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Why Lime Scurvy?It's part of the chorus of a modern humorous shanty "The Captain's Shanty" by Susan Deane and Sarah Newcomb, which Malc took to heart many years ago, and which has become our signature song. |
The
idea of Lime Scurvy is to have fun singing. Shanties were the work songs
of the sea, designed to bring a crew together into a unified whole. They
were direct, simple, rythmic and often funny (and filthy). Although their original
use has died out, they still have the power to create a singing community
from a room full of disparate people. We aim to sing the kind of songs
that the audience can climb on board and join in with more or less right
away. No introspective navel gazing here, just the chance to sing your
heart out.
The Band
All
the members of Lime Scurvy have a long pedigree and deep involvement in
the world of folk music, and while shanties have always been a big part
of Malc and Jim's repertoire, it was the arrival of Ian with his tenor voice and
flair for harmony which prompted the creation of a nameable band. Ian immediately tried to
get us to name the band ... well you'll have to ask him what, but wrestling the wheel from his whitening knuckles
we managed to name it something else. In the end we decided that a band called Something Else was really
stupid, and so we ended up as Lime Scurvy.
By the way, the band is currently 163 years old and weighs less than 35 stone.
By the way, the band is currently 163 years old and weighs less than 35 stone.
Malcolm Devereux
Malc has been singing all his adult life. He has the archetypal northern folk voice that we might all aspire to.
He also has a beard that owls might be proud to nest in. Utterly steady and authoritative, Malc's solo singing is reminiscent of Will Noble.
And he can do it for hours - he never flags - well except when he's fixing my drive. When he's not in Lime Scurvy mode, Malc plays the
bodhran and banjolele, and is a member of long established folk/pub band "Glen Folk" and the now occasional "Last Orders". He also helps to run
the immensely successful Otley Folk Club.
Malc leading "Pay Me (The Money Down)" > streaming and mp3.
Ian Hill
Like Malc, Ian has been playing and performing for nearly forty years,
nothing can stop him, not even trip wire. When not in sea-song mode, he is an accomplished player
of the guitar and mandola, and occasionally also plays mandolin, cittern,
and banjo, but not simultaneously, clearly, or he'd be an octopus. Ian
comes from the north east and has a repertoire of daft songs from that
area, as well as being an outstanding singer of unaccompanied Irish ballads.
Ian is great arranger of traditional songs - he was a teacher, and so
he arranges them really neatly. Ian's other musical commitments are too numerous to mention, and
he forms and reforms duos and trios so fast he is almost a blur.
Ian leading "Yeller Girls" > streaming and mp3.
Jim Lawton
Jim is the least experienced performer of the three members of Lime Scurvy
but has a history of more than thirty years interest
in folk music, and singing. In the early 1990's someone took pity on him in a singaround,
and let him sing one, and since then he's never shut up.
Over the last decade he has become widely respected as a singer, story teller, and
writer, or so he likes to think , as well as having written several acclaimed parodies. Jim also sings with Silsden Singers community choir, edits Filofolk,
and looks after various folk-focused websites. He has his own website, if you can stand it!
Jim leading "Rolling Up Rolling Down", by Jack Forbes > streaming and mp3.
You can get in touch with Lime Scurvy by ringing Jim on 0795 1736444 or by email.
We are available for club bookings, concert spots, and facilitating / leading singarounds and sessions.
Our enthusiasm is boundless, our rates are reasonable, and we'd love to hear you sing!
