This UK acoustic folk rock ensemble comprised Ray Wright, Trevor Sandford, Peter McMum, Judy Slater and William Thorp. The band is generally considered part of the loosely-formed 'Jesus Movement' of musicians who proselytized through popular music. Contemporaries included CAEDMON and MALCOM AND ALWYN in the UK, and groups such as PETRA and CHILDREN OF THE DAY in the United States. The band was formed while the four members were students at Cambridge University in 1971, and became a full-time venture in 1974. The band's first album 'Hill Climbing for Beginners' was released in the UK that year, but Myrrh (a Love Records label) was concerned the music would not be well-received by fundamentalists in the U.S. so remixed the album before releasing it the following year. The band went on to produce a second album, but by then the Jesus movement had already largely faded amid both scandals and changing lifestyles. The band released 'Harvest Time' as a small-run private pressing in 1976, shortly before the group disbanded. Line-up / Musicians Peter McMunn/vocals,guitar Trevor Sandford/vocals,guitar,bass William Thorp/vocals,violin,piano,bongos,bass,tenor recorder,tuning fork Ray Wright/vocals,guitar,bass,bongos with: Bobbie Graham/congas,drums,tambourine,cymbals Gari Williams/flute George Caird/oboe John Payne/clarinet Nigel Robson/horn Jeremy Ward/bassoon Frances Kelly/harp Stephen Jones/violin Wilf Treasure/viola Darrell Davison/cello Mike Wade/drums,percussion Discography(Album) Hill Climbing for Beginners 1973
1.Stranger in the World 2.I Used To Be Blind 3.Jesus I've Been Walking 4.Hill Climbing For Beginners 5.Start of a Run 6.Song of The Cross 7.I Have Seen the Lord
