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21st June 2007

What a grand evening we had! Great atmosphere in the Bothal Suite, newcomers and holidaymakers.

Eleven floor spot performers plus a smashing extended set from Mike Jessop - songs, humour, anecdotes, politics... and he even got the audience to join in!

You can Listen to an mp3 Soundbite of each performer, and...

Full song performed by Mike Jessop
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Getting the evening underway was John Campbell
who sang 'Tuxedo Junction' and 'Louie Louie' -  a Richard Berry song that has over 1600 documented cover recordings.


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2
Jack Hakin was in great form - we had whistling with the Gene Autry and Smiley Burnett's 'Riding Down The Canyon' and yodelling with the Roy Rogers song 'Pinto Pony'.


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3
Good to see Chris Riley again, who is becoming quite a regular. Tonight he sang two self-penned songs 'Summer Sun' and 'Cabbage White'.


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4 Extended set
 Mike Jessop  began his set with 'Breakfast', an Alan Hull song. Then it was Bob Dylan's 'Girl From The North Country', Tom Paxton's 'Last Thing On My Mind', and a newly learned Steve Earle song 'Jerusalem'. Next, for the holidaymakers in the audience, he gave us 'The Roads Of East Northumberland' by Rod Clements. Returning to Dylan he sang 'Blowing In The Wind' before finishing up where he started, with his favourite songwriter, Alan Hull. Mike closed with 'Treat Me Kindly' the last song Alan wrote before he died. Thanks, Mike, for a great set..

 

5
Starting the second half we had Andrew & Keith Jones - first time at the Club for son Andrew. They performed the classic songs 'House Of The Rising Sun' and 'Streets Of London'.


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Then, joking that he'd made more mistakes than Andrew,  Keith Jones sang the amusing Jake Thackray song 'Leopold Alcock'.


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7
Pauline Giles has sung at the Club before... but tonight, for the first time, she played a whistle tune, 'Jamie Allen'.


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8
Pauline then played whistle for husband Al as he sang the Johnny Handle song 'The Old Pubs'.
9
First tuneset from Northumbrian piper Ann Sessoms was 'Cullercoats Bay', 'The Banks Of The Tyne' and 'Till The Tide Comes In'. Second she played 'The Bonniest Lass In All The World', 'The Peacock Followed The Hen' and 'Andrew Kerr'.


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Resident poet Ann Lunam-Cowan was next with her own poem 'Ah'm At An Awkward Age' and then Les Barker's ' It Eppinged A Long Time Ago' - a fun (and somewhat risqué) geography lesson!


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11
Jim Wigfield sang two self-penned songs this evening 'One Peat Bog Too Far' and 'State Of The Nation' - the last unaccompanied!


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12
It was a
pleasant surprise to see Simon Haworth at the Club tonight. He began with two of his own tunes 'Mick's Milk Float' and 'The One Eyed Goat'. Then James Keelaghan's song 'Run River Run' and, to finish the night, the self-penned song 'Rory's Still'.
An extended set from Mike Jessop, 11 floor spots, 27 songs and tunesets and all for only £1 (remember, 'It's In The Bag').

You always get great value at Ashington Folk Club as it continues to give its regular performers the opportunity to showcase their talent.

Thanks again to Mike
Thanks to the floorspotters
Thanks to the audience new and old

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