Belshazzar's Feast
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Paul met accordionist Paul Hutchinson in the (long-defunct) band Life of Reilly in 1995. Finding quickly that they had common interests, both musical and extra-curricular, they set up as a duo and came to record for Doug Bailey at Wildgoose in the winter of 1995, shortly after which Doug drafted them in to provide backing for Ian Bruce. This line-up eventually became the Breezeband and toured the UK and Germany.
As well as touring the club and festival concert circuit in the UK and USA, Belshazzar's Feast specialised in interpreting English traditional and historical dance, albeit in an unorthodox manner which often ruffled feathers. They worked closely with caller Andrew Shaw on three CDs of dances from Playford and Kynaston's collections and a couple of accompanying publications.