Jacob's Ladder

Contemporary Folk / Roots
Canterbury / Faversham
1994 - 1999
== Band Members ==
* Ramona Egle - violin, mandolin, whistles, harp, vocals
* Zinta Egle - guitar, vocals
* Andy Renshaw - bodhran, talking drum, percussion
* Simon Marchant - fretless bass, electric guitar
* Hugh Wisdom - flutes, marimba
== Info ==
JACOB'S LADDER played a mixture of their own songs and traditional tunes from around Europe, plus covers including NICK DRAKE's "Clothes Of Sand", TIM BUCKLEY / THIS MORTAL COIL's "Song To The Siren", and DOUGIE MACLEAN's "Rescue Me".
Their songs revolved around the intertwining vocal harmonies of the Egle twins, whilst the instrumentation added an earthy organic feel to the music, at times reminiscent of the 4AD scene (THIS MORTAL COIL, COCTEAU TWINS, DEAD CAN DANCE etc.)
The band initially formed as a trio of Ramona and Zinta Egle with Andy Renshaw, before expanding to a 5-piece lineup sometime in the mid 90s. Around this time, the original trio formed a more traditional Celtic folk band called Camine, which became hugely popular on the local Kent pub circuit.
Hugh Wisdom sadly passed away in 2021.
== Related Bands ==
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*Greenfield Leisure - Simon
* Normil Hawaiians - Simon
* Jump The Pig - Andy
*Camine - Ramona, Zinta, Andy 
*Longstone - Ramona 
* Relig Oran - Andy
* Selkie - Ramona
== Recordings ==
=== 1994 demo cassette ===
# Slow Shuffle
# Turn The Page
# Homeland
# Clothes Of Sand
# Banks Of The Nile (live)
# Rescue Me (live)
=== 1998 "Kite" CD ===
# Merry Sea
# Tolka Polka
# Clothes Of Sand
# Kite
# Sweeter Fruit
# Amoroso
# Rescue Me
# Turn The Page
# Det Måster Hända Något
# Utan Sans / An Dro d'Ogham
# Tell Me What You See In Me
Recorded Summer 1998 at Delta Studios, Chartham. Engineered by Julian Whitfield and Simon Marchant.
== Gigs ==