Accordions Go Crazy
Accordions Go Crazy
Group from United Kingdom
Genres: Weltmusik, folk, Accordeon, worldmusic, abgehakt
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About Accordions Go Crazy
Accordions Go Crazy was a six piece band formed in 1985 by the accordionist, pianist and performance artist Mike Adcock including Clive Bell, Dean Speedwell Brodrick, Nicola Hadley, Sylvia Hallet and Stuart Jones. The group featured the accordion as the lively, fresh and fun-loving instrument it was always meant to be. On occasion every member played an accordion, but usually the group presented two or three accordions complemented by combinations of bass guitar, drums, voices, violin, flute, piano, trumpet and trombone. The music ranged from dance to folk to pop to experimental. As a dance band, Accordions Go Crazy presented Cajun two-steps, French waltzes, Norwegian folk dances, rock'n'roIl and original material. For a Concert situation a wider range of pieces were available, maybe a Romanian birdsong scherzo compete with a forest full of larks, or an aching Roy Orbison baIIad. The band's experimental side was much less predictable, venturing boldly into the uncharted territory of the avantgarde accordion. They recorded three albums on the Trikont label: Overboard in 1988, Zombie Dancer in 1989 (with Nicola Hadley replaced by drummer Ann Day), and The art of paper folding in 1991, with Stuart Jones replaced by Ruth Bitelli on bass guitar. Gradually people got more involved in other projects, and Accordions Go Crazy last played on a short tour of Italy in 1991, with Dan Brown replacing Ruth on bass.
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