Fiona Rigg - Folk music started for Fiona with her Dad’s acoustic guitar and her local folk club in Sevenoaks. Three years in Sheffield got her into traditional music and ceilidh dancing, but it wasn’t until she moved up to the Lakes and met Bill and Ali Lloyd that the opportunity came to play in a ceilidh band – as guitarist for Devil’s Gallop. This gave her the chance to watch other callers in action and with Martyn Harvey’s encouragement and support she took her first calling booking – a Harvest supper in Windermere using tapes. She soon realised that calling with a live band would be much more fun and jumped at the offer of a gig with a local band - a certain Tumbling Tom by name!

The departure of one of the Tumbling Tom members in the late 90’s gave an opening to join the line up and play harmonies or improvise around the tunes on keyboard and whistle. She loves being able to combine the calling and the playing, but also enjoys just calling with other bands, either local ones such as Macaroon Ceilidh Band and Jig-Run-Rig, or nationally known bands at festivals, the latest ones being with 422 at Whitby and the Simon Care Trio at Otley..

She lives in Kendal with husband Pete, their children being scattered near and far, from Kendal to London and Japan! What spare time there is after the job and the music is spent with family and friends relaxing!

Tony Farren - Tony grew up (physically at least...) in Sussex, and went to Durham University, where he discovered and later defected to the North. He taught himself mouth organ at age 11, acoustic guitar in his teens, mandolin and bass guitar in his twenties, and then ran out of room for instruments.

Having been a solo singer and guitarist in folk clubs in the seventies, he now mainly plays in collaboration with others. In Tumbling Tom, Tony plays bass on most tunes, but also plays harmonica and percussion at times. On bass, he follows the example of the great Ashley Hutchings in keeping a “skip” in the music, combining with Steve and Les to create compelling rhythmic support to the traditional tunes and dances.

Other members.

Andrew Service - Keyboard, bass guitar, button accordion. Andrew played with the band from 1986 until 1997.

Dave Neve - fiddle, mandolin, and tenor banjo. Dave was a founding member of the band, he left in the early-mid 1990's.

Pete Waller - Pete played melodeon and button accordion. Pete was a founding member of the band, but left the area in the mid-1990's.

Pete Rigg - English concertina. Another early band member, his job in the merchany navy limited his appearances.

Roy Eccles - Piano accordion. Roy depped when commitments owning The Crown at High Newton permitted. He left for Cambridge in 1986.

Deps - People who have depped in the band include -
- Guitar - Norman Bell, Tony Kelly, Steve Parkinson
- Bass - Mark Robinson, Paddy Garrigan, Neil Brook
- Drums - Iain Hunter, John Whittaker, Chris Malkin

Tumbling Tom Band 'the ceilidh roots dance band for people out there'