current_members website years_active article_title background genre origin name
michael woodbine richard devaney dave thompson graham sivills http://www.middlewichpaddies.nordendesign.co.uk/ 1980 & ndash ; present the middlewich paddies
 group_or_band folk england the middlewich paddies
the middlewich paddies

the middlewich paddies are an irish folk band formed in 1979 in the town of middlewich in cheshire .
although not widely known outside of folk music circles , two members of the band were instrumental in setting up the middlewich folk and boat festival which has now become a recognised festival on the folk circuit .
