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Source. Rating. AllMusic. [ 1] Whatever Happened to Jugula? is the 13th studio album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper. It was first released on March 4, 1985, through Beggars Banquet Records. Jimmy Page plays on the album.
The album's title, Stormcock, is an old English name for the Mistle thrush ( Turdus viscivorus ). [ 11] The male of the species is most vocal in the early morning and has a tendency to sing after, and sometimes during, wet and windy weather which led to the name 'Stormcock'. [ 12][ 13] Harper has an appreciation of birdlife and has made ...
Musical artist. James Patrick Page OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Prolific in creating guitar riffs, Page’s style involves various alternative guitar tunings and melodic solos, coupled with aggressive, distorted guitar ...
Chrysalis. Beggars Banquet. I.R.S. Bella Union. Website. royharper .co .uk. Roy Harper (born 12 June 1941) [ 1] is an English folk rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has released 22 studio albums (and 10 live ones) across a career that stretches back to 1966. As a musician, Harper is known for his distinctive fingerstyle playing and ...
The original version of this track were released on David Gilmour and, featuring both musicians, on Harper's The Unknown Soldier . Initially released on vinyl and cassette, the album's length was reduced when converted to CD by omitting the last track, "Hangman". The album was dedicated to Derek Jewell, British writer, broadcaster and music critic.
Meet Roy Harper, the mysterious voice within the band's psychedelic 1975 hit. The Story Behind Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar” Peter Csathy
Lifemask was written by Harper during a period of illness when HHT, which leads to polycythemia, threatened his health and incapacitated him.With thoughts of life and death upon his mind, side two of the album features a lengthy 23-minute track entitled "The Lord's Prayer" which Harper described as "my last will and testament".
That concert took place at London's Rainbow Theatre where Harper performed alongside Jimmy Page, John Bonham, [1] David Bedford, Max Middleton, Ronnie Lane and Keith Moon. The initial printing of the album cover caused a strike among female workers at the EMI factory in Hayes when shop stewards found the picture of a naked man in that week's ...