When touring to open for bands like Jethro Tull in the early 70s, Steeleye would make their appearance on stage lined up before microphones, wearing mummers' costumes, with the tall crowned hats and all, lit spookily from below and otherwise in darkness, sing this stark and terrifying dirge, and scare the sht out of everybody.
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Date: 2015-06-12 06:05 pm (UTC)When touring to open for bands like Jethro Tull in the early 70s, Steeleye would make their appearance on stage lined up before microphones, wearing mummers' costumes, with the tall crowned hats and all, lit spookily from below and otherwise in darkness, sing this stark and terrifying dirge, and scare the sht out of everybody.