Nigel John Pegrum (born 22 January 1949) is a

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and former

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, most known for playing on many albums by

Steeleye Span Steeleye Span are a British folk rock band formed in 1969 in England by Fairport Convention bass player Ashley Hutchings and established London folk club duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior. The band were part of the 1970s British folk revival, and we ...

Biography

Nigel Pegrum played drums with an early line-up of the

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, then with Lee Grant And The Capitols before joining

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, who subsequently changed their name to Uriah Heep and replaced him with a drummer who had a heavier style of playing, but not before recording the "Lansdowne Tapes". These sessions have since been released under the Uriah Heep name, and feature Pegrum on drums on some tracks. He then joined the art-rock/prog-rock band Gnidrolog, where he was able to use his ability on the flute and oboe. He recorded two studio albums with them, plus a live album before playing with Halcyon and then living on a commune in Worcestershire in 1973. Steeleye Span had finally decided to use a full-time drummer and invited him to join them. Two weeks later he was touring America, with them as the supporting act for Jethro Tull. He remained with Steeleye Span for 17 years, then moved to Australia where he has recorded world-beat albums with aboriginal musicians. He rejoined Steeleye Span for a one-off project, titled ''The Journey'', in 1995. In 1979, Pegrum joined up with Steeleye Span bassist

Rick Kemp Frederick Stanley 'Rick' Kemp (born 15 November 1941) is an English bass player, guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and record producer, best known for his work with the British folk rock band Steeleye Span. Projects In the 1960s, he shot to promi ...

to create

Plant Life Records Plant Life Records was a record label that existed from 1977 until 1984. It was formed by Nigel Pegrum, at that time drummer for Steeleye Span. Maddy Prior recorded one album for the label, as did Wizz Jones in 1977. Its most successful rec ...

. A third member of Steeleye Span, Maddy Prior, released one of her albums on the label. The label's most successful recordings were with the Tannahill Weavers. Pegrum was producer of over 30 albums on the label, which closed down in 1984. He has been a session drummer for

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, Wizz Jones,

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and John Otway. He worked as a freelance producer before emigrating to Australia, where he works with Australian Sun Records. Both Pegrum and Rick Kemp were members of the punk parody band the Pork Dukes in 1977, using pseudonyms. Pegrum produced two albums of the German folk band Lorbass (''Wie es uns gefällt'' in 1979 and ''Wohl bekomm's'' in 1981, both on Burlington Records) on which he played drums as a guest musician. In 1980, he joined up with the German band Stenderband with Stefan Stoppok. He recorded one album, titled ''Erfrischungen''. In 1982, he played the drums on the album ''Drucksache'' with the German band Bernie's Autobahn Band. Pegrum now operates his own recording studio, Pegasus Studios, in Whitfield, a suburb of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pegrum, Nigel English drummers British male drummers English record producers Steeleye Span members Living people 1949 births British folk rock musicians Place of birth missing (living people)