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Go to: www.georgelloyd.com/wildwoodacoustic/

Picture of Tipis at Taliesin Copyright Simon Brooke. Thanks Simon.

Born 1200 feet up in the Pennines in East Lancashire. Merchant Navy, Halifax Art College, Birmingham University, Actor/Stage Manager/Musician in London, then The Arvon Foundation, then worked with heavy horses (Clydesdale/Suffolk, Irish Draught, Fell Ponies) extracting timber in the Cumbrian woods for 7 years.

Ran the Kendal Folk Festival and the Kendal Jazz Festival for 3 years, then started Albany Records, (classical) and Wildwood Records, (Folk/Traditional - Sieze the Day, Dragonsfly, Ben Paley, etc.)

Now a musician, producer and music publisher, part-time farmer and manager of agri-environment schemes.

Plays 5 string banjo, Scottish Smallpipes, Jon Swayne pipes, whistle, and Arabic Lute (Oud), playing mostly mountain music with a bit of songwriting,and dance dance dance...

Plays with the Wildwood Band, guests with the Bag of Spanners, (Now then!!) and as a Duo with Pat Simmons and with Lawrence Woof, (a.k.a. The Goats). Now plays mostly solo.

GIGS:

Watch this space for gig list, or send me a message!

Authentic MONGOLIAN YURTS from Ulaan Taij:

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MONGOLIAN YURTS: Check out:http://www.ulaantaij.com/

I can travel with an authentic Mongolian yurt, made from traditional sustainable materials: (horsehair ropes, rawhide bindings, cotton canvas, heavy sheeps-wool insulation and certified timber) so if you want a proper Mongolian Yurt for your festival, wedding, music session, or just a hooley, come and visit, or send me a message for more information
More pictures of Festivals and great times....
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MySpaceTV Videos: bill and chas play glasson fundraiser by Glasson Festival
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids....


Live Before You Die from Dreamtime Film on Vimeo .

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Harmony singers, (especially those Genoese longshoremen, singing like angels) and singer/songwriters.

I would like to meet a Sarod teacher in the North-West of England, or West Yorkshire.

I like to meet anyone who knows where the music comes from....

My Blog

Bill Lloyds Gig List - From September 26th 2008

 Bill Lloyd's Gig List  Sat 30th May    Pulse Bar, Todmorden4th - 10th June     Appleby Fair26th - 28th June    Dent Folk Festival10 - 12 July           Furness Festival11th July               Stickle...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:39:00 GMT