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Name	John Wright
Born	22 June 1947
Place of Birth	Bournemouth, UK
Died	7 February 2008
Song Writer
Brief Description	An interpreter of contemporary songs in the folk idiom.
Long Description	For much of his career, he performed as the leader of the John Wright Band until it disbanded in 2002, after which he recorded as a solo artist. He was born in Bournemouth but grew up in Didsbury in the suburbs of Manchester. His introduction to music was in the church choir with his three older brothers. On leaving school he worked as a sales representative by day and played in rock bands in the evenings. He joined the Life Guards, the mounted regiment of the Household Cavalry in 1970, but played in the piano bars of the West End in the evenings. He left the Life Guards as a lance corporal of horse in 1974 and lived in Derbyshire and then North Yorkshire working as an assistant shepherd. He later moved to Northumberland and then across the border to Newcastleton and Hawick. After more than 10 years a postman heard him singing around the farm and as a result he was invited to a local ceilidh where the quality of his voice had an immediate effect. For several years, however, he sang largely at community events such as shepherd's suppers. In 1990, with the proceeds from the sale of a horse, John funded the recording of a cassette of his unaccompanied traditional songs, Border Crossings. Initially 200 copies were made for family and friends but they sold well and more batches were made and 3,500 copes were sold eventually. In 1993 he recorded a CD with guitarist Kenny Spiers and Wattie Robson who were later to be the other members of the John Wright Band. They performed and recorded as the John Wright Band until 2002 after which John recorded a number of albums under his own name until he died in 2008. (From the Guardian obituary)

Best Known Songs
The Kerry Recruit
Angel Flying too Close to the Ground

Best Known Records	Year
Ride the Rolling Sky	1993

Bands that have included this artist
			Band Name	Joined	Left
Info	Songs	Records	John Wright Band	1993	2002

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