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« Reply #140 on: August 19, 2014, 10:09:30 AM » |
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I'd like to see Skinny Lister there. They played a blinder at Beautiful Days. They proved they could well cope with exploding generators as they suffered a power cut in the middle of their set and carried on regardless - just jumped into the crowd and played acoustically in a circle! And what's not to like about a band where the double-bass player goes crowd surfing ... with his bass!  Cheers Nick |
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« Reply #141 on: August 19, 2014, 11:44:21 AM » |
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I'd like to see Skinny Lister there. They played a blinder at Beautiful Days. They proved they could well cope with exploding generators as they suffered a power cut in the middle of their set and carried on regardless - just jumped into the crowd and played acoustically in a circle! And what's not to like about a band where the double-bass player goes crowd surfing ... with his bass! Cheers Nick The perfect Cropredy band. Would have the same effect on the audience as Blackbeard's did this year. |
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« Reply #142 on: August 19, 2014, 11:50:12 AM » |
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Michael Chapman
Is that too much to ask?
Much as I love Michael (and I'm very much looking forward to seeing him play at the end of my street in Tod on Sunday!) I can't really see him managing to engage a field full of people who'd probably prefer to be watching Status Quo or The Australian Pink Floyd...  I take your point, David, but he did just fine at Green Man on the main stage. All to do with good scheduling and managing expectations.... If I really can't have Michael, though, I'm going to demand The Handsome Family to be flown over instead Very different festivals and audiences though... I'm unconvinced that an acoustic solo/duo act from a 'folk' background (I know that doesn't really cover MC but it still stands) could hold the attention of more than a very small segment at Cropredy any more... I don't disagree with you, David - I just think it's sad and a bit odd. Bigger festivals than Cropredy - and more 'rocky' festivals than Cropredy - still manage to accommodate acoustic solo/duo acts from a folk background on the main stage - and hold the attention of the audience. Are we really that intolerant or easily bored? As I said in my last post, I think the answer lies in good scheduling and managing expectations. I guess they'll have to fly The Handsome Family in instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYh6jj99Z4&list=AL94UKMTqg-9AQZvrbna7Iq1o0mcrktv8j |
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« Reply #143 on: August 19, 2014, 11:56:06 AM » |
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Michael Chapman
Is that too much to ask?
Much as I love Michael (and I'm very much looking forward to seeing him play at the end of my street in Tod on Sunday!) I can't really see him managing to engage a field full of people who'd probably prefer to be watching Status Quo or The Australian Pink Floyd... I take your point, David, but he did just fine at Green Man on the main stage. All to do with good scheduling and managing expectations.... If I really can't have Michael, though, I'm going to demand The Handsome Family to be flown over instead Very different festivals and audiences though... I'm unconvinced that an acoustic solo/duo act from a 'folk' background (I know that doesn't really cover MC but it still stands) could hold the attention of more than a very small segment at Cropredy any more... Really? Al Stewart did a pretty good job. As did Edwina Hayes. |
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« Reply #144 on: August 19, 2014, 12:13:17 PM » |
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Michael Chapman
Is that too much to ask?
Much as I love Michael (and I'm very much looking forward to seeing him play at the end of my street in Tod on Sunday!) I can't really see him managing to engage a field full of people who'd probably prefer to be watching Status Quo or The Australian Pink Floyd... I've just got round to Googling 'Tod' and figured out that this is the gig Michael Chapman is doing with Julie Byrne. Julie played Green Man as well, though - sensibly - on one of the not-so-big stages. Hope you enjoy the Tod concert, David. This is good gig to muse over the question 'why does the Yorkshire folk singer sound American, and the Chicago one sound English...?' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3DjMKLiFDE |
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« Reply #145 on: August 19, 2014, 03:46:02 PM » |
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Thought of one more who would go down a storm and who will no doubt be doing lots of touring around her new album-Imelda May.
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« Reply #146 on: August 19, 2014, 06:22:36 PM » |
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Like I said above, she'd melt all the hearts there with her vibrancy and personality - she'd be a perfect Cropredy turn.
New thought...how did I forget to mention Ireland's best kept secret, Paul Brady?
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« Reply #147 on: August 19, 2014, 06:24:06 PM » |
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Paul Brady played a few years ago...2009 or 2010 I believe
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« Reply #148 on: August 19, 2014, 07:38:06 PM » |
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Madness
Human League
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Steely Dan (Nearly Dan will do if they can't get Steely Dan)
Sons of Clogger
Now, I admit to a certain fondness for the youthful disdain of Susan Sulley and Jo Catharall circa 1980 but at Cropredy?  |
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« Reply #149 on: August 19, 2014, 11:03:58 PM » |
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Thought of one more who would go down a storm and who will no doubt be doing lots of touring around her new album-Imelda May.
I once had a 3-way conversation with Imelda May and Eddie Reader. Eddie is as tall as I am, and Imelda is ... not quite so tall. She was on tip-toes while we stooped slightly awkwardly. She'd be dead good though, as would Eddie of course Cheers Nick |
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« Reply #150 on: August 20, 2014, 09:37:29 AM » |
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Michael Chapman
Is that too much to ask?
Sounds an ideal candidate. |
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« Reply #151 on: August 20, 2014, 10:59:19 AM » |
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Having seen them at the weekend, Seeed - absolutely perfect for a field. But don't just take my word for it... On their UK debut they waste little time in calling for the crowd to dance and are the ultimate good time festival band. Dressed in sharp suits they are like an endless parade of good time boppers- this is a big band boogie in dub and an orchestra of dance with a commitment to entertain with their machine like groove and their honing down of all the constituents that are needed to turn a sceptical audience into a frenzied dance pit. - See more at: http://louderthanwar.com/seeed-beautiful-days-live-review-number-one-german-band-make-big-impact/#sthash.7B07c0E1.dpuf |
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« Reply #152 on: August 21, 2014, 10:34:50 AM » |
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In my dreams:
Thursday:
FAC (a given)
Ukelele Orchestra of GB
UFQ
Karine Polwart
The Decemberists (or Alison Krauss and Union Station)
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Young Folk Winners (a given)
Skinny Lister
Bella Hardy
Gigspanner
Trembling Bells
St Agnes Fountain (Christmas in August)
Deborah Bonham
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Madness
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RD (a given)
Feast of Fiddles
Jimmy Cliff
Tinawarien
Thea Gilmore
Larkin Poe
Loudon Wainwright and Richard Thompson
FC (with RT and Thea throughout - I did say in my dreams)
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« Reply #153 on: August 21, 2014, 10:50:43 AM » |
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Every time I see someone has written Skinny Lister, the Birdy song Skinny Love pops in my head..........
Not that birds song, you lot.
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« Reply #154 on: August 21, 2014, 11:13:04 AM » |
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Every time I see someone has written Skinny Lister, the Birdy song Skinny Love pops in my head..........
Originally a Bon Iver song. |
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« Reply #155 on: August 21, 2014, 04:19:24 PM » |
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« Reply #156 on: August 21, 2014, 04:21:25 PM » |
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Dick Gaughan - a real folk troubadour and stalwart of the folk rock movement with Five Hand Reel. Played in our theatre to a well-deserved standing ovation recently.
Slade - yes...
Proclaimers
Planxty (though unlikely to stage another comeback tour..)
(in my dream of dreams) Fruupp
Amy McDonald - yes (she's gone quiet recently)
Imelda May (Irish rockabilly with talent and bubbly personality to win a Smiths warm-up artist over)
R. Cajun and the Bearcat Stompers) - pure Cajun and Zydeco raw driving energy
Enough for now..
Thought I was the only person who'd ever heard of Fruupp - and saw them quite a few times - always far better live than on record. LIttle chance of reunion though!! Now if we're talking Irish bands from the 70s for a dream lineup:- Planxty Mushroom |
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« Reply #157 on: August 21, 2014, 06:06:16 PM » |
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The prince of Heaven's eyes is in my top three all-time - I still find it magical. Saw them once in Wigan casino - they had yto finish before the Northern soul all-nighter. I "found" them when John Peel played "the Perfect Wish" through my old trannie.. One of them is now a born again Christian evangelist in America... Planxty - they did a big reunion about three years ago - one or two nights in Dublin turned into about 20 due to demand. I was at the last one. Pure exquisite musicianship from men at the top of their game with nothing to prove. Unlikely to happen again though. Mushrooms?? hmmm...overt to Google now  |
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« Reply #158 on: August 21, 2014, 07:38:52 PM » |
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How about Stackridge?
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« Reply #159 on: August 21, 2014, 07:57:57 PM » |
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Good call....especially as it's now a progfest.  |
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