sentences:  Andy Cutting (diatonic button accordion)Jo Freya (clarinet, saxophone vocals)Paul James (bagpipes, saxophones)Gregory Jolivet (hurdy-gurdy)Dave Shepherd (fiddle)Barn Stradling (bass guitar)Jon Swayne (bagpipes, saxophones)
  
  Blowzabella was formed in Whitechapel, east London in 1978 by Bill O'Toole (bagpipes, flutes) from Sydney and Jon Swayne (bagpipes, flutes) from Glastonbury, both students of musical instrument making at the London College of Furniture in London.The band's name was taken from an English jig (and bawdy drinking song), "Blowzabella My Bouncing Doxie", popular in the late 17th century and early 18th century.One of the founder members, Bill O'Toole, discovered the tune while researching potential bagpipe repertoire in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.