Biography
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Years Active
1969 – present (55 years)
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Founded In
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Fresh Maggots was a short-lived British folk duo from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, consisting of Mick Burgoyne and Leigh Dolphin, who played a variety of instruments including guitars, glockenspiel, tin whistles and strings. They released one album in 1970 before splitting up, with sustained interest as a cult classic and collector’s grail seeing it re-released in 2006. Their sound was melodic acid folk-rock with electric (heavy on the fuzz side) and acoustic guitar mixed with glockenspiel, tambourine, violin, tin whistles and harmony vocals.
Recorded in 1971 when the duo were just 19 years old and fresh to the studio, "Fresh Maggots" is one of the best distillations of folk and psychedelia ever recorded. Varying in tone from heavy rock (‘Frustration’) to protest (‘Everybody’s Gone To War’), social commentary (‘Dole Song’) and pastoral (‘Rosemary Hill’), it’s a highly unusual and powerful record that enjoyed extravagant acclaim on release but sold poorly and has never been officially issued since. Original pressings are notoriously badly pressed, so this reissue was warmly welcomed by all lovers of acid folk.
The duo released one single, "Car Song", before splitting up.
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