Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,Pete the Hat
Date: 03 Feb 09 - 07:20 PM

Yeah Thanks for that Melodeonboy? Im thinking bout putting a V8 in it. Thats a v8 not a VT.

That was a rare cheese I brought to the last sess. I have some Monks Cheese for the next sess. Hopefully I wont have to use Mandolin strings has a Cheese wire this time.see you soon Pete.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: melodeonboy
Date: 03 Feb 09 - 07:07 PM

"My Mandolin has a adjustable Bridge with wheels"

Well, it doesn't look as if you'll need a lift this time then, Pete!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,Pete the hat
Date: 03 Feb 09 - 06:11 PM

Thanks Richard I will bring it along to the next sess.

My Mandolin has a adjustable Bridge with wheels but I find it a fiddly affair so I have purchased a standard Mandolin Bridge from a Chinese Musical instument shop in Camden. after paying £4.50 for the bridge the China men said "You have to carve it to shape .velly Ticky. I thought " Thanks for that.

I had a brief look at your Mandolin at the last sess and your Bridge is much lower then mine and the string slots are very deep. Mine are non excistant a hairs width in depth.

I am progressing very well with chord changes but it will not stay in bloody tune so its holding me back.

I guess its my fault for going to a Mandolin without knowing much about them.
I like it and of course wont burn it at Knockholt has I said threads back but its so frusterating. I will pay for it to be set up properly if thats what you advise.
Cheers Pete

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 03 Feb 09 - 05:24 PM

Brian Rodgers, Pete.

Bring it on the 22nd and I'll have a quick look first.

Graham Anstee did Kev the Clogs' one and it is OK.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,Pete the hat
Date: 03 Feb 09 - 05:23 PM

Well done VT go for it...

Folks that Raccoon Hat I got from Camden Market came back from the Pelt cleaners today and it has come up a treat.just got to keep it away from CATS AND FERRETS.

I will wear it for the next sess and it wll be coming to Knockholt.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 03 Feb 09 - 04:57 PM

Woohoo!

I can now accompany myself on House of the Rising Sun and Lowbridge (Erie Canal)on the Sigma. Have to use capo on Lowbridge. Don't worry Fisheye. I won't play Lowbridge, but I may sing along. Just feels good to know it.

happy dance!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,Pete the hat
Date: 03 Feb 09 - 03:26 PM

Richard re My Mandolin.

What was the name of the Chap you reccomended at the last sess re Mandolin setup

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,Pete the Hat
Date: 03 Feb 09 - 02:53 PM

I want to bring me Mandolin to this Stoke sess.......BUT....
I have brought a new Bridge for me Mandolin. An I have to cut the string groves meself,Par-larva Im going online to see if there is a cut out plan/ pattern if not can anyone advise.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: romany man
Date: 03 Feb 09 - 01:41 PM

treacle and obvious went out in the snow, where did they go idont bleedin know, they popped up here they popped up there, so em i said its cold down there, they rolled they played till i hit em with a spade, then they ran and hid someplace leavin me with snow on me face, i chased em , i caught em , then i dropped the buggers of they went headin for the drain, i caught em the buggers slipped my grip and it all started again. yeh they loved it, they got about better than public transport minor roads, teachers, even uni lecturers, snow , when i was in wyoming, now that was snow, and guess what, everything bleedin worked,

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Dead Horse
Date: 02 Feb 09 - 03:10 PM

Middle-Aged Disorder of Folk?
Would that be MDF? I am suffering from a dose of that myself.
It goes with re-decorating, you know.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,Pete the Hat
Date: 02 Feb 09 - 07:20 AM

What is it about this country that if we get a flake of bloody snow the whole system fails, Schools close. There are no buses no trains, there,s thousands of kids on the streets throwing snowballs at anything and everything that moves., My Cat for instance,

My upstairs neighbour throws boiling water down to the pathway to melt the snow so now the pathway is a mirror of Black ice and has slippery has hell. The Russians can keep there bloody snow.

Still getting back to the thread.

I will work on that song

Way up North,North to Alaska, ? ( Cant remember the proper title.

Fisheye is it you who is gonna cav -aulting across the roof top drapped in cables.

Re outside thats good. Otford was great outside.
,Outside P,A, Hmmmm.

I have a huge Dr Rythum drum Machine Shall I bring that,

I aslo have a John Coughlan drum stick thrown out into the crowd at a Quo concert In Munich Germany 1976. Nearly took me eye out. It like a bloody Snooker que.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 02 Feb 09 - 04:49 AM

List some Fisheye, I will have a go at learning them.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: fisheye
Date: 02 Feb 09 - 04:44 AM

Can that include some Pete Seeger gospels, i think i have the Banjo chords if somebody sings.
Will there be enough room in the markee for the speakers and singers, the generator can stay out front and cables over the roof.

fisheye

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 02 Feb 09 - 03:55 AM

I think they get a very cold - er- undercarriage.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 02 Feb 09 - 03:45 AM

Hey RM ... How do Treacle and Obvious react to snow? Do you let them out in it?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: romany man
Date: 02 Feb 09 - 03:24 AM

tam , behave yourself,

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 02 Feb 09 - 02:56 AM

ok - joiny in songs

No worries eh? A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the ferrets sleep tonight
In the jungle.....

Fascinated by the exchange of knewing and knowing things not generally known.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: romany man
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 07:32 PM

you know and i know but did you know that i knew i know where the rig is and i even know where the generator truck is that powered the set up, heee hee, yes lotsa joiny in songs please

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 05:41 PM

No, I'm making requests for joiny-inny songs since some of them nearly raised the roof last time.

Mildly Unconcerned nearly equals Hakuna Matata and we all know what Hakuna Matata means!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 05:10 PM

Are we supposed to be posting what we plan to sing?

And who is Mildy Unconcerned?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 05:07 PM

And "Twice Daily"? That should tickle the Lower Coke sense of humour...

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 05:06 PM

Oh good man. That is a harmonymonster, so long as you get the key right. Practice where you start it and pitch it to a guitar note...

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: growler
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 04:40 PM

Richard
'Ruff and Reddy' can do 10k without being plugged in. But I will do 'Bringing the Sheaves' on the 22nd

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 02:23 PM

Ah. That would be the rig from when Colin Johson and Ron Brown were the managers. There was sufficient confusion that although they were paying storage charges on the rig, they were also paying out to hire a touring rig, because they'd forgotten that they owned one. Snif!

I think it was quite a lot bigger than 25K though.

I know why I know, but how come you know?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: romany man
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 01:42 PM

I can get hold of a set of ex status quo amps about 25000 watt i think , just dont let anyone see em, or the lorry we will need to transport them, now i just happen to know a bloke who has a lorry that might just hold them all, nudge nudge,
how can war be civil, or is it just polite war, like excuse me do you mind if i stick this bloody great pike up your jacksie or some other orifice more to your liking, oh im so sorry the cannon blew your head off should i contact some one for you or perhaps send your bits somewhere,

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: fisheye
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 05:33 AM

do you think I will need a 50K pa system.and if the wind is blowing a few tent pegs to hold me down

fisheye

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 01 Feb 09 - 03:59 AM

Summertime sessions sound like fun. Do ya think I need a PA? Locals may need to be warned to put hurricane shutters on windows before I sing outdoors with amplification.   Lately I ain't been holding much back or saving for later.   

Do we know what ale is on yet? I have been researching them as soon as they are announced. How weird is that? I may get up to 2 pints this time around. I suppose I should purchase a pewter tankard thingie. Make it official. {Insert resigned sigh here} Now a fully indoctrinated member of the

Middle-Aged Disorder of Folk.

Congrats to Kev on the new job.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Kev The Clogs
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 08:20 PM

Those of us at Civil War treat our alcohol intake in the same way that we do when we are at folk events thank you very much. I will leave it at that.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 07:32 PM

Tonight I was asked if we would like to do some weekend afternoons over the summer in the garden - pub also has BBQ apparatus.

Dilligaf - we need to synchronise diaries! You may also be able to advise on "Beer Festival" type events.

Big Dick - I spot a tent hire opportunity...

If we do that do we want to have PA (I can provide - up to 10 Kilowatts(!) but I do not expose it to rain)? Or do we prefer to sing unamplified even in the open air?

Which brings me to "bellowing choroi" for Sun 22.

I was thinking maybe "Nelson's Blood" "Boston Harbour" and "The Bold Fisherman". Maybe even my strange version of "John Barleycorn".   I am also working on "the Nutting Girl" and "Sir Patrick Spens" (from the Nic Jones version).

Either Kevin - would you be thinking "Pleasant and Delightful" "Fathom the Bowl" - the French song - and/or "Bring us a Barrel"?

Woodsie, are you going to break your duck? Love's "Who am I? would be great.

Dead Horse - I am REALLY looking forward to those obscure songs of yours...

Mildly Unconcerned - looking forward to your debut!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Dead Horse
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 02:35 PM

I think the "drunk" reference was to Civil War activists, and not directed towards we sober folkie types, who only frequent ale houses for the express purpose of edicatin the locals.
Ale in mugs is merely a prop to suggest wholesomness, and not for imbibing.
I have yet to meet a skunk, let alone a drunk one.
The picture of a creature that that gets sozzled, raises its tail & spreads noxious odours on all & sundry is more applicable to the seedier side of certain festival fringe youth gatherings.
Lager, I believe, is to be blamed. Not ale.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 10:06 AM

Hoo-ray and UP she rises

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: fisheye
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 03:35 PM

I should be there, not sure about vacant seats or george as yet.

fisheye

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 02:07 AM

I'm a bit worried by this "not getting drunk" stuff.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Kev The Clogs
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 08:38 PM

All my strange mates!!! Goes without saying - all my strange mates are NORMALL to me!!!!!

Will STILL be there if all goes to plan!

Just waffling at mo, as just have got offer of new job, so, VERY happy at mo, and doing my bit for teaching the dis-affected youth of today!!! SO chuffed!!!!

Kev :-)

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: dilligafxx
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 08:19 PM

Got to work monday to be asked by one of the contractors who drink in the KA was you one of those strange people on Sunday spotted by his mate in the pub in stoke singing and wearing odd clothes ? reply yes just been dragging a canon around London and came in civil war kit agreed we are strange we can enjoy ourselves without getting loud, swearing all the time and getting drunk as skunk. Hope to see all my strange mates on the 22nd Big hugs xx

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,Pete the Hat
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 04:00 PM

There,s a whole heap of songs we can do at these sessions for later at Knockholt.
                        Knockholts Burning,(Fetch the engines)
                        Come on Woodsie light that Fire.(The doors)
Jim be nimble Jim be quick Jim Jump over the Fire pit                      . dedicated to Jim Radford
                        
Great Ball of Fire          also dedicted to Jim Radford.
While my guitar slowly burns.......Dedicated to Steve.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 05:12 AM

Well it kind of depends when trotting to other places at weekends starts - there will probably be a March one, but I doubt April.

Romany Man - can you have forgotten Argent's hit?

We will build a giant burning fire tonight
We will build it and dance in the smoke
Every branch we'll tie somebody's worries to it
We will burn them and dance in the smoke


I keep meaning to write a few more verses, for Knockholt...

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: My guru always said
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 05:05 AM

Alas, looks like we'll not get to this one either as we'll be in Sidmouth. One day! Keep it up Richard.....

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: romany man
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 04:05 AM

what about a throw another log on the fire song

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 06:30 PM

Hush, hush, thought I heard her calling my name now
Broke my heart but I love her just the same
Na na na na na na na na na na

That one?

The opening lines to "All my trials" are good too - and I can more or less do that.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,woodsie
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 06:28 PM

That's a Joe south song that was covered by Deep Purple.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: melodeonboy
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 06:17 PM

Couldn't someone learn to sing "Hush" (as recorded by Kula Shaker in the 90s and Billy Joe Royal in the 60s)??

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,Pete the hat
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 02:50 PM

Im up for it I enjoyed the last one. Im gonna write a shushing song.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 02:41 PM

Thanks all and

Bump!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,Essex Girl
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:28 AM

I expect I'll be there - Annie says she'll drive this time. Met George last night, who was disappointed to miss out. Jim Radford will also come if he's not otherwise engaged.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Kev The Clogs
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:28 AM

Well, it would be rude not to - seeing as you're making such am effort and doing such a good job. We aim to be there (no other commitments at the moment).

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: romany man
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 07:10 AM

oh if you must put these things on i suppose i have to support you ol chap, hee hee yup count me in.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 07:01 AM

Will she bring her dancing shoes?

Oh, sorry, you said "cookie" not "nookie"...

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: GUEST,DeadHorse (sans biscuit)
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 06:59 AM

Me too, and I shall bring my cookie.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn Lower Stoke Kent UK Sun 22 Feb
From: melodeonboy
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 04:06 AM

I shall most probably be there.