Halfpenny Dancer
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Halfpenny Dancer is album by English
England
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 rock
Rock music
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 band The Quireboys
The Quireboys
The Quireboys are an English hard rock band formed in 1984 in London, England, with strong ties to Newcastle. When the band formed they were originally known as The Queerboys and later as the London Quireboys in the United States....

, released in 2009. The album consists of their songs, captured in acoustic form.
Two different editions of Halfpenny Dancer were released, the original 13 song version limited to 1000 copies and the deluxe package that have a new design and 2 bonus songs "Halfpenny Dancer" and "Have A Drink With Me". The album was produced by Chris Corney.

Track listing

  1. "There She Goes Again" (Bailey/Gray)
  2. "Devil of a Man" (Bailey/Gray)
  3. "Love to Love" (Schenker
    Michael Schenker
    Michael Schenker is a German rock guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO, in addition to his solo band. He first rose to fame as a founding member of the Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid 1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the...

    , Mogg
    Phil Mogg
    Phillip John 'Phil' Mogg is a vocalist for the band UFO, which he formed with longtime friends Pete Way and Andy Parker. Mogg wrote the majority of the band's lyrics, with the music being written by Way, Schenker, and later, Raymond, but Schenker left to launch his solo career in 1979...

    ) UFO
    UFO (band)
    UFO are an English heavy metal and hard rock band, who were formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal...

     cover
  4. "Mona Lisa Smiled" (Griffin/Gray)
  5. "Halfpenny Dancer" (Gray/Griffin)
  6. "I Can't Stop Loving You
    Can't Stop Loving You
    "I Can't Stop Loving You " is a song by Leo Sayer from his 1978 self-titled album. It reached number six on the UK singles chart and was classified silver.-Phil Collins version:...

    " (Billy Nicholls
    Billy Nicholls
    Billy Nicholls is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director, who first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his Pet Sounds influenced album, Would You Believe, originally released on Immediate Records.Nicholls' compositions have been covered by many...

    )
  7. "Roses & Rings" (Gray/Bailey)
  8. "Baby It's You" (Miller)
  9. "Hello" (Griffin/Gray)
  10. "Pretty Girls" (Gray/Bailey)
  11. "He'll Have to Go
    He'll Have to Go
    "He'll Have to Go" is an American country and pop hit recorded on October 15, 1959 by Jim Reeves. The song, released in the fall of 1959, went on to become a massive hit in both genres early in 1960.-Background:...

    " (Joe Allison
    Joe Allison
    Joe Marion Allison was an American Hall of Fame songwriter, a radio and television personality, a record producer, and a country music business executive....

    , Audrey Allison)
  12. "Long Time Comin'" (Gray/Bailey)
  13. "Have a Drink with Me" (Gray/Guerin)
  14. "Hates to Please" (Bailey/Gray)
  15. "King of New York" (Bailey/Gray/Vallance)

Band

  • Spike
    Spike (musician)
    Spike sometimes also known as Spike Gray, is an English rock frontman, songwriter and vocalist most famous for his times with The Quireboys with whom he has released four studio albums to date....

    - vocals
  • Guy Griffin - guitars, backing vocals
  • Keith Weir - piano, backing vocals
  • Paul Guerin - guitars
  • Phil Martini - drums, percussion
  • Damon Williams - bass

Additional musicians

  • Rob Bond - pedal steel
  • Moritz Behm - fiddle
  • Lee Spence - mandolin, dobro
  • Rachel Cullum - violin on "Hello"
  • Chris Corney - bass, banjo, dobro
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