Ashley "Tyger" Hutchings, MBE (born Ashley Stephen Hutchings on 26 January 1945) is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founding member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre:
Fairport Convention,
Steeleye Span and
The Albion Band. Hutchings first achieved recognition as a co-founder of
Fairport Convention in 1967, but his work and his musical influences predate Fairport Convention by several years, and he subsequently went on to found and lead numerous other nota…
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