Topping, Joe | Vagrant Kings, The | CD

Joe Topping is a singer-songwriter from the Wirral whose influences range from the traditional music of the folk clubs he grew up around to the Americana and blues he encountered on his travels in the USA, where he lived in a pickup truck and spent the best part of a year driving around America. He has developed his own bottleneck guitar style, which he uses in many of his original songs. He has played on stage and in the studio with members of Fairport Convention and with Andy Irvine, and he currently plays in the bands Elbow Jane and Rainbow Chasers.

The Vagrant Kings is a 1 CD album by Joe Topping, released in 2015 by Fellside Recordings. Joe Topping sings and plays guitar, banjo and harmonica, with Steve Parry on organ, grand piano, drums, guitar and bass. Further credits include Scott Poley on pedal steel guitar, The Leos Quartet on strings, Terry Coyne and Andy Connally on Irish flute, and Jack McCarthy on percussion.

Track List

1. No Matter Where I Ramble
2. Cat On A Cold Slate Roof
3. I'm Not Gonna Worry
4. Heartbroken Blues
5. This love And Lack Of Money
6. Leaves On The Line
7. Put The Ground Beneath My Feet
8. One Beat Away
9. Redemption
10. The Ballad Of William Burke
11. Sweet Sixteen