steeleye span
Tim Hart, a founding member of UK folk group Steeleye Span, has died at the age of 61, it has been announced. Hart, who left the band in 1983, died of lung cancer on Christmas Eve in La Gomera on the Canary Islands. Steeleye Span was formed in 1969 when Hart and singer Maddy Prior teamed up with bass player Ashley Hutchings, formerly of Fairport Convention. The band made more …