I was fascinated to find out that Rosie now makes origami designs and when I say Origami I mean with a capital O. They are stunning. Unbelievably complex. Which goes a lot against what is on offer here as folk by its very nature is pretty stripped back, and some would say fairly simple (it isn’t but you are sometimes left with that feeling).
You don’t get a lot here in terms of music but enjoy the quality of each and every song which I think matters more than a couple of fillers on any recording. I particularly liked ‘The bride of St. Lawrence’ which has a simple anthemic quality to it whereby you can see and hear the drumming which underpins the drive behind this song. It is an absolute peach and lights up Side A.
Side B offers up a smattering of piano courtesy of Woodall Stanley, who seems to have only ever played on this LP, laced through some idyllic songs where Rosie’s vocals come to the fore. She later ran the Whitesnake fan club. Try and work out the six degrees of separation between Whitesnake and Jerseyburger….
