The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #113068   Message #2399667
Posted By: GUEST,blokeincorneron holiday
28-Jul-08 - 03:01 PM
Thread Name: Where have the musicians sessions gone?
Subject: RE: Where have the musicians sessions gone?
Come to North Lincs/Beverley, sessions generally include some songs but are mostly tunes. Particularly the Six Bells session in Barrow on Humber,every Tuesday, going now for over ten years in a couple of venues, there is NO leader, NO tut-tutting, virtually NO putting down of instruments and sighing when a singer starts - mark you, that singer is often Karen Thompson accompanied by her husband Colin on guitar - ALL present are treated with courtesy and allowed to join in/play their tunes/sing without censure. It all comes down to the usual crowd being welcoming and polite, NOT having their heads in their own rectal sphincters, and remembering that OUR music - traditional music - belongs to us all.