Twangin' 'n' A-traddin' Revisited

Ashley Hutchings' Big Beat Combo's instrumental album Twangin' 'n' a-Traddin', originally released in July 1994. It is now 'Revisited' with the addition of three songs that expressively recall the pre-Beatles' era and the sentiments of the teenage Hutchings simultaneously discovering rock 'n' roll and girls. In simple terms, Twangin' 'n' a-Traddin' paid homage to a long-gone age of pop music during the late 50s and early 60s when the Top Twenty of the day would always feature a number of instrumental hits. When I started to learn my instrument all those years ago, said Hutchings in the original liner notes, it was the sound of Johnny and the Hurricanes and Bill Black's Combo which I longed to emulate, not the Spinners or the Kingston Trio. Twangin' 'n' a-Traddin' accordingly presented rock 'n' pop instrumentals with traditional playing alongside folk tunes and a handful of Hutchings' originals which were given rock 'n' roll arrangements and sensibilities. PR is being handled by Iconis Music, who also look after the PR for Fairport Convention. The album features guitar legend Richard Thompson.