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September 2010

Newsletter No 99 - 28 September 2010

It was another good evening with one or two first timers but they were familiar faces. Sean Kavanagh did The Auld Triangle, but he had to leave before he could do a second one, and Mike Turner did As Tears Go By (Jagger/Richards) and his own song, Tommy For the Line, about a Welsh rugby player who came north to play Rugby League for Oldham before being killed in the First World War, and finally, Brian, who has been a regular in the audience for quite some time, did Georgia On My Mind with accompaniment from John Condy on harmonica.

August 2010

Newsletter No 95 - 31 August 2010

As expected a smaller but perfectly formed turnout for Richard and Stella who started off with The Nightingale eagerly followed by Banjo John Brown who played Dr Jazz, The Last of the Summer Wine Theme as a tribute! Ruth, Kath & Stan were similarly sentimental when they said Follow Me Home to which Ed said you can Dream by Bob Dylan. Jean had the Dead Man's Stitch, unaccompanied this time and Mike reminded us of the folly of Icarus. Dave Cinnamond with The Light-hearted Maiden and debutante Linda Nacke with her own Corporate Identity next made a good start at the club followed by veterans Pepper Street who were Across the Borderline with John Hyatt and Ry Cooder's song and Bob was back to school with The Keeper. Heather was then Walking on Sunday with Anthony John Clarke followed by Brian who was On My Way Again with Fairport Convention and Colin was Untitled with his own song but Ann Cojeen was still claiming Young Men Are False but surely not Simon who was a Working Class Hero. Isobel decided to play let's all Jump at the Sun but Frank said he couldn't because he was going to be a Granddad so he went to The Hiring Fair but Dave Pugh soon put his mind at rest by singing Don't Think Twice, It's All Right. However going into the second round Banjo John Brown had the St Louis Blues probably at the demise of The Last Of The Summer Wine. Pepper Street showed no sympathy when they decided they had Boats to Build coming up to the raffle and the interval.

July 2010

Newsletter No 90 - 27 July 2010

A sick note on Facebook from the Bailey Sisters didn't stop the flood gates opening again as we filled up quite nicely for Don & Heather to set the ball rolling with The Roseville Fair where they danced all night. Banjo John then kept toes tapping with Fats Waller's I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate and Merdy also had us dancing with Black Jack Davy singing through the green, green trees leading to Sonny's Mazurka and the Cricket Marched over The Salt Box, two tunes from Mark. Jan then shunned accompaniment for The Raven and The Hare which sent John Condy Rocky Mountain High but Robin only wanted to euphemistically Lay You Down. Then Leadbelly arrived in the guise of our Ged who took us down The Rock Island Line which had us all singing as we went Safe In The Harbour with Carl. The nimble fingers of Isobel next played the Newly Rigged Ship and Lady In The Boat followed by Brel's La Chanson de Jackie, performed superbly by Eric, and Let The Mystery Be from Ruth, Kath & Stan who still get better by the week. Ed was Hanging On In To The End, resisting the retirement home and the pillow (in Joke), as was Derrick with Sparky's Magic Contraceptive and debutante Jean with The Island Of Dreams, come back soon, but for another Marian, All Things Are Quite Silent. Bob then told us Last Night I Had A Lovely Dream but Colin pointed out that Illness Isolates You, Even if it is only addiction to folk music? Merdy then continued with Bob Jensen's Your Favourite Song and John Condy went 10,000 Miles followed by Ruth, Kath & Stan's Birds and Ships before Banjo John sang Take My Hand Precious Lord Lead Me Home to take us to the interval as he packed up his instrument and put on his coat leaving his raffle ticket for Sue to later claim his first prize.

June 2010

Newsletter No 87 - 29 June 2010

Carl and Eric ran an absolutely electrifying night and everyone agreed that the evening was fantastic and had a real buzz. Banjo John Brown opened up with a Fats Waller Medley and then followed with a much shorter number dating back to 1907, to which Ed sang along loudly, making us realise that he is older than we originally thought! Jan delved even further back with her beautiful song Factory Girl and Carl followed that with a Jez Lowe Ballad of Johnny Collier. Mark stunned us all with his exceptional guitar playing of Albatross before we were then delighted to be entertained by two new faces from Blyth in the North East who luckily coordinated their visit to us with a house-sitting holiday in Liverpool. As Jiva they gave us first an Allan Taylor song Back Home to You and then followed this with one of their own songs, When. They were absolutely superb and John Condy did well to follow them with Across the Borderline by Ry Cooder with Eric, along with all the actions including his now famous spin on the spot, sang Amsterdam by Jacques Brel. Kath & Stan next sang Sweet Sunny South with humour then provided by Dave, the Wythenshawe poet, with his Wimbledon Widower's Lament which was very appropriate for this particular week in June.

May 2010

Newsletter No 82 - 25 May 2010

With a quick double shuffle to cover for Mick, Heather was recruited to assist John Condy in providing a very entertaining evening which started off in fine style with a lesser known Dylan song Nobody 'cept You. Early bird Banjo John soon turned the bum spot to his advantage by telling us I'm Going Down This Dusty Road and inviting us all to join him in the key of G. We all went like lemmings only to be brought to our senses when Merdy accused us of tilting at Windmills. Next Karen, as the single Bailey Sister, took the opportunity to sing the lovely No My Love, Not I which at first hearing is a sweet song but, as with many folk songs, with a more sinister hidden message. The same was true when Carl sung of Jez Lowe's Galloways about blind retired pit ponies in the sun but unable to see, bitter sweet! Ruth, Kath & Stan continued the theme with Pie In The Sky (when you die) to keep us all cheerful before David the poet scrambled our brains with Larne. Don & Heather then bemoaned the lack of a greater plan with Saints and Sinners and Albert did the same with his Salford Song.

April 2010

Newsletter No 78 - 27 April 2010

Not quite as many as the last two weeks but top quality from the opening by Pepper Street which was Black Muddy River through Sweet Lemony, a love song, by Richard Sails and then an old favourite, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, by Robin. Ed was soon in his Ivory Tower followed by the Bailey Sisters who sang Karen's original song The Navigator and Ged with Frankie and Johnny. Banjo John was in go form with Willie Nelson's On The Road Again and a beautiful version of My Melancholy Baby which brought a tear to John Condy's eye. Merdy took to Freedom Road courtesy of Chris de Burgh and Derrick was in Les Barker mode and did The Verb To Be in two instalments but Bob revelled in The Foggy Dew. Carl came in with Dandelion Clocks to further explore the Jez Lowe repertoire before David chipped in with The Box, his poem about war, to preface more of the same old xxxx from Rob who led us all in the good sea shanty, Alabama. Brian was next up with a nice rendition of Galway Bay followed by Stella with The Water is Wide and Wendy who surprised with The Unforgiven by Metallica in the form of a poem. Dave Pugh then put in an earlier appearance than usual with The Tent Poles are Rotten, originally a poem by Aussie bush poet Henry Lawson which was put to music by Martyn Wyndham Read, and he was followed by Peter who sang The Shores of Botany Bay. Richard Sails then slipped in with General Taylor before Richard Gray ended the first round with his own In The Morning.

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