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1
& 9
Vince Carr
began proceedings with two instrumentals.
Firstly an African lullaby called 'Midnight' and then an arrangement
by Vince for guitar of a folk tune 'Lovely Joan'.
For his second spot he sang two
songs - a Queen song called '39' and then the Steve
Ashley song 'The Candlemas Carol'. |
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2 & 8
Next was
Dave Donohoe
who gave us a song written by himself and Kevin Robinson about John
Denver. Then, especially for Zak, the
Dylan classic 'Forever Young'. In the second half he sang another
Dylan song 'I Shall Be Released' and then his own song '6 to 6' about
the decline of the corner shop. |
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3 & 11
Good to see Alex Okon
again
who has been very busy with the new addition to his family. We were
treated to the second movement of Vivaldi's guitar concerto, 'La Grima' by
Francisco Tarrega, 'La Paloma' and a piece by a South American composer.
All fine stuff. |
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4
Peter Murphy
was in ebullient mood as he gave us
'Follow The Blues' and an unaccompanied
rendition of 'She Moved Through The Fair'. You can see more of Peter
on the 21st July when he is in the Spotlight. Don't miss it! |
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5
& 14
Without the other half of Old English we had
Pete Cryer
on his own. Always good to see him. He began with
'The Bell Ringing Song' and followed this with 'As I Walked Out One
Midsummer Morning'. He came back to finish the evening with 'Gentleman
Soldier' and 'Wild Flying Dove'. |
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6 & 12
In the first half Jim Wigfield did
a medley of 9 (yes nine!) well known songs: 'Blowing In the Wind', 'Mr Tambourine
Man', 'Sloop John B', 'Back Home Again', 'Help Me Make It
Through The Night', 'San Quentin', 'Turn Again', 'Caravan' and 'Don't
Stop Breathing'. Phew!
In the second half he reverted to two of his own songs 'Dad' and
'Dilemma'. |
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7 & 13
John Campbell
in bluesy mood did his own take on a Richard Thompson song 'Cooksferry
Queen' and then a Neil Young song 'Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)'.
Especially for Hedley in the second half he did an 8-bar blues 'He's
Got A Way With Women' and followed this with a bit of a pastiche
'Cocaine'. Great. |
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10
Our resident poet
Anne Lunam-Cowan recited her poem
'Woman's Weekly' entirely from memory - how does she remember all
those words? Great fun, had us chuckling as usual. |
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numbers? 8 acts,
26 songs, tunes and a poem.
Like what you see and hear? Then why not come along and join us? You'll find a
friendly atmosphere, attentive audience, and great performances at Ashington
Folk Club... first and third Thursday of every month. |
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Look forward to seeing you all again
for another smashing evening... |
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