Peggy's leg

PEGGY'S LEG -- taken from "the tapestry of delights" book, copyright by Vernon Joynson -- Personnel: VINCENT DUFFY bs A JIMMY GIBSON gtr, vcls A DON HARRIS drms A JIMI SLEVIN lead gtr, vcls A ALBUM: 1(A) GRINILLA (Bunch BAN 2001) 1973 R5 NB: (1) Reissued in 1995 by Kasoa Records, Italy. (1) issued officially on CD, digitally remastered with a bonus track (Kissing Spell KSCD 915) 2001. 45: 1 William Tell Overture (Bunch no # ) 1973

-- taken from "the tapestry of delights" book, copyright by Vernon Joynson --

Personnel:
VINCENT DUFFY bs A
JIMMY GIBSON gtr, vcls A
DON HARRIS drms A
JIMI SLEVIN lead gtr, vcls A


ALBUM:
1(A) GRINILLA (Bunch BAN 2001) 1973 R5

NB: (1) Reissued in 1995 by Kasoa Records, Italy. (1) issued officially on CD, digitally remastered with a bonus track (Kissing Spell KSCD 915) 2001.

45:
1 William Tell Overture (Bunch no # ) 1973


This is one of the rarest albums of the seventies. Peggy's Leg were an Irish classical rock outfit and their sole album was recorded in just 23 hours. 500 copies were pressed originally and as most were sold to local fans, originals are extremely difficult to locate nowadays, particularly with the inner lyric sheet. The album consisted of six tracks and, aside from an unadventurous cover version of Love Sculpture's Sabre Dance, they comprised self-penned compositions which forged frantic heavy rock sections with soft dreamlike passages into a series of well structured songs. They also recorded a pretty frantic and indeed demented version of the William Tell Overture, which was put out on a 45.

Jimi Slevin, the founder and leader of Peggy's Leg joined Skid Row when the band split. He later went on to record several solo albums. Don Harris went into session work and played with David Bowie in the early eighties. Vincent Duffy sadly committed suicide in 1983.

In 2001 Grinilla was reissued officially on CD, digitally remastered and with a bonus track Son Of Gorilla which consists of a live recording featuring a drum solo by Don Harris.