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Jill Swarbrick-Banks and Dr. Jason Wilson are very excited to announce:

SWARB! It Suits Him Well - The Official UK Tribute Tour 2018 celebrating the music of England’s finest folk fiddler Dave Swarbrick.

Starring the sensational  Jason Wilson Band (Toronto, Canada), Martin Carthy, John Kirkpatrick & Simon Swarbrick. (plus very special surprise guests at various ports of call)

Swarb didn’t want a funeral and his wishes were honoured, but… he didn’t say anything about a great big wake! So here it is, played by his dearest pals and uniquely his fiddling maestro, protégé nephew.
This is an opportunity for all his friends and fans at last to raise a glass and party in his memory. We will be covering his whole extensive and matchless career; the music will take you through the decades remembering the fun and the brilliance that was Swarb.
Bring a tissue...

January

Thursday 18th:  The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge.West Yorks
Friday 19th:       Ulverston Live Music, Ulverston Sports Club. Cumbria
Saturday 20th:  The Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock
Sunday 21st:     Newcastle upon Tyne ( Venue tbc shortly)
Monday 22nd:   The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh ( Sc )
Thursday 25th: St. Paul's Church, Cambridge.
Friday 26th:      The Goose Is Out! London
Saturday 27th: Nailsea Folk Club. Avon
Sunday 28th:   Liverpool ( Venue tbc shortly)
Monday 29th:  Nettlebed Folk Club, Oxon
Wednesday 31st: Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham

February

Thursday 1st: Norwich Arts Centre, Norfolk
Friday 2nd:     MACtheatre, Maldon, Essex
Saturday 3rd: The Pavilion, Hailsham. East Sussex.

Tickets will be on sale later this year. We will provide details on the website and in the media of Box Offices etc when they open.
See you there!

I started a thread about the Horsham show when it was first announced here

http://www.talkawhile.co.uk/yabbse/index.php?topic=44255.0

I won't merge it here as it would appear as the first post in the thread, but will link it to here & lock it.

Jill has been waiting for confirmation of contracts before an official announcement of the tour. Most of them are now in.

Shame that the London gig is so small.....

I'll be hoping to go to one of these.

Jules

Nobody loves us, we don't care...................................................

So glad that this has come together.

Liverpool, I'm guessing...  :)

Will be trying to get to Ulverston, waiting for the pursestrings to slacken!

Hope to make the Nettlebed one

Nailsea or Brum for me...

Where, oh where in Newcastle?  Gateshead Sage? (which isn't).

waiting for contract, I guess

Revised tour dates. Waiting on January 20th confirmation. Box office numbers and websites soon.

January 2018
 
Thursday 18th:  The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, West Yorks
Friday 19th:       Ulverston Live Music, Ulverston Sports Club, Cumbria
Saturday 20th:  TBA
Sunday 21st:     Tyneside Irish Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
Monday 22nd:   The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Thursday 25th: St. Paul's Church, Cambridge
Friday 26th:      The Goose Is Out!, London
Saturday 27th:  Nailsea Folk Club, Avon
Sunday 28th:    The British Music Experience, Liverpool
Monday 29th:   Nettlebed Folk Club, Oxon
Wednesday 31st: Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham
 
February
 
Thursday 1st: Norwich Arts Centre, Norfolk
Friday 2nd:     MACtheatre, Maldon, Essex
Saturday 3rd: The Pavilion, Hailsham, East Sussex

Cambridge. At least ;D

Cambridge for me too although I also want to go to Red Lion Birmingham  ::) :o

Does anyone know the whereabouts or (preferably) have a contact email for Kev Boyd, photographer and author of the 'Come Sing It Plain' Martin Carthy fan blog please.
https://carthyonline.wordpress.com/

The Swarb Tribute Tour people would very much like to get in touch with him, and he is quite elusive!  ;D
Thank you

Is it the same person as Kev Boyd the photographer, because he's on Facebook and fairly easy to find.

Looks like it.. I'll pass the information on.. thank you

Somewhere in the south would be good  (hint ) [;-) {:-)

Hailsham?....

Revised tour dates. Jan 20th now confirmed.  Box office websites now on Swarb's website

January 2018
 
Thursday 18th:  The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, West Yorks
Friday 19th:       Ulverston Live Music, Ulverston Sports Club, Cumbria
Saturday 20th:  Celtic Connections
Sunday 21st:     Tyneside Irish Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
Monday 22nd:   The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Thursday 25th: St. Paul's Church, Cambridge
Friday 26th:      The Goose Is Out!, London
Saturday 27th:  Nailsea Folk Club, Avon
Sunday 28th:    The British Music Experience, Liverpool
Monday 29th:   Nettlebed Folk Club, Oxon
Wednesday 31st: Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham
 
February
 
Thursday 1st: Norwich Arts Centre, Norfolk
Friday 2nd:     MACtheatre, Maldon, Essex
Saturday 3rd: The Pavilion, Hailsham, East Sussex

When clicking on those links on the website, they all throw "unable to display in a frame" error.

So right click & open in new window....

Ah, the Irish Centre.  8)

Works in Firefox and Chrome

Town hall, Maldon Essex for me as I live just 3 miles away! Thanks for making me aware of this otherwise I would have no idea that this was happening. Not a bad size venue either  :)

The Ivy House might not be the largest of venues, but Swarb came to play there a few times. Jill approached us saying that she'd love The Goose Is Out to host the gig there, as Swarb had fond memories of the place and the gigs tht we'd given him there, both solo and with Martin C  :)

ha ha - looks like I killed this thread off them :)

I'm still waiting for the Liverpool tickets to go on sale

Thought all tickets at all venues were available. Got mine for the penultimate gig in Maldon Essex months ago

I'm fairly certain Chris is right.  I've been looking periodically for the Liverpool tickets and still can't find them.  Shambles!

They seem to be slow off the mark there - their autumn shows only went on sale in September & I thought that might include January. Hey ho, I suspect it might not sell well if they aren't on sale soon.

I'm not sure you really need the last six words in that sentence.  Sadly.

Must be a Liverpool thing - I went to see Whippersnapper there a few years ago; there were about 8 people there.

The tickets for the BME Liverpool gig on the 28th Jan are now on sale. A few problems have now been sorted.

Thanks, Steve - do you have a link to their ticket page that works?

This one seems to be right - but the gig isn't listed -
http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/whats-on/

Are you allowed to go if you don't fall into this category?

Ha ha ha ha ha  ;D

Still can’t help thinking that there should have been a massive celebration of Swarb’s life at somewhere like the Royal Albert Hall.
If anyone deserved it Swarb did.

Yes perhaps - or the Union Chapel maybe, however, Swarbs' widow Jill approached us (The Goose Is Out!) to hold the London gig at The Ivy House, where Swarb came and played both solo and with Martin Carthy. He enjoyed our nights especially, and we had a good relationship with him, it's particularly meaningful for us as Swarb was our first guest when we started 10 years ago. We are honored and extremely pleased to be hosting this night. :)

That works for me and the gig is listed.

That's literally just gone up.

My friend Dick and I might go to the gig in Maldon 2 Feb, coming from The Netherlands.
However we'd also like to go and see our mates from The Jigantics in Old, Northamptonshire the day after.
By public transport this is pretty much impossible (it is possible, but takes many hours and would be via London Centre, aargh, won't bother).
Will anyone out there be at the Maldon gig and drive northwestwards, doesn't have to be to Old but roughtly Northampton-bound? And have space for two musicminded Dutchmen? Probably not I know, but cannot hurt trying!  :-\
 

I’m going to the Swarb gig in Maldon but unfortunately will not be driving anywhere - sorry!  However have you thought about hiring a car?

Well, none of us are drivers. Then it would've been easy  :)
Alternatively maybe is there any local/regional "what's on" for the day after? If we go to the Maldon gig on 2 Feb, we're likely back in NL 4 Feb. So we're looking for some gig 3 Feb, managable from Maldon (and without car. Which probably makes it impossible). Guess Old, Northampton is likely out of the question!

How are you getting to/from Maldon? Presumably by train/bus? From/through London?

Go stay in London on 3rd - can recommend Shake the Chains (google it for musicians/project - its worth catching!)

Via Stansted, apparently 2 easy bus journeys. The 3rd, will keep it in mind, thanks! Though not terribly keen on London ...

The X10 to Chelmsford & the 318 from the bus stop adjacent to Maldon.

Yep, quite easy but not sure of the frequency of the 318.

There appears to be no club meeting on that Saturday & your problem if you don't move accomodation will be getting transport back to Maldon afterwards. Rural Essex buses stop wuite early in the evening.

Very enjoyable gig tonight. (despite shocking sound problems)
A fitting wake fo one of my musical heroes. Lovely to see JillSwarb too.

the sound was bad at ulverston particularly in the first half too me it was is it bad sound or did they just sound bad. John Kirkpatrick was great, as was Carthy as for the Jason Wilson just poor novelty lounge jazz covers and as for the reggae influence no sign of it

We had a great time in London. a full room of people who went away happy.

It was bad sound. New kit that day apparently, and no real idea how to use it. IMO.

Excellent gig at an almost sold out Nettlebed last night wasn't really sure what to expect but really enjoyed it . Sound was also really good.
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I was there too and enjoyed most of it.  Review in the Recent Gigs thread.

Maldon Town Hall, David Hughes opened with a few numbers which put us in the mood and made us smile.  I didn't like it much for the first 3 numbers (oh no thought I, it's far too jazzy), then it kinda grew on me once Carthy and JKP joined in. The evening got better until' My love is like a red red rose'  ::).. Zaynab on percussion was really good and she sang so beautifully. Simon Swarbrick definitely has the family resemblance, enjoyed his playing.  As for Matty Groves and the reggae  ???

I was left pondering as to why the Jason Wilson band led this Swarb tribute and at times saw no connection with Swarb's lifetime's work?

I was there too (see Recent Gigs) and tend to agree. Thought it was an interesting evening but simon’s playing was swamped a bit by the sax

Very much my thoughts too (see Recent Gigs)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05yrs30

"Highlights from the debut performance at Hebden Bridge Trades Club" to be broadcast on BBC Radio Leeds - "The Durbervilles" tomorrow evening 8pm.

here is the live webstream:
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_leeds.m3u8

thanks for this I shall give it a listen
 :)