In the pub, always nicknamed "Sandy Bell's" and now formally called that, fiddler Aly Bain played along with singer/guitarists Mike Whellans and Dick Gaughan in sessions.
In 1973, Gaughan left to pursue a solo career and the Northumberland musician Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern) joined.
Robin Morton had left to found a Scottish folk music label called Temple Records[3] (featuring such groups as the Battlefield Band).
Their 1980s sound also included Christy O'Leary from County Kerry (uilleann pipes),[3] who had previously toured with De Dannan.
In 2009, "Paidraig O'Keefe's/Con Cassidy's" from In The Tradition was included in Topic Records 70 year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten, as track fourteen on the third CD.