Scrumpy & Western

The definitive guide to the West Country music

Scrumpy & Western Links

Artist Links (official sites only)

• The Wurzels
• Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band
• Fred Wedlock
• The Mangledwurzels
• The Yetties
• The Plonkers Agricultural Orchestra
• The New Forest Plonkers
• The Cornish Wurzells
• The Cutlers of Cornwall
• Surfin' Turnips
• Who's Afear'd
• More Silage
• Pete Atkins
• Bill Bailey
• Jethro

There are more links on each of the Scrumpy & Western artist pages to unofficial websites, fan sites, other MySpace pages, and other relevant links.

• Village Thing - MySpace page for the pioneering independent folk label based in Bristol (1970-73)

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Other Bands

• Merry Moon -a lively blend of English, Irish and American Folk
• Slim's Cyder Co. - goodtime music; a mixture of country, Western swing, R&B and Rock 'n' Roll
• The Fivepenny Piece - Humorous Lancashire band fondly remembered from their heyday in the 1970s; but still going today!
• The Purple Gang - 1960s jug band best remembered for Granny Takes A Trip
• Ivor Biggun - official website for this ukulele player and maker of rude records which were all banned by the BBC.

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West Country Links

• Official site for Pensford and nearby villages in North Somerset - home of Acker Bilk and the famous annual festival.

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Scrumpy Links

• ukcider website and the ukcider mailing list
• APPLE - the rather tortuously contrived name "Apple and Pear Product Liaison Executive" was given to this very worthwhile organisation; a subsidiary organisation of CAMRA dedicated to the conservation and promotion of real cider. [Update 2007 - This organisation appears to have disappeared but the CAMRA website still has some pages on cider and perry.]
• The Scrumpy User Guide - an essential guide to all things zider. Created by Paul Gunningham and now run by Somersetmade.
• The Real Cider & Perry Page - originally created by Gillian Grafton, taken over by Paul Gunningham and now run by Somersetmade.
• The Wittenham Hill Cider Portal (aka Andrew Lea's Small Scale Cidermaking pages) give a lot of technical information on all aspects of cider making, including some interesting pages about Andrew's personal experiences as an expert amateur cidermaker, with some useful tips for anyone wanting to make their own.
• Bern's Scrumpy World is another site of general interest to scrumpy drinkers - it has Bern's reviews of different ciders, links to scrumpy-related sites, and more! [Warning - not updated since 2001!]

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Friends of the Scrumpy & Western website

• The Masqueraders Carnival Club website
• Wurzel Bush Folk Club website
• If you're ever over in the Deep South and missing Scrumpy & Western music, tune into Barney Hartline, Jim Hickam, and Terry Wright's show Your Folk Connection on KRCU 90.9 FM in Cape Girardeau, Missouri - they're great fans of The Wurzels, Adge Cutler, Shag Connors and all your other favourite Scrumpy & Western artists, and frequently play their records on air!

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