Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span is a British folk-rock band that has been active since 1970.

Steeleye Span was co-founded by Ashley Hutchings, the London-born bass player who had co-founded

Steeleye Span is a British folk-rock band that has been active since 1970.

Steeleye Span was co-founded by Ashley Hutchings, the London-born bass player who had co-founded Fairport Convention in 1967. Fairport was involved in a road accident in 1969 in which the drummer, Martin Lamble, was killed and other bandmembers injured. They convalesced in a rented house near Winchester in Hampshire and worked on their album Liege And Lief. Despite the success of the album, Ashley Hutchings and the band's vocalist Sandy Denny left Fairport Convention in early 1970.