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 | | Jo Fraser (b 4 Dec. '60, St Albans, Herts) joined the group late that year, bringing fresh opportunities for branching out as she played saxophone and sang; the first album with her was their next studio album A Richer Dust on Plant Life '88, prod. |
 | | Central to it was a suite of tunes called 'The Wars Of The Roses' commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain to commemorate the final battle of that civil war 500 years earlier; they performed it on the evening of the anniversary in East Stoke church near the site of the battle. |
 | | Shepherd left '89, to be replaced by Andy Cutting (b 18 March '69, Harrow); Swayne rejoined Dec. '89 in time to prepare for next Blowzabella studio album, Vanilla on Special Delivery '90, which reinforced their position as a leading European folk dance band. |
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