Shankly (Peter)
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« on: March 07, 2014, 12:23:47 PM » |
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I think Edwina Hayes has been great on this year's tour - possibly my favourite support act I've seen on a Wintour, although I've only been to the last 5. Which support acts have you enjoyed over the years, or which have you not liked at all?
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2014, 12:32:37 PM » |
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I'll be shouted down for this I really enjoyed Mundy Turner, I bought 2 of their albums and still play them. I must stress it was the singing I liked, not the talking  I never saw Mr Hughes but I'm sure he'd have been my favourite if I had!  |
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2014, 12:34:36 PM » |
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Both those (and still in touch with Mundy Turner via Twitter) were superb.
As will Kev Dempsey & Rosie Carson who have next years slot.
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2014, 02:21:30 PM » |
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Going back a while (it's a long time since I've been to a Wintour gig - we usually go to one of the Spring Acoustic gigs), Huw & Tony Williams were excellent
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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2014, 02:54:20 PM » |
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Lots of good ones - Jay Turner, Julian Dawson spring to,mind, and off me a real duff act was John B Spencer
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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2014, 03:24:49 PM » |
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Mandolinists Simon Mayor and Hilary James. Their appalachian clog dancing was my favorite!
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2014, 03:28:08 PM » |
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Anthony John Clarke went down well with our party - in recent years it is hard to think of anyone I didn't enjoy to some degree.
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« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2014, 03:29:06 PM » |
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He was at the Birmingham gig a day or so ago - on good form!
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« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2014, 03:50:53 PM » |
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Bob Fox was the first support act for Fairport I ever saw - great voice and songs. Ken Nicol was also one of my favourites - superb guitar player.
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Shankly (Peter)
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« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2014, 04:01:55 PM » |
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I think that the only act I didn't like was Keith Donnelly & Flossie Malavialle - all of the others in the last 5 years I have enjoyed to one extent or another.
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« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2014, 05:14:21 PM » |
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In addition to the aforementioned, Steve Tilston earned his corn a few years back in that slot
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« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2014, 06:10:05 PM » |
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David Hughes was pretty good.
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« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2014, 06:48:19 PM » |
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David Hughes was pretty good.
And he wrote a book about it. |
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but BEING PAID -- what will compare with it? |
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« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2014, 07:26:54 PM » |
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Beryl Marriott.
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« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2014, 07:52:35 PM » |
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Hasn't Katriona Gilmore come from Tiny Tin Lady? So what happened to the rest of that support band from back then...?
Often the support acts depend on personal musical preferences, the worse for me was 2005, Simon Mayor and Hilary James, having said that, they are musically outstanding...
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« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2014, 08:07:18 PM » |
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P. J. Wright, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts - really enjoyed those as well.
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« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2014, 09:43:20 PM » |
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I loved Keith and Flossie - especially Flossie (ahem) - I've been a fan of Keith's since I first saw him do the bacon at Glasto in '89 or '90 and have even shared a stage and my hair with him. The album they did has a lot of lyrical resonance with me, or as I was at the time I saw them on the support slot.
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« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2014, 10:21:15 PM » |
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Hasn't Katriona Gilmore come from Tiny Tin Lady? So what happened to the rest of that support band from back then...?
I really liked Tiny Tin Lady and went on to see them a few times in their own right. They expanded into a 5/6 piece (with drums and all sorts) and I understand that they then took a break to allow for university studies. No more info than that, unfortunately. |
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« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2014, 09:57:24 AM » |
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Kieran Halpen was brilliant - tried to get hold of Crystal Ball Gazing a few months ago, but it is long deleted and costs a fortune!
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« Reply #19 on: March 08, 2014, 10:37:32 AM » |
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Hasn't Katriona Gilmore come from Tiny Tin Lady? So what happened to the rest of that support band from back then...?
I really liked Tiny Tin Lady and went on to see them a few times in their own right. They expanded into a 5/6 piece (with drums and all sorts) and I understand that they then took a break to allow for university studies. No more info than that, unfortunately. Tiny Tin Teenagers................bag o'sh*te..................just my opinion mind............no discussion needed. |
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