James Lascelles

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British musician and the second son of the 7th Earl of Harewood and his first wife, the former Marion Stein (subsequently Mrs. Jeremy Thorpe); as such styled The Hon. James Lascelles. His father was a first cousin to Queen Elizabeth II, making Lascelles a first cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth II and in line of succession to the British throne. Lascelles was a co-founder of the Global Village Trucking Company, known to its fans as "The Glob's", in the early 1970s. The band, the road crew and their families all lived together in a Norfolk commune, and undertook numerous benefit concerts and free festivals, playing extended free-form jams, making them a well known UK live act. The band shunned record companies, but played on the Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall benefit album at Dingwalls in 1973, and in November 1974 they recorded an eponymous album at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales. Lascelles then became a session musician, until in 1980 he joined The Breakfast Band, a jazz/funk band, which released two albums, Dolphin Ride and Waters Edge, and had a dance hit, "L.A. 14". He then took an interest in world music, recording tribal music in North Africa and New Mexico, and releasing this on his own label, Tribal Music International. He also started composing music for theatre, The Footsbarn Travelling Theatre Company and Tiata Fahodzi, and film. He now plays keyboards, for Cockney Rebel and his own world music band, Talking Spirit, and works with disaffected inner-city children. As of 2011 Lascelles was appearing with Mike Storey as "The Ivory Brothers". Lascelles has been married three times and has four children. Link to Wikipedia biography