Ashley Hutchings

Ashley Stephen Hutchings

British folk rock bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, bandleader and producer.
Born : January 26, 1945 in Southgate, Middlesex, England.
Hutchings was a founding member (1967) of Fairport Convention with which he remained until the release of their fourth album "Liege and Lief" in 1969. After he left Fairport he helped found (1969) Steeleye Span, another folk rock group (albeit without a drum), which he too left early on, after their third album was released. He formed and left and returned again to The Albion Country Band. He has spent the past forty-five plus years contributing to various and sundry other traditional English folk efforts, including but not limited to Morris dancing, English country dance, Child ballads, skiffle and, of course, Fairport's Cropredy Convention.

In Groups:
Cecil Sharp Centenary Collective, Dylancentric, Fairport Convention, Morris On, Rainbow Chasers, Ridgeriders, Steeleye Span, The Albion Band, The Albion Christmas Band, The Albion Country Band, The Albion Dance Band, The Ashley Hutchings All Stars, The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo, The Ashley Hutchings Dance Band, The Etchingham Steam Band, The Ethnic Shuffle Orchestra, The Lark Rise Band