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Next up was
George Rosenthal
who started with Jez Lowe's 'The Indian Lass' and then he gave us
'Hallelujah' which he said he'd learned from Shrek. |
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Alex Okon quietened things down
again with a couple of gentle classical guitar pieces, 'Romanza' and 'Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring'. |
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Finishing the 1st half we had Matty Ditchburn
(Matt The Hat) with two Jimmie Rodgers songs - 'Miss The Mississippi
And You' and, from the film 'Oh
Brother, Where Art Thou?', an adaptation of 'He's In The Jailhouse Now'
- great stuff, good humour and a bit of yodelling too. |
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Vince
Carr began the 2nd
stint with a 3
tune medley 'Ethelred / Starlight / In The Hall Of Bright Carvings'
and then 'The Toper's Rant' based on an orchestral version of John Clare's poem. |
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2nd Northumbrian piper of the night,
Ann Sessoms played a selection of
17th Century tunes -
'Never Love Thee More', then a 3-tune set of 'Dusty Miller /
Rusty Gully / and Three Rusty Swords'. She finished with a slow air and slip jig by
Alistair Anderson. |
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It's a few years since Esther
Marshall has
been at the Club. She sang beautiful versions of 'Will You Meet Me Tonight On The Shore' and the Ralph McTell song, 'Let Me Down Easy'.
Please don't leave it so long till your next visit. |
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Back from his holidays
John Campbell was in fine form
with a song from Rufus Thomas, 'Walkin The Dog' (complete with woofs!) and
Lightnin' Hopkins' 'Blues In A Bottle'. |
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Pat Yeowart was in
great voice. Tonight we were treated to 'Buddy Can You Spare Me A
Dime' and then the Anne Shelton song 'My Mama Done Told Me'. |
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15
Jim Wigfield
with another new song! This time about intimidation at work, 'How Many
Times?' - 95, according to Jim who even gave us a twirl during the
last chorus. |
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Singing 'probably the saddest song he knows' Peter
Murphy gave us an unaccompanied version of 'When The Old Dun Cow Caught Fire'.
He followed this with a somewhat gentler 'Curragh of Kildaire'. |
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And
then we had Dave Donohoe
with a Kevin
Robinson song 'Rags Of Our Time' and his unique treatment of Ralph McTell's 'Claire To Here'. |
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Neil Ethair sang his
own compositions - a rousing 'Holy Carolie' and then a
thoughtful 'I Want No Flowers'. |
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It was well after 11 by the time
Tony Hamblin got on - he started with the lovely
Dougie MacLean song,
'Caledonia', and ended the night with a great chorus song, 'Three
Score And Ten'... Phew! |
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What better way to enjoy the music in the sweltering heat than
to down a pint or two?
Cheers! |
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| 19 acts, 35
songs, tune sets and poems - all crammed into a single evening's
entertainment. Wowee!!! Come along and see what
you've been missing - good live music in a warm (very warm) and friendly environment. Singers, Musicians & Poets
nights are held on the 1st Thursday of
every month, and there's more of the same but with extended Spotlight sets on the
3rd Thursday. |
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Thanks
again to everyone who was there
We had an absolutely scorching night! |
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