The Cocktail Cowboy Goes It Alone


The Cocktail Cowboy Goes It Alone is the first solo album by Dave Pegg, of Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull. It was recorded at his Woodworm Studios in Barford St. Michael during spring 1983; it was released in 1983 as Woodworm WR003.
Pegg formed a band called The Cocktail Cowboys to promote the album, featuring young local musicians. The band included Chris Leslie on violin and mandolin, Andrew Loake on lead guitar and mandolin, Simon Graty on keyboards, and Neil Gauntlett on pedal steel. Gauntlett went to the same secondary school as Pegg, although a few years later. Drummer Trevor Foster was replaced midway through the tour by future Fairport drummer Gerry Conway.

Track listing

;Side 1
  1. "The Cocktail Cowboy"
  2. "Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow"
  3. "Barnes Morris"
  4. "All the Dance Numbers"
  5. "The Swirling Pit"
  6. "Pipe Major Jock Laidlaws Fancy"
;Side 2
  1. "The Journeymen"
  2. "Carolans Draught"
  3. "Level Pegging"
  4. "Song For Sandy"
  5. "Lord Mayo"