Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06

Subject: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 01:54 PM

Friday April 7th 2006 at
Market Rasen Folk Club, Faldingworth Village Hall

Spotlight Guest
Big Al Whittle

Support Artists
Helian Keys
No Fixed Abode
Liam Robinson
Kate Abbott & Chris Eyre

Doors open 7:30pm for 8:15pm start - 11:30pm finish.

Bring your own food and drink as there isn't a bar.
No Smoking
Disability Friendly

Map Faldingworth

Wider area Map

For more information go to Market Rasen Folk Club
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Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: GUEST,Tim the Twangler
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 02:16 PM

Hey I wonder what disasters will occur to stop us going this time.
Looking forward to it immensley even keyboard stuff!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 02:37 PM

Good to hear from you Twangy.

I am sure you will make it this time :-)

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 06:39 PM

It is Mrs Twangy's (hey come on...woman power and all that, let your missus have her own name on here, Twangy...) birthday on Wed shhhhhh she hates a fuss...so, maybe they will still be celebrating on Friday...if they make a lot of noise during the various acts by dancing on the tables and suchlike...they are townies, after all...I trust you will bring them to order, Villan?!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: GUEST,Tim the Twangler
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 12:57 AM

She is not averse to swapping names from time to time.
HEr favourite appelation at present is " Yes dear of course you are right ,you ara always right I am only a man"
HE he nah there isnt a sweeter natured lass on the planet than Jen.
Not even the planet I am on.hehe
SO do you want me to fetch me biggest and best piano tuning hammer on friday? And will Mr Rockhen be going?

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 01:28 AM

Shall we get Helian Keys to do the happy birthday thingy then ?

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 02:34 PM

Looking forward to the gig Les. Are you providing the PA, or do I arrange one?


Here is Neil Dalton's review of last week's gig at The Maze, Nottingham.

Big Al Whittle at The Maze in Nottingham: Review

Big Al Whittle walked on stage wearing a black suit, black t-shirt and black hat; something like a cross between a trilby and a homburg. He looked like an enforcer for the Corleone family or the man who crushed Paul Newman's fingers in 'The Hustler'. His voice was Lucca Brazzi low, hushed, vaguely threatening; he had a presence, an air of menace. He was someone you didn't mess with in case he made a mess of you. Then he started talking about his sister and Enid Blyton, stories of when he was a kid, reading her comics, collecting the badges, wanting to be a 'Sunbeam'; some Mafia enforcer, more like Beryl the Peril's minder or a hit-man for 'The Beano'.

Al treads a fine, but wonderfully slippery line, between the serious and the insane. His off hand, quiet, dead pan delivery seems to be conversational, even confidential, someone having a talk with a friend, at home in this world, while at any moment he can slide into a parallel universe, an absurd country, taking the unsuspecting with him, to a place where this world is revealed as the foolish, cruel, macabre, stupid and profoundly comic place it really is. His humour is dark, surreal, gloriously funny – not so much off the wall as round the bend and off next door's wall.

He has all the wicked delight of a mischievous schoolboy but he's the schoolboy your parents always warned you about, told you to avoid, and kept you from, the one who would always get you into trouble. Of course, you don't care; you'd willingly hand over all your marbles just to stay in his shady company. He nudges you, pushes you, elbows you into places you know you shouldn't go, areas where you have to laugh. If you didn't laugh you'd feel uncomfortable, you might realise exactly where you were and at what you were laughing. You laugh just to feel easy, to protect your own sanity, taking comfort from the fact that the whole room is laughing so it must be all right. He does a song about George Joseph Smith, the 'brides in the bath' murderer, and you are laughing so much you are aching. You are laughing as you join in the chorus, 'glug, glug, glug' and you know it's the last, deathly sounds of another innocent victim going under and you are going under just as fast, laughing 'till you fall from your seat at the childish gurgle in every one of Al's darkly satanic, gleefully enthusiastic 'glugs'. By the time he gets to his song about 'pubic grooming' you are a willing accomplice, guilty by association, lost completely.

Incredibly, he has a lyrical side, a lover's eye, a gentle touch. Somewhere beneath the comic assassin is a wounded romantic; love songs sung in a voice that didn't just finish the drink but swallowed the glass as well.

His playing is something else. If Frank sang and Fred danced then Al plays. Boy can he play! His finger-picking is nothing short of wonderful; from waltz-time, through blues-time to rag-time, always in time and always good-time. His fingers dance like Astaire, croon like Sinatra, every note is clear, every run impeccable, every snap of a string, every bend, every run, everything tasteful, oozing quality. Every ringing, joyful note sang out, reached up and then settled in the corners of the room glowing smugly in mellow satisfaction.

This was a neat sound system with a good sound man in control and a great player taking full advantage of them both. Like 'The Musician' in Leicester, 'The Maze' in Nottingham is a terrific venue; part bar, part club, a little smoky, a little glitzy, a little undernourished, part swagger, part shadow, part Lee Marvin, part Hank; a venue that offers a good player all he or she needs to shine – all that is other than a guaranteed audience and there are no guarantees of that anywhere. The mid-week crowd was a mix of young, not so young and down right past it; the ones who knew why Al was special and those who were just finding out. Guys who looked a little pale, a little thin, girls smiling, with breasts young enough not to need support just a chaperone. Some of the older guys stood, nursing their drinks, smoking sparingly, knowing they had to go home sometime but not just yet, not while Al was still on stage, still singing, still playing.

If Ralph McTell is a national treasure then Big Al Whittle must be our buried treasure: it's time he was better known; it's time we dug him up and his music. Mind you, while there's something of the night about Al, it's no good asking him if he wants to be dug up; he'd probably write a song about it so we could all have a laugh.

Neil Dalton
Copyright 1.5.06

Big Al Whittle was appearing at The Maze in Nottingham. He is appearing at The Real-Music Club in Sharpe's Pottery Museum, Swadlincote on Saturday April 22nd along with Kirsty McGee and Matt Martin. Tel.: [phone] for tickets.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 02:47 PM

Well done Al - better warn the border guards so they let you in LOL

Haven't I told you Al - its acoustic. Its not lengthwise anymore :-)
I have turned it sideways, so that PA is not normally necessary anymore. However if you want to set yourself up before, thats fine by me. Everybody else will be acoustic.

Look forward to seeing you Friday.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 11:27 AM

It's folk, Al - Joseph Taylor didn't use a PA! :-)

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 11:45 AM

LOL

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: GUEST,Tim the Twangler
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 05:54 PM

You could do but is it folk music?
I think she would go a lovely colour if they did though.
Hey I broke me twangling stick and its gonna cost a ton for a refret Doh!
Mind you I have been given the contact details for a local Luthier who has guitars Starting from £1300 thats a lot of refrets.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 07:17 PM

You shouldn't abuse it so much...guess you wore it out?!
Could you glue matchmakers along the neck, instead of frets...would that work...?
WIll ask his vocalship if he knows the aforementioned song...!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 08:03 PM

Joseph Taylor - I got scores to settle with that asshole.

Cos of him I took a gig in Brigg to see what it was like - having heard the song about the fair.

Anyway there I was setting up the gear under the giant telly screen, singing the wild rover while the telly screen showed Princess Di's funeral.
Not many joined in

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 05 Apr 06 - 01:57 AM

quote from Tim
You could do but is it folk music?
Unquote


Happy Birthday is Folk Music and surely its traditional!!!!

What do the team think?

I am sure Helian Keys can slip it in!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 05 Apr 06 - 05:41 AM

LOL Wld!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: GUEST,Tim the Twangler
Date: 05 Apr 06 - 11:25 AM

I refuse to rise to the obvious nudge nudge joke in answer to Les
Maybe it is a traditional folk tune and maybe it isnt .
Who cares?
I am sure she who must be obeyed would return to her normal colour within hours of being embarassed in such a manner.
Maybe it should be a feature of every FC meet to announce happy events in musical form?

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 05 Apr 06 - 02:05 PM

LOL Tim - viagra do I hear :-)
>>Maybe it should be a feature of every FC meet to announce happy events in musical form? <<

Well thats what I try to do, if I know about them and secondly if I remember LOL :-)

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: GUEST,Tim the Twangler
Date: 05 Apr 06 - 02:35 PM

Hey I hear that the scenery there is very interesting.
Though I dont fancy the idea of going over Viagra falls in a barrel.
I suppose it must really be unique as the only one on the planet where the barrel is lifted up?
If you have any other holiday suggestions please post them soon.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 05 Apr 06 - 03:19 PM

LOL

And so to Friday

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 10:58 AM

Neil Dalton Review of No Fixed Abode at The Maze
don't miss them tomorrow at Market Rasen Folk Club, Faldingworth

No Fixed Abode at the Maze, Nottingham: review

I thought The Maze was where they put the seriously bad boys of Belfast but actually, it's a club on the Mansfield Road in Nottingham. Una, of 'No Fixed Abode', walked on stage and introduced her first song in an accent that hailed from somewhere north of Dublin. I might have been worried but once Una Walsh started to sing, all anxieties and worries melted away. If there is a better voice singing here or in all the counties of Ireland then I haven't heard it. Her voice sweeps you up, sweeps you away, and sweeps you right out to sea. What's more you don't mind, you are happy to be there, with no lifebelt or hope of rescue, drowning in pleasure.



Tony Dean, the other member of the group, plays the guitar; it is tasteful, restrained, finger style, laying a platform for that voice. He looks the part; long hair, beard, cavalier not roundhead, with an easy self-deprecating manner. Their banter was a surprise, different, a couple you feel that could work up a real on-stage 'domestic'; Tony with his diffident asides, Una with her fire and sharpness, the man who would always be too late back from the pub, the woman who would always tell him the time. It's really about her and her voice though. She had on expensive calf high boots, the tops turned down, looking a little like a child in wellies, and a waistcoat with a touch of glitter. She wore a fashionable, dark red, floral printed dress – a cross between a punk cowgirl and a 1950's Australian outback, sheep shearer's wife. She looked terrific.



I'd like to have heard some harmonies in the set, some other voice, some roughness in the mix, some coffee with the cream. For have no doubt, there is plenty of cream with this duo; Una's voice just oozes richness. She can catch her voice, leave you just a little breathless, a little stirred, a little lost, as if you are staring over the edge of a cliff at the reaches beyond. It's scary and a little wonderful, sometimes even sublime, but you can only handle that in small doses; the heart can't be so full all the time.



The last song they played was called 'Going Home', one of their own songs, an ironic but strangely comforting thought for a duo called 'No Fixed Abode'. Where ever it is they want to go I wish them well and hope they get there safely.



Neil Dalton

Copyright 2nd April





'No Fixed Abode' was playing at The Maze in Nottingham. The duo are appearing at The Real-Music Club in Sharpe's Pottery Museum, Swadlincote on Saturday 17th June alongside Gordon Giltrap. Tel.: [phone] for tickets.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 11:39 AM

I hope not to miss them Al :-) Sounds very good.

Should be another excellent evening with plenty of variety.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 03:23 PM

That Al bloke is supposed to be pretty good as well isn't he, Villan?!! :-)

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 03:32 PM

wodja mean, supposed to be. I'm bloody fantastic. I've got all the cds.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 04:07 PM

What more can I say Rockhen LOL Al said it for me.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 04:32 PM

Hope you bring the cds with you, Al!
Looking forward to hearing everyone tomorrow. Watch out though cos I will be bringing the dreaded piano thingummy... :-)

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 04:35 PM

Just realised... Strollin'...are you a bit better? Saw you posted on here yesterday. Hope so.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 04:43 PM

Ah the wonderful. Twangy will be happy. sounds of the piano returning to MRFC

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 04:46 PM

Oh dear I mustn't watch TV whilst I type and hit the Ok button. Although the post looks good the way it is :-)

It should have said

Ah the wonderful sounds of the piano returning to MRFC, Twangy will be happy.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 04:47 PM

If he has recovered from last night's celebration of Mrs Twangy's (own name, yet?...woman power...)birthday...?!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 04:49 PM

Mrs Twangy didn't get him drunk then did she, or are you on about afters :-)

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 05:33 PM

Now that would be telling!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 07:01 PM

I want one of Strollin J's new cds next time I see him. or If anyone is seeing him and could bring me one, I'll settle up with you when I see you tomorrow night.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: GUEST,Tim the Twangler
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 07:31 PM

Hey I liked it the way it was.
We had a great time at the Leaking boot OM and so did all our mates I think.
Talking of woman power thanks for making the cake Rocky!
Is a change from taking the biscuit.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Sooz
Date: 07 Apr 06 - 02:41 AM

The Leaking Boot used to be our local when it was Darley's and we lived round the back of it.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 07 Apr 06 - 04:05 AM

I bet you are in a good mood Mrs Sooz, what with the kiddlywinks having a two week break :-)

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 07 Apr 06 - 08:38 AM

Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! me too!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Sooz
Date: 07 Apr 06 - 12:27 PM

What she said.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: GUEST,Tim the Twangler
Date: 07 Apr 06 - 01:43 PM

Well is still a good night in there Sooz,(The Leaking Boot!)
but in the dim ans distant past I seem to recall it beiing in a bit better state of repair.
I think that when the GYFC used to meet there the Lounge was still quite a posh place.
The current managers are very into live music and really freindly to those of us who go to the open mike and the Blues of The month Club.
One of them,name of Lee actualy writes his own stuff and is not averse to taking part in the OM and the sing around/Jam that inevitably follows. Mind I didnt say it was v folky ,although Mr Dylan often seems to get a mention somwhere in the evening.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 03:14 AM

That was another excellent evening of entertainment. I am hoping Twangy will do his normal unbiased review of the evening. :-)

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: GUEST,Tim the Twangler
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 07:19 AM

Indeed I will try Les,
First let me congratulate you on providing yet another line up of artistes varied in all musical ways except for the quality of performance.
They all did what they do and did it very well.
That sounds bad don't it?
What I mean is to compare one to another would be well nigh impossible!
However at the starting line Miss Abbott and Mr. Eyre.
I love this ladies voice and the passion that erupts through her voice and minimalist playing just grabs me and drags me along whatever road she happens to be wondering along.
Mr. Eyre provides the clever, sweet sounding "twiddley" bits.
The bits that all aspiring players of twangling objects would love to be able to do, then he sings and solos they are a great start to any evening.
Just one thing was wrong last night I didn't have the nerve to go say what a brilliant song "Teach you to dance?" is, superb song superb performances.
Mr. Robinson and Company.
Does any one else get a sinking feeling when they see a squeezebox approaching in a confined space?
But no worries here, why can't they all play em like this?
Great, lively, interesting,
jiggy reeely dancy music.
Not ear bashing volume and dirges.
This trio's set was over in about three minutes it seemed to me.
Now I don't know what the tunes origins where or who collected collated or added the lyric.
But I know that I wanted to dance around drink loads and kiss girls (well mostly girls Les X).
In case you didn't catch on I thought they were great.
Now comes Heliankeys, laidback, and gentle, thought provoking.
Each song opening like a flower in the night.
I watched Hellion playing the piano her fingers seemed to dance, I closed my eyes and let Mr. Keys smooth voice insinuate itself between the cap holders either side of me head.
I listen to their music and am forced to think about uncomfortable things like war, and orphans and waiting for the police to arrive.
I have known this pair a year or more now and I count them as mates so not gonna say anymore except
Chuck more of your own songs in guys!
SO to the main event
Another raffle went wrong!
I never got a look in what a rip orf!
hehehe.

After the break came No Fixed Abode.
This wasn't my sort of thing at all.
I mean what normal bloke wants to hear the voice of an angel coming from a beautiful lass and be allowed to enjoy it 'cos its art?
And who in their right mind wants to sit and listen to song after song of beautifully understated guitar accompaniment.
As a vision in a haze of red hair and summer green jumper floats around engaging each and every person in the audience, in a glance full of promise and a little smile of a shared moment in time.
Hmmm loved the song and the music and always was a sucker for that accent.

Last but not least was Big Al Whittle…
Blues man suit, jazz in his fingers and two guitars, flash git!
But hey he only played 'em one at a time.
I thought I would ask how long he has been playing.
To get some idea if I will live long enough to learn you know?
"Since I was about 15 when a lad taught me some stuff"
Hhmmm so there you go.
He started of by saying he doesn't like folk music.
He plays a jazzy bluesy folk style
He uses a (gasp!) PA system and sets it fairly loud.
He sings songs of murderers and pubic deforestation
And he makes you laugh
He made me laugh and I will have to have a word with Les about this watch of his Big Al only got about five minutes on stage as well.
Cheers ..

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 08:14 AM

Actually Tim I didn't say I didn't like folk music.
Thankyou for your review. I do appreciate anybody taking an interest or discussing my approach to folk music.
What I seemed to have failed to convey is that(despite having a fairly folky family background - Irish, Irish Gypsy, Lancashire miners, clogdancers) to my certain knowledge no one in the last 150 years in my family sang in the preferred accent, or in the modal style favoured by English folk revival.

In one of the great strategic mistakes of my career, I forbore from joining the great Walter Gabriel soundalike competition and tuning my guitar in DADGAD. That last (avoiding DADGAD tuning) was just narrow mindedness - Ken Nicol turned me on to its DADGAD's amazing possibilities last year.

However the shunning of adopting the all purpose rustic voice was an attempt at integrity.

It was a nice night, although I was very tired and made a few mistakes in my guitar playing. Earlier in the day I had been forced to attend a Speed Awareness course in Leicester after being done by a camera going slighly over the limit. I had driven straight there from Leicester.

Everybody was very nice to me, and you do great club over there in Market Rasen - you can be justly proud of it. I wish you all well, and thankyou for your hospitality.

al

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 08:16 AM

Excellent Twangy. knew I could rely on you. Thanks.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 08:22 AM

Big thanks there Al for coming such a distance and the same for No Fixed Abode. You weren't joking when you told me what a lovely voice Una (No Fixed Abode) had. She is truly blessed, and Tony so sensitive with the guitar work.
Al you did an excellent Spotlight Guest performance. I only got very good comments.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 08:27 AM

Thanks for that, Twangy. Hey, so someone actually does listen to the words, then?!!!
Was a good night and the variety makes it even more enjoyable. Was good to see the youthful Mr Robinson again,...even though he has got the relaxed performance style of an old hand and puts quivering nervous old wrecks like me to shame with his easy chat and excellent playing. Loved hearing the last bit of his set, especially with his 2 companions. They did some great singing as a trio.
Think Twangy said it all about the other acts, I agree with most of it ...some great 'acts' (you were very kind about us, thanks, I'll pay you later!) although, unlike Twangy, I didn't fancy the lady with the 'voice' from No fixed Abode...she just wasn't my type!
Is great to meet so many other music lovers and is good to watch and steal ideas for performing, too!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 08:30 AM

Hey, Al and Villan, all posting at once...! Great songs, Al...refreshingly different and the Brazilian one was particularly funny!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 08:56 AM

Sorry I'm useless at this, who was Rockhen?

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 09:03 AM

Hey Al, I played the piano last night...well, I tried at least, I think I made more mistakes each time I play but hey I enjoyed it anyway! Was a good night all round I thought. Everyone is always very friendly and supportive at Villan's club. Is a great night out.

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rockhen
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 09:05 AM

just don't allow dancing on the tables....shame, Villan!

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Rasener
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 09:29 AM

He he. You can dance on the tables if you want Rockhen. In all honesty, we all have our likes and dislikes in music and style and it would be a boring old world if we all liked the same. That's what I hope is so good about MRFC, is the variety of performers.
I liked all the acts last night, so I am a bit lucky really :-)
That song that Al did about the animals was very slick and clever and had the audience immersed from what I could see, but the old beaver song was very funny as you say Rockhen :-)

Subject: RE: Market Rasen Folk Club Friday Apr 7th 06
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 09:51 AM

terrific, why didn't you introduce yourself, I was looking round all night wondering who it was.
I wish you and a few more acts, Una for example had used the PA - acoustically the room seemed a bit flat. I don't think it would have been right for Liam. the shoe tapping would have started things off probably. The first lady with the gutsy voice though and yourselves - it would have enabled you to relax abit more vocally.

Reel in the Flickering Light was by Colm Gallagher and you're right, it is a beautiful song. I first heard Christy Moore sing it on that arts programme review thing on the telly.
that economy of technique - so few chords and so many pictures and the animated turns of phrase, and the way each animal and the hapless narrator is given a personality with a few brush strokes.

still that's the Irish for you..... words and epic tales!