Band Name: The Wurzels (Website)
About the band: The Wurzels (originally Adge Cutler and the Wurzels but renamed The Wurzels after Adge Cutler’s death) are a British Scrumpy and Western band. The Somerset-based band is best known by many people for their 1976 number one hit “Combine Harvester”, and number three hit “I Am A Cider Drinker” based on the song Una Paloma Blanca, but have a history stretching over 40 years, and still perform to this day.
The name of the band was dreamed-up by the band’s founder Adge Cutler. It appears to be short for mangelwurzel, a crop grown to feed livestock, and ‘wurzel’ is also sometimes used in the UK (perhaps only as a result of the band’s name) as a synonym for ‘yokel’.
The Wurzels’ particular “genre” of music was named Scrumpy and Western after the group’s first EP of the same name, issued early in 1967. Scrumpy is a name given to traditional Somerset cider, popular amongst The Wurzels and their fans, and frequently referred to in their songs.
Session times/Location:
| NOV | 2011 | VENUE | CONTACT | Tickets | |
| Sun | 27th Nov | Plymouth | The Karma Nightclub CANCELLED! Due to electrical problems at venue. | 01752 228752 | Click Here |
| DEC | 2011 | VENUE | CONTACT | Tickets | |
| Tues | 6th Dec | London | O2 Academy, Islington | 0844 4772000 | Click Here |
| Weds | 7th Dec | Bath | Komedia | 0117 9299008 | Click Here |
| Mon | 12th Dec | Manchester | Manchester Academy 3 | 0161 8321111 | Click Here |
| Sun | 18th Dec | Bristol | The Tunnels | 0117 9299008 | Click Here |
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