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« Reply #60 on: April 03, 2009, 11:14:08 AM » |
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In my experience, the best way of removing a James Blunt CD from the player is with a hammer and chisel....
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« Reply #61 on: April 03, 2009, 11:15:05 AM » |
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« Reply #62 on: April 03, 2009, 11:15:52 AM » |
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Oh, OK, make that a blunt chisel, then.
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« Reply #63 on: April 03, 2009, 11:17:58 AM » |
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Current info on the Barbican site - it's been updated since I first read it this morning:
This event goes on sale to Barbican Members on Fri 3 July at 9am
A reunion of this folk-rock supergroup, to play the music from the first five - classic – albums, including Liege And Lief.
During the late 1960s ‘The Fairports’ brilliantly explored new and contemporary ways of representing folk music, culminating in Liege And Lief in1969, soon after which the group splintered into many fascinating solo projects while original member, guitarist Simon Nicol, and fiddler Dave Swarbrick persevered in keeping the group together.
The band underwent many further permutations as members came and went, before announcing their retirement at the band’s own festival, Cropredy, in 1979. By this time, their star vocalist and composer of the classic Who Know Where The Time Goes, Sandy Denny, had died tragically young of a brain haemorrhage. Nonetheless, the later 1980s and the 1990s became a fertile period for a reformed version of the group, who also enjoyed continued songwriting contributions from Richard Thompson. 2007 was the band’s 40th anniversary year, and they celebrated by releasing the album Sense of Occasion and performing the whole Liege And Lief album live at Cropredy with the 1969 line-up of Dave Swarbrick, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol and Richard Thompson – with Chris While taking the place of the late Sandy Denny.
The line-up for the Barbican Concert will be combinations of Simon Nicol, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Iain Matthews, Dave Swarbrick and Richard Thompson – and an array of guest singers.
Part of the Witchseason Weekender, July 18 & 19
A celebration of the Witchseason label and the man who did so much to support and promote the British folk-rock scene in the extraordinarily creative years of the late 1960s, Boston-born producer and label boss Joe Boyd. Curated by Boyd himself, these concerts are a reminder of the continuing vitality and relevance of the scene which produced Nick Drake, Sandy Denny and Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, the Incredible String Band and the UFO club – all aspects of the legacy of the Witchseason label and production house.
We're in the fourth row (stalls).
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« Reply #64 on: April 03, 2009, 11:36:41 AM » |
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Still don't understand why you have to wait until July to book if you're a Barbican member. Very odd, and I'm glad I didn't join.
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« Reply #65 on: April 03, 2009, 11:40:03 AM » |
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You going to be there, Jude? Never having been to a Cropredy warm-up, it would be nice to hear you sing indoors with the boys...  |
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« Reply #66 on: April 03, 2009, 11:41:46 AM » |
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I suspect a not insignificant typo - April and July both have a Friday 3rd. But then that doesn't explain the availability to all-and-sundry today.  DC |
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« Reply #67 on: April 03, 2009, 11:44:05 AM » |
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You going to be there, Jude? Never having been to a Cropredy warm-up, it would be nice to hear you sing indoors with the boys... My presence hasn't been requested, so probably errr no.....  |
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« Reply #68 on: April 03, 2009, 12:07:14 PM » |
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A significant omission Jude.
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« Reply #69 on: April 03, 2009, 12:16:06 PM » |
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Indeed! There's still plenty of time to be asked though... he said, hopefully.
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« Reply #70 on: April 03, 2009, 12:24:38 PM » |
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An omission,sure.
But to be fair, wasn't it announced that it would be a sort of 69 celebration with songs from albums 2,3 & 4?
Still, they ideally could kick-off the procedings with "Time Will Show The Wiser" and "Jack O'Diamonds" before going on a Holiday
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« Reply #71 on: April 03, 2009, 12:28:54 PM » |
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They did in one announcement, but as there have now been at least three announcements from the Barbican all saying something different, it is hard to know what you are really going to get.
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« Reply #72 on: April 03, 2009, 12:29:38 PM » |
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An omission,sure.
But to be fair, wasn't it announced that it would be a sort of 69 celebration with songs from albums 2,3 & 4?
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« Reply #73 on: April 03, 2009, 12:40:11 PM » |
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Ah, confusion will be the epitaph of the Barbican's staff... The chaps haven't asked me to sing either.  |
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« Reply #74 on: April 03, 2009, 12:42:43 PM » |
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E35 in the stalls for me!
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« Reply #75 on: April 03, 2009, 12:43:14 PM » |
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I hope this is going to be filmed for TV. A really significant gig.
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« Reply #76 on: April 03, 2009, 12:49:52 PM » |
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Preferably with a vaseline lens to stay in the mood of the sixties. And because of the fact that most on stage will be in their sixties then too  |
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« Reply #77 on: April 03, 2009, 12:51:03 PM » |
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Looks like a fair few TAWers are going - anyone care to suggest a venue for a pre-gig drink & get-together? Last time I went to the Barbican must have been over 20 years ago, so I'm sure its changed a lot since then...
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« Reply #78 on: April 03, 2009, 12:54:20 PM » |
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Shall we do that nearer the time - or we'll only forget!
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« Reply #79 on: April 03, 2009, 01:01:26 PM » |
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In my experience, the best way of removing a James Blunt CD from the player is with a hammer and chisel....
Oi! Leave James alone Uh-Oh!! |
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