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Thread #151872   Message #3551713
Posted By: GUEST,Evan johnson
22-Aug-13 - 08:48 AM
Thread Name: Who invented Folk Clubs UK
Subject: RE: Folklore: Who invented Folk Clubs UK
I came home on leave from the navy in 1957 and found my eldest brother Theo was running Bunjies Folk Club in the cellar of a coffee house in Litchfield, Street London.
Dave Waite, and Roger Evans were part of the group called the Whalers.
I taught them many of the songs I had heard as a child and ended up as a Folk singer in 1959 when I cam ashore.
I became resident at Bunjies two nights a week, One with Terry Masterson and the other with Tony Mcarthy.

THere were folk clubs springing up all over and almost 200 in the Greater London area. Many of them were listed in the Melody Maker so an old copy might help.
I worked with many great singer including Alex Campbell, Diz Disley, Jonny Silvo, Sandy Denny, Tom Paxton, Jackson C Frank, and many others.

They were great times and I still include the odd folk rendition when playing gigs today.
I also worked extensively in Scotland, North East and Yorkshire.