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Thread #105376   Message #2168154
Posted By: GUEST,Brian Bull
10-Oct-07 - 12:58 PM
Thread Name: Ewan MacColl - any first-hand anecdotes?
Subject: RE: Ewan MacColl - any first-hand anecdotes?
Back in the early sixties I was bluffing my way through college in London but really much more interested in folk music. I went a couple of times to the Singers Club (then at a pub near St. Pancras called 'the Pindar of Wakefield') and was so impressed by Ewan and Peggy that I booked them twice for a folk club I had started at College. Whatever anyone else's experience, I can only say they gave a very professional performance and were polite and totally non threatening. Ewan particularly spent several minutes chatting to me about folk singing and was clearly very knowledgeable and articulate. He was a great talent and as for the criticism, just remember, nobody's perfect.