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Thread #111493   Message #2351407
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
28-May-08 - 05:32 PM
Thread Name: 'English Country Dances', Please
Subject: RE: 'English Country Dances', Please
and "Jimmy Allen", e.g.

I play Jimmy Allen on pipe & tabor; next time you're in Durham check out the cell where he died - it's now a tapas bar called Jimmy Allen's under the dry arches of Elvet Bridge by the boathouse, at least it was the last time I was passing. He was also a distant relative of mine, a horse thief, womaniser, ne'er-do-well, and a fine piper who reportedly absorbed the influences of the music he heard in the various countries he travelled through, including India...