Toy Balloon (album)
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Toy Balloon is the twentieth album by Scottish
folk musician Bert Jansch
released in 1998.
Scotland
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folk musician Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...
released in 1998.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated- "Carnival" (FrankJackson C. FrankJackson Carey Frank was an American folk musician.-Early life:When Jackson Frank was 11, a furnace exploded at his school, sending a ball of flames down corridors until it ended up in Frank's music classroom in the Cleveland Hill Elementary School in Cheektowaga, New York...
, Jansch) - 4:25 - "She Moved Through the Fair" (Traditional) - 4:55
- "All I Got" - 3:16
- "Bett's Dance" - 2:46
- "Toy Balloon (for Little Anna-Rebecca)" - 3:32
- "Waitin' & Wonderin'" - 4:14
- "Hey Doc" - 2:45
- "Sweet Talking Lady" - 3:58
- "Paper Houses" - 3:01
- "Born And Bred in Old Ireland" - 3:10
- "How It All Came Down" - 4:40
- "Just a Simple Soul" - 3:54
Personnel
- Bert Jansch - guitar, vocals
- Marcus CliffeMarcus CliffeMarcus Cliffe is a professional musician, currently the bass player in The Manfreds, a reunion of members of the 1960s pop group Manfred Mann . He has also worked with, amongst others, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, and Rod Stewart...
- bass - Pick WithersPick WithersDavid "Pick" Withers was the original drummer for the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such as "Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Private Investigations."...
- drums - Johnny Hodge - slide guitar, harmonica
- Jay Burnett - keyboards
- Pee Wee EllisPee Wee EllisAlfred "Pee Wee" Ellis is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was an important member of James Brown's band in the 1960s and appeared on many of Brown's most notable recordings...
- saxophone - B. J. ColeB. J. ColeBrian John Cole is an English pedal steel guitarist. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise, Cole has played in many styles of music, ranging from mainstream pop and rock, to jazz and eclectic experimental music.He played and is heavily featured with Deke Leonard's Help...
- pedal steel - Janie Romer - backing vocal
- Laura B - effects