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The Story of the Incredible String Band
The short biography taken from Making Time. A longer
version will be added in due course.

One of the more unusual groups to come out of Britain in
the 1960s, the Incredible String Band were highly
influential in their day with the likes of Robert Plant and
the Rolling Stones citing them as references. The String
Band is one of those groups that are very difficult to
categorise, sometimes described as psychedelic folk music,
they were certainly an early exponent of World Music in the
UK.

The group came together in the mid-1960s. Clive and Robin
had been playing together at Clive's Incredible Folk Club,
a small folk club in Saucihall Street in Glasgow. They
built up quite a following including Billy Connolly and
Mike H More...

The Incredible String Band Lyrics List:
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  • A Very Cellular Song Lyrics
  • Adam And Eve Lyrics
  • Air Lyrics
  • Alice Is A Long Time Gone Lyrics
  • All Writ Down Lyrics
  • Antoine Lyrics
  • Astral Plane Theme Lyrics
  • At The Lighthouse Dance Lyrics
  • Bad Sadie Lee Lyrics
  • Banks Of Sweet Italy Lyrics
  • Beyond The See Lyrics
  • Big Ted Lyrics
  • Black Jack David Lyrics
  • Black Jack Davy Lyrics
  • Blues For The Muse Lyrics
  • Born In Your Town Lyrics
  • Bridge Song Lyrics
  • Bridge Theme Lyrics
  • Can't Keep Me Here Lyrics
  • Chinese White Lyrics
  • Circus Girl Lyrics
  • Cold February Lyrics
  • Come With Me Lyrics
  • Cosmic Boy Lyrics
  • Cousin Caterpillar Lyrics
  • Creation Lyrics
  • Cutting The Strings Lyrics
  • Darling Belle Lyrics
  • Dear Old Battlefield Lyrics
  • Douglas Traherne Harding Lyrics
  • Down Before Cathay Lyrics
  • Dreams Of No Return Lyrics
  • Ducks On A Pond Lyrics
  • Dumb Kate Lyrics
  • Dust Be Diamonds Lyrics
  • Everything's Fine Right Now Lyrics
  • Evolution Rag Lyrics
  • Explorer Lyrics
  • Fair As You Lyrics
  • First Girl I Loved Lyrics
  • Footsteps Of The Heron Lyrics
  • Frutch Lyrics
  • Gently Tender Lyrics
  • Glancing Love Lyrics
  • Good As Gone Lyrics
  • Good Dog Lyrics
  • Greatest Friend Lyrics
  • Here Till Here Is There Lyrics
  • Hirem Pawnitof / Fairies' Hornpipe Lyrics
  • I Know You Lyrics
  • Invocation Lyrics
  • Ithkos Lyrics
  • Jigs Lyrics
  • Job's Tears Lyrics
  • Juggler's Song Lyrics
  • Koeeoaddi There Lyrics
  • Light In Time Of Darkness / Glad To See You Lyrics
  • Little Cloud Lyrics
  • Little Girl Lyrics
  • Log Cabin In The Sky Lyrics
  • Lordly Nightshade Lyrics
  • Lover Man Lyrics
  • Maker Of Islands Lyrics
  • Maya Lyrics
  • Maybe Someday Lyrics
  • Mercy I Cry City Lyrics
  • Moon Hang Low Lyrics
  • Mr. And Mrs. Lyrics
  • My Blue Tears Lyrics
  • My Father Was A Lighthouse Keeper Lyrics
  • My Name Is Death Lyrics
  • Niggertown Lyrics
  • Nightfall Lyrics
  • No Sleep Blues Lyrics
  • October Song Lyrics
  • Old Buccaneer Lyrics
  • Painted Chariot Lyrics
  • Painting Box Lyrics
  • Partial Belated Overture Lyrics
  • Pictures In A Mirror Lyrics
  • Puppet Song Lyrics
  • Puppies Lyrics
  • Queen Of Love Lyrics
  • Rainbow Lyrics
  • Red Hair Lyrics
  • Restless Night Lyrics
  • Robot Blues Lyrics
  • Sailor And The Dancer Lyrics
  • Saturday Maybe Lyrics
  • Schaeffer's Jig Lyrics
  • Seagull Lyrics
  • Second Fiddle Lyrics
  • See All The People Lyrics
  • See Your Face And I Know You Lyrics
  • Sleepers, Awake! Lyrics
  • Smoke Shovelling Song Lyrics
  • Sunday Song Lyrics
  • Swift As The Wind Lyrics
  • Talking Of The End Lyrics
  • The Actor Lyrics
  • The Circle Is Unbroken Lyrics
  • The Eyes Of Fate Lyrics
  • The Half-Remarkable Question Lyrics
  • The Head Lyrics
  • The Hedgehog's Song Lyrics
  • The Iron Stone Lyrics
  • The Letter Lyrics
  • The Mad Hatter's Song Lyrics
  • The Minotaur's Song Lyrics
  • The Mountain Of God Lyrics
  • The Son Of Noah's Brother Lyrics
  • The Song Has No Ending, Part 1-9 Lyrics
  • The Tree Lyrics
  • The Water Song Lyrics
  • The Yellow Snake Lyrics
  • This Moment Lyrics
  • Three Is A Green Crown Lyrics
  • Time Lyrics
  • Tree Lyrics
  • Turquoise Blue Lyrics
  • Veshengro Lyrics
  • Waiting For You Lyrics
  • Walking Along With You Lyrics
  • Waltz Of The New Moon Lyrics
  • Way Back In The 1960's Lyrics
  • Weather The Storm Lyrics
  • When The Music Starts To Play Lyrics
  • When You Find Out Who You Are Lyrics
  • Whistle Tune Lyrics
  • White Bird Lyrics
  • Witches Hat Lyrics
  • Womankind Lyrics
  • Wool Suite Lyrics
  • Worlds They Rise And Fall Lyrics
  • You Get Brighter Lyrics
  • You Know What You Could Be Lyrics
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    Long time ago.... | Reviewer: Mike Carter
        ------ About the song The Hedgehog's Song performed by The Incredible String Band

    ..... 1968, to be precise, and I'm in an all-night hoot in Steinfurth bei Bad Nauheim, Germany. It's well into the lantern hours, and we're starting to run down on things we've not already sung. One of the Kura brothers (Klaus Peter, I think) starts the Hedgehog Song, did it a couple of times with what I remember as some splendid harmonies from the bunch (well, the ones who were still awake and/or capable). I'm humming the thing all the way home (was stationed in Wiesbaden) and used to do the first verse and chorus as a sort of warm-up for the fingers.

    Times passes, and I'd pretty much forgotten the song, then somebody heard me playing the thing and was delighted that somebody remembered ISB. So we sang the first verse and the chorus (neither one could remember the rest) a couple times, I explained why I sang it in a German-person-doing-slightly-Brit-accent, and that was about all there was to it.

    It's now much later .... now, in fact .... and I'm trying to get as much of the 60's and 70's down on paper before everything fades. Trying not to get old is pretty pointless, but don't get freaked when a lot of stuff gets erased or merged with other, similar things. My solution is to try and gather the lyrics and music to what I remember singing (found a couple of gig lists a while back, so that helps) and trying to get photos or whatever to help me sort out the whole thing.

    Enough exposition. THis is one of those songs you sing through once, and half the people n the room are singing the chorus by the end of the first verse. Sing it through a second time, and they're picking up parts of the verses. That, kid, is folk. Maybe not Alan Lomax and CERTAINLY not the neo-Celtic stuff, and I strongly suspect it wasn't intended as such, but it works.


    What the Holy F was that ? | Reviewer: Raven Blackwell
        ------ About the song October Song performed by The Incredible String Band


    October Song by the incredible string band is the most beautiful Recorded Song I have ever heard sang by a man.


    brilliant | Reviewer: Anonymous
        ------ About the song Puppet Song performed by The Incredible String Band

    like most ISB songs, this one is amazing. i was already a fan when i turned on this newly acquired album as background music to my reading one night. this song, along with the jugglers song, jumped out at me. fun, groovey, great rhythm and licks, and of course amazingly insightful spiritually resonant lyrics that hit me just where i needed it right at that particular moment.


    Hedgehog Revisited | Reviewer: Andrew Bolton
        ------ About the song The Hedgehog's Song performed by The Incredible String Band

    Ive loved this song for over 35 years. Recently, rediscovering how good is Cat Stevens, I realised he sounded like ASB at times. Suddenly the Hedgehog Song sprang back to mind and I bought a double ASB album from Amazon.I havent stopped playing them since and the Hedgehog Song has taken its place back in my top 10. Now, older and wiser, I realise at last what its about and often lapse into tears as I listen to it:its the prodigal son, humbly acknowledging the arrogance of his youth.
    Enjoy it.


    That Old Sweet Song | Reviewer: Brian Fitzsimons
        ------ About the song The Hedgehog's Song performed by The Incredible String Band

    John Peel played 'The Hedgehog's Song' on Radio 1 one night when I was about 17 and I immediately loved it. A couple of months later, someone was selling a copy of 'The 5000 Spirits' at work, so I bought it because this track was on it. I was warned that it was not typical of the ISB's work, but I took it anyway. 'The Hedgehog's Song' was still the beautiful, innocent, little song that I remembered, but the rest of the album made me a fan for life. (Not many people know that it was one of the tracks requested by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Wiliams on 'Desert Island Discs', whatever that proves.)


    Bad Sadie Lee | Reviewer: Sadie Lee VaSchouwen
        ------ About the song Bad Sadie Lee performed by The Incredible String Band

    i have yet to read the lyrics of your song of which contain my first and middle name, but I am curious.


    everything's fine right now | Reviewer: scott salzman
        ------ About the song Everything's Fine Right Now performed by The Incredible String Band

    Such agreat song. I'm finally trying to get the lyrics so I can learn it.er. Sorry Mike, shouldn't have been jealous of the telepathy between you and my girfriend in Boston 1969....Love you.......Scott


    A cut above heaven... | Reviewer: Cressida Gaukroger
        ------ About the album Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air performed by The Incredible String Band

    This is possibly one of the greatest albums released by one of the most influential, beautiful, and originally talented bands ever formed. Robin Williamson and Mike Herron moved their music even further with their later releases, still keeping the originally hippie and almost psycadelic sounds that made their first releases great, but with a new complexity of sound partly due to an even bigger range of instruments which create even more layers to an already unique and moving form.

    I strongly suggest that when listening to "Tree”, a re-recording of an earlier song that has been improved upon with a new utter fierceness that it emits from every point, you turn the volume up to full during the chorus.

    -Buy the album, and you'll have no trouble knowing what I mean.



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