...
). His father was a first cousin
Cousin
In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares one or more common ancestors. The term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's immediate family where there is a more specific term . The term "blood relative" can be used synonymously and establishes the existence of...
to Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
, and he is 50th in line to the British throne
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...
.
Music
When young, Lascelles had classical piano and drum lessons, and claims that "John TavenerJohn Tavener
Sir John Tavener is a British composer, best known for such religious, minimal works as "The Whale", and "Funeral Ikos"...
'taught' him to improvise" by performing duets on a church organ.
He then became interested in jazz, blues and rock & roll
Global Village Trucking Company
Lascelles was a co-founder of the Global Village Trucking Company, known to its fans as "The Glob's", in the early 1970s. The band, the road crew and their families all lived together in a Norfolk commune, and undertook numerous benefit concerts and free festivals, playing extended free-form jams, making them a well known UK live act. The band shunned record companies, but played on the Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance HallGreasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall is a 1974 live double album by various artists recorded at an October 1973 Greasy Truckers concert at the Dingwalls Dance Hall at Camden Lock in Camden Town, London...
benefit album in 1973, and in 1976 they recorded an eponymous album.
In 1973 the BBC made a documentary about Global Village Trucking Company, their communal living and their aim to make it without a record company. The BBC updated the documentary for the What Happened Next series, shown in May 2008, which included their first gig in 30 years. This re-union led to other Global Village gigs at Glastonbury 2008 and other festivals.
Later career
Lascelles then became a session musician, until in 1980 he joined The Breakfast Band, a jazz/funk band, which released two albums Dolphin Ride and Waters Edge, and had a dance hit "L.A. 14".He then took an interest in world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
, recording tribal music in North Africa and New Mexico, and releasing this on his own label, Tribal Music International. He also started composing music for theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, The Footsbarn Travelling Theatre Company
Footsbarn Theatre
Footsbarn Theatre is a touring theatre company renowned for its adaptations of classics such as Shakespeare and Molière.Footsbarn started life in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom in 1971 rehearsing in a barn owned by the Foot family, hence its name....
and Tiata Fahodzi
Tiata Fahodzi
Tiata Fahodzi is a British-African theatre company, founded in 1997 by actor-director Femi Elufowoju, Jr. After 13 years of distinguished service, Elefowoju, Jr left the company in April 2010...
, and film. He now plays keyboards, for Cockney Rebel and his own world music band, Talking Spirit, and works with disaffected inner city children.
As of 2011 Lascelles was appearing with Mike Storey as "The Ivory Brothers"
Personal life
Lascelles has been married three times. Firstly, on 4 April 1973 in WorthamWortham, Suffolk
Wortham is a village and parish in Suffolk, England.Its church, St Mary The Virgin, lies about a mile north of the village. It is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk...
, to Frederica Ann Duhrssen (born 12 June 1954 Newport, Maine). They had two children before divorcing in 1985:
- Sophie Amber LascellesSophie LascellesSophie Amber Lascelles is the daughter of James Lascelles and his first wife, Frederica Ann Duhrssen, and the granddaughter of the George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood...
(born 1 October 1973 Thorpeness, SuffolkThorpenessThorpeness is a village in the county of Suffolk, England. It is part of the parish of Aldringham cum Thorpe and is within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.- Development of the community :...
) - Rowan Nash Lascelles (born 6 November 1977 Sotherton, SuffolkSothertonSotherton is a dispersed village in Suffolk, England, located approximately 7 miles south of Beccles and 3¾ miles north east of Halesworth close to the A145. The mid-2005 population estimate for Sotherton parish was 70...
)
Secondly, (in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772
Royal Marriages Act 1772
The Royal Marriages Act 1772 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which prescribes the conditions under which members of the British Royal Family may contract a valid marriage, in order to guard against marriages that could diminish the status of the Royal House...
) on 4 May 1985 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
, to Lori "Shadow" Susan Lee (29 August 1954, Albuquerque – 29 June 2001). They had two children:
- Tanit Lascelles (born 1 July 1981 Santa Eulària des RiuSanta Eulària des RiuSanta Eulària des Riu is a municipality on the eastern coast of Ibiza. The only river on the island flows through the town of Santa Eulària. The town was depicted, in the time before and up to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in Elliot Paul's Life and Death of a Spanish Town...
, Spain) - Tewa Ziyane Robert George Lascelles (born 8 June 1985 Edgewood, New MexicoEdgewood, New MexicoEdgewood is a town in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,375 at the 2010 Census.- History :...
)
Tanit Lascelles is excluded from the line of succession due to being born before the marriage of her parents and Tewa Lascelles is excluded because the marriage was in contravention of the abovementioned Act. James and Lori divorced in 1996.
Lascelles married, thirdly (also in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772
Royal Marriages Act 1772
The Royal Marriages Act 1772 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which prescribes the conditions under which members of the British Royal Family may contract a valid marriage, in order to guard against marriages that could diminish the status of the Royal House...
), Joy Elias-Rilwan (born 15 June 1954 Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
), on 30 January 1999. The Hon. Mrs. Lascelles is an actress and is actively involved in efforts to combat AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
. She has four children, and is a member of the Yoruba
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...
noble family of Elias of Lagos
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
.
Ancestry
Discography
Global Village Trucking Company- Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance HallGreasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance HallGreasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall is a 1974 live double album by various artists recorded at an October 1973 Greasy Truckers concert at the Dingwalls Dance Hall at Camden Lock in Camden Town, London...
(1973) - Global Village Trucking Company (1976) (Caroline 1516) (Allmusic rating )
The Breakfast Band
- Dolphin Ride
- Waters Edge
Solo
- Turn off the Lights (2004) (Large 3)
Mandyleigh Storm
Mandyleigh Storm
Mandyleigh Storm is an English female singer/song writer.-Biography:Storm was born on 27 May 1972 in Southampton, England. After 3 years of ballroom dancing between the ages of 8 and 11, and at the same time a stint at modeling, she settled on singing in her mid teenage years.She sang Barbra...
- Fire & SnowFire & SnowFire & Snow is the debut album of Australian singer songwriter Mandyleigh Storm. This album was crowdfunded through Sellaband. The album was recorded by Mick Glossop and Ben Roulston and Dean Street Studios, London, mixed by Mick Glossop at Magazine Studios, London, and mastered by Kevin Metcalfe...
(2008)