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« Reply #1640 on: May 13, 2024, 08:35:21 PM » |
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Is Al Stewart on the bill too? I heard he was playing some concerts with America this year in the US.
I don't know - no opener has been identified yet. I also just found out that America is no longer a duo, as Gerry Beckley retired at the end of 2023. Dewey Bunnell is now the sole founder member. I'm disappointed, but Dewey wrote and sang "Tin Man," "Horse With No Name," "Sandman" and "Ventura Highway," so he's no slouch. He has every legal and moral right to call himself "America." Looking forward to it! |
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« Reply #1641 on: May 16, 2024, 09:45:12 AM » |
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Can't make tomorrow's (Fri 17th) sold out King Creosote gig in Liverpool (I've had to change things around due to a new consultant's appointment at the Christie) so have a single ticket available at cost price (£30). It's a PDF ticket (for the original venue - it's now at the Tung - a fab venue just up past the Uni which Fairport played at a few months ago). Drop me a line if you or anybody you know can use it.
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« Reply #1642 on: May 16, 2024, 10:34:43 AM » |
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Off to see Ghosts, Werewolves & Countryfolk: the Songs & Stories Of Sabine Baring-Gould, tomorrow evening in Horbury, where Baring-Gould was a curate. The music is provided by Miranda Sykes & Jim Causley, with John Palmer narrating. Should be a fun night.
They are taking the show to various festivals & venues over the next few months. Jim Causley's website has the full list of dates.
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« Reply #1643 on: May 16, 2024, 11:32:40 AM » |
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And booked for Miranda Sykes at the Fleece in June 2nd - she's busy at the moment.
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« Reply #1644 on: May 16, 2024, 01:58:52 PM » |
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I'm off to see Blair Dunlop tonight, at the Acapela, Pentyrch. It's been a while since I saw him, so I'm looking forward to this.
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« Reply #1645 on: May 17, 2024, 04:12:09 PM » |
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Wreckless Eric at Wrecking Ball Arts Centre in Hull tonight
I think his autobiography gets an update/ reprint , published tomorrow
Expecting lots of stories along with a few songs
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« Reply #1646 on: May 17, 2024, 06:05:08 PM » |
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The Baring-Gould evening sounds good - thanks for the hint to go and look at Jim's website. We live very close now to the area where SBG was squarson (his old home was a very fancy hotel/restaurant, which has just gone bust!).
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« Reply #1647 on: May 17, 2024, 11:17:56 PM » |
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The Baring-Gould evening sounds good - thanks for the hint to go and look at Jim's website. We live very close now to the area where SBG was squarson (his old home was a very fancy hotel/restaurant, which has just gone bust!).
Just got back. Terrific evening. Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes were as excellent as ever, and John Palmer, who shared anecdotes and read some of SBG's stories, did so with a real passion for his subject. I went for the music but left feeling the need to properly explore SBG's work. Job done by the performers! If you get the chance to catch a performance, I hope you enjoy it! |
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« Reply #1648 on: May 17, 2024, 11:39:46 PM » |
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The Baring-Gould evening sounds good - thanks for the hint to go and look at Jim's website. We live very close now to the area where SBG was squarson (his old home was a very fancy hotel/restaurant, which has just gone bust!).
Just got back. Terrific evening. Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes were as excellent as ever, and John Palmer, who shared anecdotes and read some of SBG's stories, did so with a real passion for his subject. I went for the music but left feeling the need to properly explore SBG's work. Job done by the performers! If you get the chance to catch a performance, I hope you enjoy it! I really enjoy Jim's singing, a really wonderful voice and an engaging performer live. I didn't know this tour was happening and pleased to see so many dates, especially SW which is understandable. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to catching a live gig. |
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« Reply #1649 on: May 18, 2024, 03:02:53 PM » |
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Old school British soul tonight with The Real Thing in my old hometown Of Clitheroe.
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« Reply #1650 on: May 18, 2024, 09:59:49 PM » |
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The Baring-Gould evening sounds good - thanks for the hint to go and look at Jim's website. We live very close now to the area where SBG was squarson (his old home was a very fancy hotel/restaurant, which has just gone bust!).
Just got back. Terrific evening. Jim Causley & Miranda Sykes were as excellent as ever, and John Palmer, who shared anecdotes and read some of SBG's stories, did so with a real passion for his subject. I went for the music but left feeling the need to properly explore SBG's work. Job done by the performers! If you get the chance to catch a performance, I hope you enjoy it! I really enjoy Jim's singing, a really wonderful voice and an engaging performer live. I didn't know this tour was happening and pleased to see so many dates, especially SW which is understandable. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to catching a live gig. Agreed. He's always worth catching in concert. Hope you get a chance to see the Baring-Gould show. |
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« Reply #1651 on: May 20, 2024, 09:25:36 AM » |
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Martin Graebe has written a very interesting book about SBG and his folk song collecting (which also functions as a general biography), called As I Walked Out. Worth tracking down if you want to learn more about him.
I loved the story about how he met his wife, when he was a curate in Yorkshire. She was a mill-girl, quite a bit younger than him, and far below him in social status (this was the 1860s, so these things mattered). He was determined to marry her, and arranged for her to spend a year or so living with a middle-class family to learn how to function in those circles, whilst he paid her family the equivalent of her wages. They were happily married for about 50 years, and had 15 children, and are buried side by side in the churchyard, and his epitaph for her calls her 'the better half of him'.
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« Reply #1652 on: May 29, 2024, 09:25:17 AM » |
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Air at the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night doing "Moon Safari"
Really looking forward to this one!
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« Reply #1653 on: May 31, 2024, 11:44:54 AM » |
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Looking forward to Gigspanner with Raynor Winn, tonight in Stroud for the penultimate gig of their Saltlines tour.
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« Reply #1654 on: May 31, 2024, 04:39:25 PM » |
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Looking forward to Gigspanner with Raynor Winn, tonight in Stroud for the penultimate gig of their Saltlines tour.
Really imaginative and engaging show. Loved the story telling and musical interpretations. Enjoy Andy. |
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« Reply #1655 on: May 31, 2024, 05:00:55 PM » |
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Just booked for the Albion Christmas Band gig at Barton 23 December
They have twice as many original Fairport members as Fairport have managed since Richard left
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« Reply #1656 on: May 31, 2024, 08:59:34 PM » |
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Just announced - Ray LaMontagne at ACL Live September 19! Must buy tickets next week.
Squeeze/Boy George at the Moody Amphitheater, August 27. Must buy tickets soon.
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« Reply #1657 on: May 31, 2024, 10:03:31 PM » |
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Artimus Pyle Band - July 9, The Haute (pronounced "Hot") Spot, Cedar Park.
He was Lynyrd Skynyrd's third drummer, after Rickey Medlocke (early 1970s) and Bob Burns (drummer on "Pronounced" and "Second Helping"). Artimus played on "Nuthin' Fancy," "Gimme Back My Bullets," "One More From the Road" and "Street Survivors." He survived the plane crash in 1977, and joined the band for the Tribute Tour, which I saw at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, August 1988. By his account, he was *drummed* out of the band by Ronnie Van Zant's widow, reuniting only for the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame induction. In a recent interview, he complained that the succession of LS replacement drummers don't play his parts properly. He's not shy.
He expresses pride in the quality of his current band, which plays mostly Skynyrd and some originals. I might check this out, especially because prices are very reasonable.
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« Reply #1658 on: June 01, 2024, 05:49:55 AM » |
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A busy few days of gigs coming up. Richard Thompson in Portsmouth, then Olivia Chaney and the Kimberleys in London. If the latter are unfamiliar, then have a look at their amazingly inventive video of ‘Tam Lin'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h-NHeWHr6c |
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« Reply #1659 on: June 01, 2024, 11:35:19 AM » |
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Off for a week in Cornwall with the sisters-in-law, which will include Julian Clary, Richard Trethewey (local musician) and the mighty Ian Prowse.
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