Steeleye Span in 1973, left to right, Bob Johnson, Tim Hart, Maddy Prior, Peter Knight and Rick Kemp outside the Royal Albert Hall. Photograph: Keystone Press/AlamySteeleye Span in 1973, left to right, Bob Johnson, Tim Hart, Maddy Prior, Peter Knight and Rick Kemp outside the Royal Albert Hall. Photograph: Keystone Press/AlamyFolk musicObituaryBob Johnson obituarySteeleye Span guitarist whose rock, blues and folk influences became crucial to the band’s successWhen Steeleye Span ended their most recent tour with a sold-out show at Cadogan Hall in London, they began it with The Green Man, a song about environmental concerns written by their former guitarist Bob Johnson that had been lost for 40 years and never performed or recorded until 2023.
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