On 2013 album North, Barclay James Harvest’s first studio record for 14 years, John Lees and his 21st-century line-up paid tribute to their regional roots. Just before its release guitarist/vocalist Lees told Prog about the abiding influence of late keyboardist Stuart ‘Woolly’ Wolstenholme, who’d died tragically in 2010.
The gold albums on the walls of John Lees’ studio outside Oldham testify to a successful international artist – but he and his band have never forgotten their roots. Like characters from Game Of Thrones (with fewer sharp weapons and a better sense of humour, admittedly), John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest are proud men of the North.
