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I keep thinking that about Cropredy.  But then I keep remembering that Jerry isn't playing... :(

Is that for definite?

Ummmm, I wonder if common sense has broken out...as the August dates seem to have gone from The Gathering myspace site...??

http://www.myspace.com/thegatheringmusic

Let's hope that means my depression is unwarranted...

I have to say I'd be AMAZED if he wasn't there for the 40th. I'm already there on Saturday night listening to Sloth with twin lead guitars, three fiddlers and two drummers!

Were they ever on the myspace site?  Certainly I never saw them there, and they have never answered my enquiry.

Didn't the information come from Ulla who got them from Clive Bunker? (and Doug Morter's site which is still showing as hacked)

PS .... happy b-day fairport  ;)

They were definitely on the myspace site....glad to see they aren't now  :)

I agree - I remember them being there too.....
Further down that MySpace site (http://www.myspace.com/thegatheringmusic), it says this....
Booking: We are taking offers for festivals and will be touring the UK in November and December 2007

So it looks as if those dates are off.... ;D ;D

Mighe be worth keeping an eye on their agent's website (http://rockartistmanagement.com)

Currently in the date sheet are the following....

2008 January

Sunday 27th Festival of Rock and Blues, Skegness
Jerry Donahue Band

2008 February
Friday 1st Tba Denmark
Jerry Donahue Band

Saturday 2nd Herlev Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jerry Donahue Band

Now, whether this is The Gathering is unknown, but would you book a band called 'The Gathering', without knowing who's in the band? Surely easeier to market 'The Jerry Donahue Band'?

It is spooky. The tour dates were on Doug Morter´s homepage, but now the page is hacked by a Turkish hacker.
On the venue's pages (f.e. the Pignose Inn in East Prawle or the Blues Festival in Gloucester) there is no mention of a gig with The Gathering.

And still nothing on several myspace pages (The Gathering or Kristina Donahue or the tour management).
But the musicians have the dates in their diaries. What a weired management.

Only two lead guitars - surely we can let Maart off the leash as well!!

It´s just confusing.
Now I found on the Darwen Library Theater homepage and announcement that the band is going to play there on Friday, 10. August. http://www.darwenlibrarytheatre.com
Clive does not know this so far.

So Blackburn on the Friday, and Cropredy on the Saturday?

Yes, I think you are right. I heard it through the grapevine that Jerry will be there on Saturday.

Rejoice!  ;D

Great news!!!

 :)

Jules

And on Tuesday, 14th August they play the Huntingdon Hall in Worcester.
http://www.huntingdonhall.com/hall/

Hmmm - I don't think that will sell out that close to Cropredy.

I will wait for further potential dates - but this is one gig I'm not missing!

Billed as 'Legends of Folk-Rock'.  Oh dear....

Next stop, Las Vegas?

Might just have to miss the Cropredy cricket match - this is free!

Sunday 12 August
ROCK AT THE DOCKS
1pm - 6.30pm Gloucester Docks  FREE
The Gathering (new folk/rock supergroup - should be interesting!)
Ray Jackson, Jerry Donahue, Clive Bunker, Rick
Kemp, Doug Morter, Mike Piggot, Kristina Donahue

Ummmm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gathering_(band)






Edit: Tidied up link so that it works!

Nothing there at that address (to speak of....)

You've got to add the closing paren ... here, try this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gathering_(band))

Ahhh - I see David's pont now. Do this band still exist?

Sorry - thanks!

Yep - http://www.noisevere.net/homelandstour/

You seem to do that quite a lot David

Actually, I think it's the board software doing it. If you'll notice, the closing paren does appear in the original post. The board software is simply not including it in the hyperlink for whatever reason.
Using the url tag forces its inclusion.

Phew  :)

An update - lifted straight from the Folking.com board.....

AUGUST

Fri.10th – DARWEN, Library Theatre 8pm. 15.00 (no concs)
Tel 01254 707006 www.darwenlibrarytheatre.com

Sun. 12th – GLOUCESTER , Rock on the Docks
12noon. FREE

Tues. 14th - WORCESTER , Huntingdon Hall
8pm. 17.50 Tel. 01905 611427 www.huntingdonhall.com

NOVEMBER

Wed. 7th : DARTFORD - Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens , Kent DA1 1ED. Time tbc. Tickets - 18.oo Tel. 01322 220000

Tue 13th : RHYL - Pavilion Theatre, Promenade, Denbeighshire LL!8 3AQ
Time tbc Tickets – 01745 330 000

Thurs. 15th: CAMBERLEY – The Camberley Theatre, Knoll Road , Surrey GU15 3SY Time tbc Tickets - 16.5o Tel. 01276 707 600

Fr. 16th: WESTON SUPER MARE - The Playhouse, High Street , Somerset BS23 1HP . Time tbc Tickets - 16.5o/14.oo Tel. 01934 645 544

Fri. 23rd : GLENROTHES - Rothes Hall, Rothes Square , Fife KY7 5NX . Tickets - 16.oo/15.oo Tel 01592 611101

Sun. 25th : WOLVERHAMPTON - Wulfrun Hall, North Street, West Midlands WV1 1RQ Tickets - 16.5o Tel. 0870 320 7000 (Box office/Ticketmaster)

Fri. 30th: YORK - Grand Opera House, 4 Cumberland Street YO1 9SW
Time tbc Tickets - http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/venue/189384


DECEMBER

Sat 1st : SOUTHPORT - Arts Centre, Lord Street , Merseyside PR8 1DB
Time tbc Tickets – 01704 540011

Sun 2nd: BURGESS HILL - Martlets Hall, Civic Way, Sussex  RH15 9NN Time tbc Tickets – 01444 242888

It would seem that the Tuesday 14/08 concert at Worcester has been cancelled. Pity, I was looking forward to that. I've never heard Clive play live.

Now 5 December according to http://www.huntingdonhall.com/events.asp

1st December at Southport Arts Centre, too.  {:-)

Oo I'm glad there's a Jerry thread.

I've only recently discovered the joys of Jerry's music - can someone recommend an album please.

Thanks  :)

Bridgwit

Fotheringay, Nine ...

I'm with Andy here - Nine is an excellent sample of the man's talent - it was great to see/hear him live this past w/e.

DC

Hi there:

just got a phone call from the UK, asking to announce that the 'THE GATHERING' gig in Worcester tonight (14/8) is cancelled! Might be of interest for some of you, don't know the exact reason though.

cheers from Cologne, Germany,

Marco

Sorry I meant stuff he's done on his own (or with a band)

I have both of those BTW  :)

I assume it's probably lack of ticket sales. Was it in their last programme? POssibly not, and hence there wouldn't have been much marketing done.

Just as well I made the effort to get to Gloucester on Sunday! I'll post more about that when I get time to do so.

I'm not sure that there's been a solo album - but you could check out the Hellecasters....

Will do!

Thanks  :)

JD solo album - "Telecasting".  I picked up a (sleeveless) copy of the CD years ago in a jumble sale. Haven't played it for a while. Must dig it out & post details on here.

just googled Telecasting... 1986 release; JD & the Hellecasters re-recorded the whole album as "Telecasting Recast" replacing the original (synth?) percussion & backing with real live musicians.

From memory, I reckon Recast would sound much better than the original release, which sounded a little thin/flat to my ears.

Indeed - I had forgotten about that.

It'll all be instrumental, Bridg - he doesn't sing....

In 1990 he released an album called "Brief Encounters" (in Germany on HYPERTENSION) with Doug Morter, Gerry Conway, Rick Kemp, Matt Clifford a.o., and in 1992 "Neck Of The Wood" (on ROAD GOES ON FOREVER) with Gerry Conway, Dave Pegg, Maart, Garth Hudson, Alan Thomson, Dave Mattacks a.o.

No problem, it's his guitar playing I'm interested in. I'll Google and see what gems I come up with!

For my taste, you'll find vintage Jerry on all three Hellecasters albums (and especially the first two), as well as the solo Neck Of The Wood ... 1986's Telecasting being a tad too '80s I think (although he did redo that for that very reason but I've always preferred Neck).

Now the Hellecasters, THAT was a gig to remember, in 1996. The Mill, wednesday (I think) before Cropredy, oddly underadvertised and therefore only 50 or so tickets sold. But that band was steaming. Despite the fact that they had in my memory a robot like drummer in the form of Steve Duncan - almost a drum machine, very straight and not very expressive. Well - I guess just right for the guitar showcase the Hellecasters were ... kind of a straight country drummer; he was with fellow Hellecaster John Jorgenson in (ex-Byrds-)Chris Hillman's Desert Rose Band ... in there too it's the drumming I find kind of yawn. But I digress.

Backroom Boys I never quite got into ... kinda faceless and not very memorable pubrock. Very competent live band, but basically just-for-fun I guess.
But you'll find Jerry Donahue unleashed on the Hellecasters albums.
Are they totally history now, or is it an on-hold project which might continue?

I've changed the title of this tread to better reflect the fact that this project is a collaboration and not purely a Jerry Donahue effort.


Line Up:

Jerry Donahue – Guitars
(Fairport Convention, Fotheringay, Sandy Denny, Ralph McTell)

From his early days in such bands as Fotheringay (with the late Sandy Denny) and Fairport Convention, to notable performances and/or recordings with Gerry Rafferty, Robert Plant, Joan Armatrading, Johnny Hallyday, George Harrison, Cliff Richard, Chris Rea, Warren Zevon, Bonnie Raitt, Hank Marvin, Roy Orbison, Nancy Griffith, The Yardbirds, and The Hellecasters, Jerry epitomizes the consummate guitarists guitarist.

The son of the late 1940s/50s Big Band leader Sam Donahue and TV and film actress, Patricia Donahue, brother of the late Marc Donahue, and father of singer/ songwriter Kristina Donahue, Jerry has combined the Celtic folk music of his adopted home in the UK with his American rock, blues and country roots to arrive at his own, unique, unmistakable style.

Rick Kemp - Bass/ Vocals
(Steeleye Span, Michael Chapman)

Having been a member of Steeleye Span for twenty years in total - between 1972 and 1986, and then from 2000 to the present day, Rick Kemp earned a great deal of admiration from more than just the folk fans. Kemp's intrepid, melodic bass playing is admired greatly among bassists for his ability to step outside the folk-rock genre to incorporate slap techniques and the use of a fretless bass in his work. In addition to Steeleye Span, Rick Kemp has played bass on a number of Maddy Prior recordings, was a member the Maddy Prior Band in the 1980s and has also worked extensively with Ralph McTell and Michael Chapman.

Clive Bunker – Drums
(Jethro Tull, Pentangle, Gordon Giltrap)

It was as a drummer of "mix and match" description that Clive Bunker joined the fledgling Jethro Tull at the end of '67 to accompany Ian Anderson, Mick Abrahams, and Glenn Cornick in the early, heady days of the post blues-boom years of Brit-rock. Never the self-professed technical drummer, Clive made his impact, based on his throbbing, gritty engagement with the essence of blues and rock and roll, moved by the work of Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell et al. Today, Clive still remains a sought-after session musician, with many, many credits to his name amongst the world of old and not-so-old music groups, and is soon to be touring with The Legends of Folk band, The Gathering.

Ray Jackson - Mandolin/ Harmonica/ Vocals
(Lindisfarne)

Ray is a founding member of Lindisfarne, formed in 1969, which in turn evolved from Brethren, his first professional band. Lindisfarne had a very successful recording career with Ray as front man, beginning with the album ‘Nicely Out Of Tune’, (containing the hit ‘Lady Eleanor’), continued with the ubiquitous ‘Fog On The Tyne’’ – featuring ‘Meet Me On The Corner’ and , later in the 70’s , ‘Run For Home’ from their reunion album, ‘Back And Fourth’. ‘In The Night’, a solo album, was released in 1980.

Ray has also played both mandolin and harmonica as well as performing vocals on sessions for other leading recording artists, including Rod Stewart's ‘Every Picture Tells a Story’ (‘Maggie May’ and ‘Mandolin Wind’) and on ‘Smiler’. Ray famously wrote the mandolin hook on ‘Maggie May’. On other sessions he has played for Chris de Burgh, Long John Baldry and Peter Hammill. Ray’s long career has seen him perform all over the world, including Japan and Australia, at such venues as Carnegie Hall, New York, The Olympia, Paris and The Troubadour in Los Angeles. He has played on the same bill as The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and Traffic to name but a few.

Ray left Lindisfarne in 1990 to pursue his career as an artist whilst continuing session work. After the Alan Hull tribute concert in 2005, Ray finds himself ready to come out of retirement from live performing, dust off the mandolin, oil the vocal cords, and hit the road with The Gathering!

Doug Morter - Guitars/ Vocals
(Magna Carta, Maddy Prior, The Albion Band)

Doug Morter launched his music career in 1969, playing with Hunter Muskett, supporting David Bowie, and went on his first major tour supporting Ralph McTell. Following this, he had many gigs in UK and Europe with partner Richard Digance, with major tours supporting Jethro Tull, Joan Armatrading, Elkie Brooks , Richard Thompson, Supertramp, Sutherland Brothers, Kinks, and Steeleye Span.

After playing with Richard, Doug recorded and toured as part of the Maddy Prior Band, and as part of the Michael Chapman Band, and, in 1979, went on his first tour as part of The Albion Band. Doug then joined Magna Carta full time in 1980, after guesting on an earlier record. After three albums and a lot of foreign tours, Doug left in 1983 to re-join The Albion Band until 1985/6. In 1985, after releasing his first solo record, Doug started recording the first of two records with guitar virtuoso Jerry Donahue, which became the basis for The Backroom Boys, which still exists and tours whenever schedules permits.

Doug is presently working with Then Came The Wheel, his collaboration with Alan Thomson, Arran Ahmun, from John Martyn’s band, and Foster Paterson from Donnie Munro’s band, plus ‘Celtic Blues’ with Jens Falck, Paul Burgess (10cc, Chris Farlowe) , and Alan Thomson, and TheLegends of Folk Rock. Whew!


Kristina Donahue – Vocals

Daughter of legendary guitarist Jerry Donahue, granddaughter of the late 1940s/50s Big Band leader Sam Donahue and TV and film actress, Patricia Donahue, and niece of the late Marc Donahue, Kristina is a natural talent; singing and dancing before she could walk or talk.

She made her rock and roll debut at the Fairport Convention Cropredy Festival in 1999 singing to an audience of more than 20,000 people. She was invited back the following year, performing a full set for both nights of the festival which garnered rave reviews from MOJO Magazine for her stage presence and versatility as a vocalist. "(She made) an immediate impression over the loudest band of the weekend, seemingly un-intimidated by such an extraordinarily difficult song or backing that bore the might of musical history." Kristina is thrilled to be a part of the upcoming tour with The Legends of Folk Rock, The Gathering.

http://www.tenacitymusicpr.co.uk/gathering.htm

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Dates in the autumn.....

NOVEMBER

Fr. 2nd: KINGS LYNN – Corn Exchange Tel. 01553 764864

Tues. 6th: CARDIFF – St. Davids Hall, The Hayes CF10 1SH
Time tbc. Tickets £16 / £14 - concs Tel 029 2087 8444

Sun.11th:  SKEGNESS - Embassy Centre, Grand Parade
Skegness , Lincolnshire PE 25 2UG  Tickets £16.50 and £14.50

Wed. 7th : DARTFORD - Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens, Kent DA1 1ED. Time tbc.
Tickets - £18 Tel. 01322 220000

Tue 13th : RHYL - Pavilion Theatre, Promenade, Denbeighshire LL!8 3AQ
Time tbc Tickets – 01745 330 000

Thurs. 15th: CAMBERLEY – The Camberley Theatre, Knoll Road, Surrey GU15 3SY
Time tbc Tickets - £16.50 Tel. 01276 707 600

Fr. 16th: WESTON SUPER MARE - The Playhouse, High Street, Somerset BS23 1HP
Time tbc Tickets - £16.50/£14 Tel. 01934 645 544

Sat. 17th: CREWE – The M Club, High Street, Cheshire CW2 7BN
Tickets / time tbc www.myspace.com/themclub

Fri. 23rd : GLENROTHES - Rothes Hall, Rothes Square, Fife KY7 5NX
Tickets - £16/£15 Tel 01592 611101

Sun. 25th : WOLVERHAMPTON - Wulfrun Hall, North Street, West Midlands WV1 1RQ
Tickets - £16.50 Tel. 0870 320 7000 (Box office/Ticketmaster)

Fri. 30th: YORK - Grand Opera House, 4 Cumberland Street YO1 9SW
Time tbc Tickets - http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/venue/189384


DECEMBER
Sat 1st : SOUTHPORT - Arts Centre, Lord Street, Merseyside PR8 1DB
Time tbc Tickets – 01704 540011

Sun 2nd: BURGESS HILL - Martlets Hall, Civic Way, Sussex RH15 9NN
Time tbc Tickets – 01444 242888

Somewhat, er, ambitious venues don't you think? :o

About right if the PR is good - they'll use the small hall in Cardiff.

Apart from York - that's huge in comparison.

The PR can be as spot on as you want, but you still have to sell the tickets!  Personally, I'd have expected to see venues of the Robin 2 / Crewe Limelight / Sheffield Boardwalk (to chose three I know) kind of size.  Who knows, maybe casual viewers might be tempted by the (horrible) band name, but I'd still be surprised to see some of these venues selling as the promoter hopes.  But what do I know...hope I'm very wrong indeed, and they're selling out the RAH before the year is out  ;)

Interesting to note that their "myspace" page has gone .....  ???

Is Kristina's there?....She was doing the one for the band too.

Kristina's is at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=106520086

I don't know who was handling The Gathering's page before, but it's definitely been deleted.

Kristina was definitely doing it - but you're right, it has gone.

Wonder why? Ulla?

Excellent news. Will definitely be catching this lot. I don't like the name either but I can ignore that.  :)

I'm not sure about this lot. Anyone who calls themself a legend is a bit up themsleves in my opinion (this doesn't look like irony). I could be missing a really good evening out, but hey - wouldn't be the first time and definitely won't be the last. Anyway, I've got a lot of musical nights out coming up between September and November.

I'm always inclined to look at the potential musicianship involved, rather than any name.

Yes, but.... ;)  I'm sure they took a commercial decision to go with this name...thinking it would add to their potential draw, but I can't see it myself...I have to say it makes me very uncomfortable indeed.

It was the manager's idea, not the band. They are not happy being called "Legends". Rick said: "You can call RT or Swarb a legend, but not us." I think he is right. But I call Clive "leg end" now  ;D
They are looking for a better name.
"The Gathering" is a Dutch Heavy Metal band. Could be interesting in the Netherlands: a sold out gig, heavy metal audience and then : Folk Rock  :P

@ Chris
The Myspace site was hacked.

After they've already announced the tour?  Ummm, perhaps they should start by getting another manager?

You are right!!!!!!!!!!

Who is their manager?

Rock Artist Management

The site is back: http://www.myspace.com/thegatheringonline

TBH, I was confused by the name when I heard people mention it here - I did think they were referring to the Dutch group (Of which I own a few CDs!).

I think they should call themselves:

Jerry Donahue's Fairport Convention :)

Well I'll be in the Scarisbrick before hand and then in the Arts Centre Bar at half time so if anyone else is in Southport on the 1st Dec see you there.

Looks like it's Dartford for me.....more dates on the site.

We'll be at Southport.

I´m not sure, Crewe or Southport for me.