Several items were written for the 1976 tour to America by the Cory Band and the Grimethorpe Band. The trip was part of American celebrations marking the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence.
The tour was significantly backed financially by the American mining unions; hence the pairing of Britain’s finest mining bands.
American Dream, David of the White Rock, Hunt the Hare and Greensleeves were all generated for this tour.
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The recording is The LIGHTER SIDE of ELGAR HOWARTH on Doyen DOY CD215
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