We were joined this month by Carol and Dave from Crawcrook as well as Lindsay and Rachel. Although the latter claimed to be audience, Lindsay was prevailed upon to sing and gave us a grand rendering of 'Oh Pendle.' We were greatly pleased that Janet returned and gave us Alan Taylor's, 'Lady Take your Time,' 'The Coat of Many Colours' and 'The Ash Grove' among others. Carol sang Robin Williamson's, 'October Song,' and Anna McGarrigle's, 'Talk to Me of Menocino,' as well as 'Mr. Bojangles.' Phil gave us, 'The Bonny Ship the Diamond,' 'Slip Jigs and Reels' and 'Tim McGuire who Loved to Play with Fire,' and Angus, 'I am Weary' sung by the Cox Family and Sydney Carter's 'Run the Film Backwards.' Robbie threw in 'Over the Hills' and 'The British Soldier by Harvey Andrews.' David sang , 'Daddy Fox,' and 'Old Fid.' There were others but the above selection gives a flavour of the evenings proceedings.
Tunes on dulcimer, pipes and guitar were, 'The Quaker's Wife,' 'Mr Preston's Hornpipe,' ' Eileen o' Carroll,' 'Love Minus Zero' by Bob Dylan, 'Eagles' Whistle' and Northumbrian tunes and polkas with all joining in.
We raised a glass to our good friend David Hutchinson who had become a regular at the club before his recent sad death. We will remember his songs and tunes songs and tunes. Rest peacefully, Dave.
I look forward to meeting again on May 23rd.
Saturday, 13 May 2017
March 2017
Lawks: getting left behind! Busy book writing (of which, more anon, perhaps).
So, where was I? The March session turned out to be a lively night on which we were visited by the jolly, rollicking company of a singles club plus others: Jill, Sally, Joyce, Sheila, Francis, Mary, Jane, Debbie, John, some of whom were singers and offered up a song or two, and much enjoyed these were, too. Janet introduced herself and brought her guitar, which was great. We were also joined by a friend, Robin, of the old days at the Colpitts in Durham and our good regulars. The Colpitts session may well be still going. I wonder whether there is still a furious water boiler for glass washing, pawing the ground and snorting spurts of steam at intervals.
David started us off on pipes with the tune, to the song, ' Broom Bezoms' and later did 'Valse de Pol. ' Other tunes were Charlie's 'Harvest Home' and 'Trumpet Hornpipe' with joining in by other instrumentalists and, later, 'King o' the Fairies' and 'Willa Fjord' or 'Spooky Skerry.'
There were lots of good songs, particularly featuring some from Lancashire such as Carol's 'Oh Pendle' and Cicely Fox Smith's, 'Hunting o' the Hare'. A selection of others were: Janet's 'Sadly Certain,' Katy's, 'Generations of Change,' Richard's spirited rendering of the bothy ballad, 'Nicky Tams,' and Robin's 'You Are' by Graeme Miles. Robin, a great friend of, and collaborator with, Graeme during his lifetime, is also a fine exponent of his haunting songs of Teeside and beyond. Ann sang, 'It Made me the Man that I Am,' a song of an emigrant to Australia, and Angus, Gillian Welsh and Dave Rawlings,' 'Dear Someone. 'Phil picked up on the earlier spooky tuned gave us Dorothy Una Radcliff's, 'The White Dog of Yockenthwaite.' Janet gave us 'The Nightingale' and Tom Paxton's, 'Can't help but Wonder Where I'm Bound.' We were privileged to be treated to Cubby's story of,'The Spanish Waiter,' told with great aplomb.
There were plenty more songs and some laughs but the above gives a flavour of the evening. Thanks for coming, all. A grand evening.
So, where was I? The March session turned out to be a lively night on which we were visited by the jolly, rollicking company of a singles club plus others: Jill, Sally, Joyce, Sheila, Francis, Mary, Jane, Debbie, John, some of whom were singers and offered up a song or two, and much enjoyed these were, too. Janet introduced herself and brought her guitar, which was great. We were also joined by a friend, Robin, of the old days at the Colpitts in Durham and our good regulars. The Colpitts session may well be still going. I wonder whether there is still a furious water boiler for glass washing, pawing the ground and snorting spurts of steam at intervals.
David started us off on pipes with the tune, to the song, ' Broom Bezoms' and later did 'Valse de Pol. ' Other tunes were Charlie's 'Harvest Home' and 'Trumpet Hornpipe' with joining in by other instrumentalists and, later, 'King o' the Fairies' and 'Willa Fjord' or 'Spooky Skerry.'
There were lots of good songs, particularly featuring some from Lancashire such as Carol's 'Oh Pendle' and Cicely Fox Smith's, 'Hunting o' the Hare'. A selection of others were: Janet's 'Sadly Certain,' Katy's, 'Generations of Change,' Richard's spirited rendering of the bothy ballad, 'Nicky Tams,' and Robin's 'You Are' by Graeme Miles. Robin, a great friend of, and collaborator with, Graeme during his lifetime, is also a fine exponent of his haunting songs of Teeside and beyond. Ann sang, 'It Made me the Man that I Am,' a song of an emigrant to Australia, and Angus, Gillian Welsh and Dave Rawlings,' 'Dear Someone. 'Phil picked up on the earlier spooky tuned gave us Dorothy Una Radcliff's, 'The White Dog of Yockenthwaite.' Janet gave us 'The Nightingale' and Tom Paxton's, 'Can't help but Wonder Where I'm Bound.' We were privileged to be treated to Cubby's story of,'The Spanish Waiter,' told with great aplomb.
There were plenty more songs and some laughs but the above gives a flavour of the evening. Thanks for coming, all. A grand evening.
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