of Castle Carrock, Cumbria. He was the father-in-law of Martin Simpson, a singer and guitarist, whose wife Kit is Bailey's daughter. Having struggled with heart failure for over 30 years, Bailey died on 20 November 2018 in St Luke's Hospice, Sheffield. A posthumous album was released in late 2020 entitled Roy Bailey Remembered, featuring performances from Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, The Wilsons and The Spooky Men's Chorale. This was recorded at Towersey Folk Festival 2019 and launched as an album using crowd funding Discography Albums Smoke and Dust Where the Heart Should Have Been, CBS 1965 (as part of the Three City Four) [most of the album reissued 2010] Oats & Beans & Kangaroos, Fontana Records, SFL13061, 1968 (with Leon Rosselson) [children's songs] Roy Bailey, Trailer Records, LER 3021, 1971 That's Not The Way It's Got To Be, Fuse Records, CF 251, 1975 (with Leon Rosselson) Love, Loneliness & Laundry, Fuse, CF, 1976 (with Leon Rosselson) New Bell Wake, Fuse, CF262, 1977 If I Knew Who the Enemy Was, CF284, 1979 (with Leon Rosselson) Songs of Life from a Dying British Empire, Paredon, 1981 (with Leon Rosselson) [this being a US re-issue of That's Not The Way It's Got To Be] Hard Times, Fuse, CF382, 1982 Freedom Peacefully, Fuse, CF386, 1986 Leaves From a Tree, Fuse, CF394, 1988 Why Does It Have To Be Me?, Fuse, CF396, 1989 [children's songs] Never Leave A Story Unsung, Fuse, CFCD398, 1991 What You Do With What You've Got, Fuse, CFCD399, 1992 [compilation of 1975–1991 material] Business As Usual, Fuse, CFCD400, 1994 Rhythm & Reds, Musikfolk, MFO512, 1994 [as Band of Hope – with Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick & John Kirkpatrick] New Directions in the Old, Fuse, CFCD402, 1999 New Bell Wake, Fuse, CFCD262, 1999 Gentle Men, Irregular Records, 1998 (with Robb Johnson) Past Masters, Fuse, CFCD403, 1998 Coda, Fuse, CFCD, 2000 Up the Wooden Hill, Fuse, CFCD170201, 2002 [children's songs] Writing on the Wall, Fuse, CFCD405, 2004 (with Tony Benn) Sit Down and Sing, Fuse CFCD406 2005 Below the Radar, Fuse, CFCD407, 2009 Tomorrow, Fuse, CFCD408, 2010 [children's songs] Stories EP, Fuse, Digital release only, 2014 Live at Towersey Festival 2015, Fuse, CFCD410, 2016 ' 'Roy Bailey:Remembered. See also Political Song Network References External links The Roy Bailey Homepage Official website 1935 births 2018 deaths British socialists English folk musicians Political music artists English folk singers English folk guitarists Musicians from London