The Welcome Mat: Do Come In, New Talkawhile Member

[Alan2]

Welcome John.  

[Elvira]

Hello, I am a new member and would like to complete the moderator's quiz;  but I have never used a chat forum before and not sure if I've pressed the right button ( reply )??  Love music, hate technology.  Please enlighten.
Elvira

[jude]

Hello Elvira and welcome, Jude here  
If you look at the left hand side at the top of the topic and go to 1 (the first page of the topic) or click on this link if it's easier http://www.talkawhile.co.uk/yabbse/index.php?topic=28526.0

There you'll find the list of jolly questions to make you feel at home, click on the reply button (under the message on the right) and you should be able to answer the questions..

On the other hand I could just say hello! do come in, and have a cup of tea and tell us all what music you like  

[Alan2]

Hi Elvira.  

[John G]

John Gardner from North London & Hertfordshire

• Read about the Cropredy Clashfinder
• What do you know of Fairport Convention and/or Cropredy if anything? -  a bit - started roundabout when I was one of the few who bought “Henry the Human Fly”

• What kind of music do you like? - Folk, Rock, Prog, Ambient, minimalism... most things
• Last festival - Folk by the Oak - earlier acts were brilliant. Not keen on Amy McDonald, disappointed with Eliza Carthy and the Wayward band
• Last CD that you bought?  Would you recommend it? The Delicate Beyond - Steve Roach - wonderfully atmospheric

Tonight, Sir Robert, I am going to be my all time favourite singer Jeff Buckley and I will sing ' So Real’  

[Alan2]

Hi John.  

[PhilipK]

1.   Who are you and where are you from?
Philip, from Dublin but currently exiled in Hampshire.

2.   What made you join Talkawhile?
Went to Cropredy last year and had a fantastic time, Have booked again for this year.

3.   What do you know of Fairport Convention and/or Cropredy if anything?
I've seen Fairport a few times (my wife's influence), and have been to Cropredy once (2017).

4.   What kind of music do you like?
Punk, reggae, indie, alternative. (My wife is the finger-in-the-ear one :-) and has influenced my gig going somewhat!)

5.   What was the last gig/festival/recital/concert that you attended?  What was it like?
Wild Willy Barrett's French Connection. Excellent gig, as always from Willy.

6.   What was the last CD that you bought?  Would you recommend it?
Cowboy Junkies - All That Reckoning. Not up there with The Trinity Sessions, sadly.

7.   Complete the following sentence:
          “Tonight, Sir Robert, I am going to be my all time favourite singer Joey Ramone and I will
            sing: Blitzkreig Bop.

[jude]

Hello Philip and welcome to the forum.

[Paul]

Nothing wrong with Hampshire.

Paul

[Alan2]

Hi Philip.

[GubGub (Al)]

Nothing wrong with Hampshire.

Paul

You've been to Basingstoke, right?  

[PhilipK]

You've been to Basingstoke, right?  

A scary, scary place :-)

We looked at houses there (very) briefly before deciding to live in Winchester.

[Paul]

Nothing wrong with Hampshire.

Paul

You've been to Basingstoke, right?  

Teems with hidden meaning.

Paul

[Andy]

Odiham is much nicer.

[MarkV]

Odiham is much nicer.

I prefer Crondall, but I am biased, as its where i was brought up.

 Now firmly exiled in Aldershot, which makes Basingstoke seem to be the promised land.  Four or so years at Basingstoke Tech in the 70's, though this was before it became known as donought city.

[Peter Allen]

1.   Who are you and where are you from? Peter from Willerby a village between  Beverley & Hull

2.   What made you join Talkawhile? I've enjoyed the  RT gig this week in Hull , time to revisit Fairport after a long gap

3.   What do you know of Fairport Convention and/or Cropredy if anything? A fair bit about Fairport but lost interest after Maart left

4.   What kind of music do you like? Easier to name artists that I've stuck with , The Faces , The Stones (w/Mick Taylor only)Kinks, New Order , 10,000 Maniacs , Television , Turnover, Wilko Johnson , Glen Matlock , John Martyn

5.   What was the last gig/festival/recital/concert that you attended?  What was it like? Richard Thompson Hull City Hall - stunning ,

6.   What was the last CD that you bought?  Would you recommend it? 13 Rivers

7.   Complete the following sentence:
          “Tonight, Sir Robert, I am going to be my all time favourite singer …Bernard Sumner. (name of singer) and I will
            sing:  ' .......Your Silent Face.........................'   (name of song)

[mickf]

Welcome Peter

[Chris J]

Hello, my name is Chris Jackson, and I live in Cotgrave which is just south of Nottingham.

I've been reading Talkawhile topics for some time now, usually to get info about Fairport and Cropredy in the run up to the festival and decided to join to maybe make a contribution now and again.

I've loved Fairport since the beginning, listening to their early stuff when Radio 1 first started, and hearing "Meet On The Ledge" when I bought the Island sampler "You Can All Join In". I was also an avid listener of John Peels Top Gear, which featured sessions by Fairport on a regular basis. I'd wanted to go to the Cropredy Festival for years, and personal reasons made it possible for me to go for the first time in 2004, plus, it was possible at the time that 2004 might have been the last one due to the problems Dave and Christine Pegg were having.


I have a wide taste in music. The sixties were a great time to be a teenager, with musical boundaries being pushed and rules being broken by people like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and of course Fairport Convention. I'm always on the lookout for something new, musically, which is why I love Cropredy because it's introduced me to so much great new music over the years.


The last gig we went to was at a pub south of Oxford called the Fleur De Lys, and we saw Merry Hell, Iota and Fairport. It was a great day, the music was fantastic and we met a few people that we usually see at Cropredy, great to have a little catch up.


The last CD I got was on the cover of Mojo magazine, called "Lets Shake Hands" and it's a Third Man Records anthology featuring among others, The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, who all include Jack White, Alabama Shakes, Bush Tetras and a few more. fifteen tracks in all and well worth the price of the mag.


And finally, I don't know a lot of songs all the way through but this one I do, so, tonight Sir Robert I am going to be....fanfare, fanfare,....Roger Daltrey and I will sing "Pinball Wizard", in my car at full volume ;-)

[mickf]

Welcome, Chris

[Alan2]

Hello Chris and Peter.