Billy Bragg

vocal, guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, producer, performer, resonator guitar, keyboard, banjo, arranger, slide guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, electric bass guitar, handclaps, triangle

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Grant Showbiz producer, vocal A Pict Song, Accident Waiting to Happen, All Fall Down, Bad Penny, Blake's Jerusalem, Body of Water, Brickbat, Cindy of 1000 Lives, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Dolphins, Everybody Loves You Babe, Everywhere, From Red to Blue, Goalhanger, God's Footballer, Heart Like a Wheel, I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night, Joe Hill, King James Version, Mother of the Bride, Moving the Goalposts, My Youngest Son Came Home Today, Never Cross a Picket Line, Never Had No One Ever, Nicaragua Nicaraguita, North Sea Bubble, Northern Industrial Town, Ontario, Quebec and Me, Qualifications, Rule nor Reason, Rumours of War, Sexuality, Shirley, Sugardaddy, Sugardaddy (Smokey Gets in Your Ears mix), Sugardubby, Tank Park Salute, Thatcherites, The Boy Done Good, The Few, The Fourteenth of February, The Internationale, The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions, The Red Flag, The Space Race Is Over, Trust, Upfield, Wish You Were Her, You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Fritz Weiss
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) engineer, producer, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion A Lover Sings, Between the Wars, Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (live), Days Like These (DC remix), From a Vauxhall Velox, Greetings to the New Brunette, Help Save the Youth of America, Help Save the Youth of America (live), Honey I’m a Big Boy Now, Ideology, Introduction (live), Island of No Return, It Says Here, Jeane, Levi Stubbs’ Tears, Like Soldiers Do, Love Gets Dangerous, St Swithin's Day, St. Swithin's Day, Strange Things Happen, The Home Front, The Marriage, The Myth of Trust, The Passion, The Saturday Boy, The Short Answer, The Tatler, The Warmest Room, The World Turned Upside Down, There Is Power in a Union, Think Again, Think Again (live), This Guitar Says Sorry, To Have and to Have Not (live), Train Train, Walk Away Renee, Wishing the Days Away, Wishing the Days Away (Ballad version)
Wiggy producer, recording, vocal, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, guitar, mandolin, slide guitar A Lover Sings (alternative version), Accident Waiting to Happen, Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star version), Bad Penny, Blake's Jerusalem, Body of Water, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Everywhere, I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night, Joe Hill, Life With the Lions, Little Time Bomb, Mother of the Bride, Must I Paint You a Picture?, My Youngest Son Came Home Today, Nicaragua Nicaraguita, North Sea Bubble, Rotting on Remand, She’s Got a New Spell, Sulk, Tank Park Salute, Tender Comrade, The Few, The Internationale, The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions, The Only One, The Price I Pay, The Red Flag, The Short Answer, Valentine’s Day Is Over, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards, Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (demo), Wish You Were Her, You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Cara Tivey vocal, Hammond organ, harmonium, keyboard, organ, piano, shakuhachi Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star version), Blake's Jerusalem, Body of Water, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Dolphins, Everybody Loves You Babe, Everywhere, Goalhanger, Heart Like a Wheel, Life With the Lions, Little Time Bomb, Must I Paint You a Picture?, My Youngest Son Came Home Today, North Sea Bubble, Rotting on Remand, Rule nor Reason, Sexuality, Sugardaddy, Sulk, Tank Park Salute, The Boy Done Good, The Few, The Fourteenth of February, The Internationale, The Price I Pay, The Space Race Is Over, The Space Race Is Over (demo), Trust, Upfield, Upfield (demo), Valentine’s Day Is Over, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards, Wishing the Days Away (Ballad version)

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Grant Showbiz producer, vocal A Pict Song, Accident Waiting to Happen, All Fall Down, Bad Penny, Blake's Jerusalem, Body of Water, Brickbat, Cindy of 1000 Lives, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Dolphins, Everybody Loves You Babe, Everywhere, From Red to Blue, Goalhanger, God's Footballer, Heart Like a Wheel, I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night, Joe Hill, King James Version, Mother of the Bride, Moving the Goalposts, My Youngest Son Came Home Today, Never Cross a Picket Line, Never Had No One Ever, Nicaragua Nicaraguita, North Sea Bubble, Northern Industrial Town, Ontario, Quebec and Me, Qualifications, Rule nor Reason, Rumours of War, Sexuality, Shirley, Sugardaddy, Sugardaddy (Smokey Gets in Your Ears mix), Sugardubby, Tank Park Salute, Thatcherites, The Boy Done Good, The Few, The Fourteenth of February, The Internationale, The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions, The Red Flag, The Space Race Is Over, Trust, Upfield, Wish You Were Her, You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Kenny Jones (UK engineer) engineer, producer, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion A Lover Sings, Between the Wars, Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (live), Days Like These (DC remix), From a Vauxhall Velox, Greetings to the New Brunette, Help Save the Youth of America, Help Save the Youth of America (live), Honey I’m a Big Boy Now, Ideology, Introduction (live), Island of No Return, It Says Here, Jeane, Levi Stubbs’ Tears, Like Soldiers Do, Love Gets Dangerous, St Swithin's Day, St. Swithin's Day, Strange Things Happen, The Home Front, The Marriage, The Myth of Trust, The Passion, The Saturday Boy, The Short Answer, The Tatler, The Warmest Room, The World Turned Upside Down, There Is Power in a Union, Think Again, Think Again (live), This Guitar Says Sorry, To Have and to Have Not (live), Train Train, Walk Away Renee, Wishing the Days Away, Wishing the Days Away (Ballad version)
Wiggy producer, recording, vocal, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, guitar, mandolin, slide guitar A Lover Sings (alternative version), Accident Waiting to Happen, Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star version), Bad Penny, Blake's Jerusalem, Body of Water, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Everywhere, I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night, Joe Hill, Life With the Lions, Little Time Bomb, Mother of the Bride, Must I Paint You a Picture?, My Youngest Son Came Home Today, Nicaragua Nicaraguita, North Sea Bubble, Rotting on Remand, She’s Got a New Spell, Sulk, Tank Park Salute, Tender Comrade, The Few, The Internationale, The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions, The Only One, The Price I Pay, The Red Flag, The Short Answer, Valentine’s Day Is Over, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards, Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (demo), Wish You Were Her, You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Cara Tivey vocal, Hammond organ, harmonium, keyboard, organ, piano, shakuhachi Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star version), Blake's Jerusalem, Body of Water, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Dolphins, Everybody Loves You Babe, Everywhere, Goalhanger, Heart Like a Wheel, Life With the Lions, Little Time Bomb, Must I Paint You a Picture?, My Youngest Son Came Home Today, North Sea Bubble, Rotting on Remand, Rule nor Reason, Sexuality, Sugardaddy, Sulk, Tank Park Salute, The Boy Done Good, The Few, The Fourteenth of February, The Internationale, The Price I Pay, The Space Race Is Over, The Space Race Is Over (demo), Trust, Upfield, Upfield (demo), Valentine’s Day Is Over, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards, Wishing the Days Away (Ballad version)
John Porter (producer) producer, bass guitar, mandolin, slide guitar Greetings to the New Brunette, Help Save the Youth of America, Honey I’m a Big Boy Now, Ideology, Jeane, Levi Stubbs’ Tears, The Home Front, The Marriage, The Passion, The Tatler, The Warmest Room, There Is Power in a Union, Think Again, Train Train, Walk Away Renee, Walk Away Renee (version), Wishing the Days Away, Wishing the Days Away (Ballad version)
Victor van Vugt engineer Accident Waiting to Happen, Body of Water, Cindy of 1000 Lives, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Dolphins, Everywhere, God's Footballer, Mother of the Bride, Moving the Goalposts, Rumours of War, Sexuality, Tank Park Salute, The Few, Trust, Wish You Were Her, You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
J.F.T. Hood drums, percussion Accident Waiting to Happen, Bad Penny, Body of Water, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Goalhanger, Mother of the Bride, Never Had No One Ever, North Sea Bubble, Sexuality, Sugardaddy, The Few, The Fourteenth of February, The Space Race Is Over, Upfield, Wish You Were Her, You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Ted de Bono producer A Lover Sings, Days Like These (U.K. version), From a Vauxhall Velox, I Don't Need This Pressure Ron, Island of No Return, It Says Here, Like Soldiers Do, Love Gets Dangerous, Scholarship Is the Enemy of Romance, St Swithin's Day, St. Swithin's Day, Strange Things Happen, The Myth of Trust, The Saturday Boy, This Guitar Says Sorry
Ryan Freeland mix, recording Chasing Rainbows, Do Unto Others, Goodbye, Goodbye, Handyman Blues, I Ain't Got No Home, January Song, No One Knows Nothing Anymore, Over You, Swallow My Pride, There Will Be a Reckoning, Tomorrow's Going to Be a Better Day, Your Name on My Tongue
Joe Henry producer Chasing Rainbows, Do Unto Others, Goodbye, Goodbye, Handyman Blues, I Ain't Got No Home, January Song, No One Knows Nothing Anymore, Over You, Swallow My Pride, There Will Be a Reckoning, Tomorrow's Going to Be a Better Day, Your Name on My Tongue
Dave Woodhead (trumpeter) flugelhorn, trumpet Goalhanger, Levi Stubbs’ Tears, Little Time Bomb, Moving the Goalposts, Never Had No One Ever, Sugardaddy, The Few, The Home Front, The Marriage, Trust, Upfield, Valentine’s Day Is Over
Andy Peak engineer A Pict Song, Brickbat, Everybody Loves You Babe, From Red to Blue, Goalhanger, King James Version, Northern Industrial Town, Sugardaddy, The Fourteenth of February, The Space Race Is Over, Upfield
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) producer Life With the Lions, Little Time Bomb, Must I Paint You a Picture?, Rotting on Remand, She’s Got a New Spell, Tender Comrade, The Only One, The Price I Pay, The Short Answer, Valentine’s Day Is Over, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Graham Dear engineer Life With the Lions, Little Time Bomb, Must I Paint You a Picture?, Rotting on Remand, She’s Got a New Spell, Tender Comrade, The Only One, The Price I Pay, The Short Answer, Valentine’s Day Is Over, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
George Shilling percussion Greetings to the New Brunette, Help Save the Youth of America, Honey I’m a Big Boy Now, Ideology, Levi Stubbs’ Tears, The Home Front, The Marriage, The Passion, The Warmest Room, There Is Power in a Union, Wishing the Days Away
Martin Hayles engineer Life With the Lions, Little Time Bomb, Must I Paint You a Picture?, Rotting on Remand, She’s Got a New Spell, Tender Comrade, The Only One, The Price I Pay, The Short Answer, Valentine’s Day Is Over, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Johnny Marr (UK guitarist; founding member of The Smiths) performer, producer, vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar, keyboard, tambourine A Lover Sings (alternative version), Cindy of 1000 Lives, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Greetings to the New Brunette, North Sea Bubble, Sexuality, Shirley, The Boy Done Good, The Passion, Walk Away Renee (version)
Danny Thompson (English double bass player) double bass Dolphins, Little Time Bomb, Must I Paint You a Picture?, Rotting on Remand, The Price I Pay, Valentine’s Day Is Over, Wish You Were Her
Lorraine Bowen vocal, accordion, clarinet, piano, pipe organ, sopranino recorder Accident Waiting to Happen, God's Footballer, My Youngest Son Came Home Today, The Boy Done Good, The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions, Trust, Wish You Were Her
Oliver Hitch (producer/engineer) engineer, producer, recording A New England, Lovers Town Revisited, Richard, The Busy Girl Buys Beauty, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Milkman of Human Kindness, To Have and to Have Not
Amanda Vincent keyboard, piano Bad Penny, God's Footballer, Mother of the Bride, Moving the Goalposts, Rumours of War, Sexuality, Wish You Were Her
Kirsty MacColl vocal Bad Penny, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, Greetings to the New Brunette, Sexuality, The Passion
Nigel Frydman bass guitar, electric bass guitar Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star version), Goalhanger, Never Had No One Ever, Sulk
Caroline Hall (multi-instrumentalist performer: trombone, bass-clarinet, clarinet, flute, piano, vibraphone, accordion, percussion) trombone Goalhanger, Never Had No One Ever, The Few, Upfield
Owen Morris engineer, mix Cindy of 1000 Lives, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, North Sea Bubble, Sexuality
Gary Smith (producer) producer Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star version), Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Stars version), Sulk
Elliet Mackrell violin Everywhere, Mother of the Bride, Thatcherites
Andy Hobson (UK bassist) bass, bass guitar Bad Penny, Cindy of a Thousand Lives, The Few
Micky Waller drums Life With the Lions, The Price I Pay, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Bruce Thomas electric bass guitar Life With the Lions, She’s Got a New Spell, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Terry Disley Hammond organ, strings Brickbat, From Red to Blue, The Fourteenth of February
Terry Edwards (saxophonist/guitarist/horn player/member of the Higsons) alto saxophone, baritone saxophone Goalhanger, Never Had No One Ever, Upfield
Jody Linscott percussion Cindy of a Thousand Lives, The Boy Done Good, Wish You Were Her
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist) acoustic guitar, mandolin Everywhere, You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Martin Belmont electric guitar Life With the Lions, Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Diedre Cooper cello Brickbat, The Fourteenth of February
James Eller bass guitar North Sea Bubble, Sexuality
Tony Maronie percussion She’s Got a New Spell, The Short Answer
Simon Moreton percussion Greetings to the New Brunette, Levi Stubbs’ Tears
Fionn Ó Lochlainn bass guitar Sugardaddy, Upfield
Chris Morgan (US guitarist for Canned Heat) double bass King James Version, The Space Race Is Over
Ken Craddock piano Honey I’m a Big Boy Now, The Warmest Room
Bobby Valentino (British violinist and singer-songwriter) violin, violins Train Train, Wishing the Days Away
Moodswings remixer Sugardaddy (Smokey Gets in Your Ears mix), Sugardubby
Julia Palmer cello Rumours of War, The Short Answer
Ashley Drees mandolin King James Version, Thatcherites
May Fitzpatrick vocal Sing Their Souls Back Home, The Johnny Carcinogenic Show
Rob Allum drums Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star version), Sulk
Mary Ramsey instrument arranger, strings, viola, violin God's Footballer, Rumours of War
Neill MacColl producer, bass guitar, mandolin Kilroy Was Here
Jim Sutherland (UK composer & producer) bodhrán, percussion The Red Flag
John Keane (US indie rock producer/engineer) engineer, bass guitar, pedal steel guitar You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Andy Carlson fiddle You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Harry Mead drums Kilroy Was Here
Kate St John accordion Kilroy Was Here
Kaya Jenner vocal Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
George Peckham (Porky) vocal Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Eliza Carthy vocal, violin All Fall Down
Donna Welchman violins The Short Answer
Marc Duff tin whistle The Red Flag
Dick Gaughan vocal The Red Flag
David Bedford arranger, conductor The Internationale
Côr Cochion Caerdydd vocal The Internationale
Michael Stipe vocal You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Michelle Shocked vocal Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Cory Band brass The Internationale
Chucho Merchan double bass The Fourteenth of February
Jayne Creamer vocal Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Nic Waterhouse trombone M for Me
Chris Thompson (vocalist with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) banjo Joe Hill
Charlie Llewellin cymbals, drums The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
Camilla Brunt violins The Short Answer
Raoul Terzi engineer Kilroy Was Here
Calum MacColl engineer, producer, guitar Kilroy Was Here
Robert Handley vocal I Don't Need This Pressure Ron
Robert Wyatt vocal I Keep Faith
Rory Campbell bodhrán Thatcherites
Ben Nicholls double bass Kilroy Was Here
Step Parikian engineer Joe Hill
Steven Lewis (UN envoy to Africa) vocal Wish You Were Her
Ted Hawkins vocal Cold and Bitter Tears (live)
Barb Jungr harmonica Life With the Lions
BJ Cole pedal steel guitar Rotting on Remand
The Mint Juleps vocal Upfield (demo)
Theresa Pamplin viola The Short Answer
Andy Szabo vocal Wish You Were Her
Victoria Taylor Roberts vocal Wish You Were Her
John Palmer (performance name of Eric Bastiaen) cello The Only One

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Fritz Weiss producer, vocal, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, electric guitar, guitar, handclaps, mandolin, resonator guitar Against th’ Law, Ain'ta Gonna Grieve, All You Fascists, At My Window Sad and Lonely, Be Kind to the Boy on the Road, Birds and Ships, Black Wind Blowing, Blood of the Lamb, Bugeye Jim, California Stars, Chain of Broken Hearts, Christ for President, Don't You Marry, Eisler on the Go, Feed of Man, Give Me a Nail, Go Down to the Water, Gotta Work, Hesitating Beauty, Hoodoo Voodoo, Hot Rod Motel, I Guess I Planted, I Was Born, I'm Out to Get, Ingrid Bergman, Jailcell Blues, Listening to the Wind That Blows, Meanest Man, My Flying Saucer, My Thirty Thousand, Ought to Be Satisfied Now, She Came Along to Me, Stetson Kennedy, Tea Bag Blues, The Unwelcome Guest, Union Prayer, Walt Whitman’s Niece, Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key, When the Roses Bloom Again
Billy Bragg and The Blokes vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar Another Kind of Judy, Baby Faroukh, Distant Shore, Dreadbelly, England, Half English, He'll Go Down, Jane Allen, NPWA, Some Days I See the Point, St. Monday, Take Down the Union Jack, Tears of My Tracks
Riff Raff vocal, guitar I Wanna Be a Cosmonaut, Romford Girls, What's the Latest?
The Gang vocal Junco Partner
Team Stereo performer Religious Persuasion
The Imagined Village performer England Half English meets John Barleycorn
The Redskins performer Tracks of My Tears / People Get Ready (live 1985-12-13: Central London Poly, London, UK)
Mike Sanberg performer All You Fascists
The Up Stairs vocal She's Leaving Home
靳学斌 performer, vocal The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out
LFO vs. Fuse vocal My Father’s Mansions
Jonas Herpichböhms Ohropack vocal, guitar If I Had a Hammer
H.E.A.L. performer Tighten up Your Wig