Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs

Subject: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: jacqui.c
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 07:11 PM

Heard at an otherwise excellent evening at Marlow Bottom tonight.

"I really need a melodeon player for this one".

Any advance on that?

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: kendall
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 07:25 PM

Was he joking?

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Genie
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 07:33 PM

How about, "We've only heard Danny Boy once this evening. Would someone please play it again?"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: DADGBE
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 07:37 PM

"Oh, how nice! Another bodhan player." or how about, "That guitar is too perfectly tuned!"
Maybe, "Can't you play that banjo any louder?"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Genie
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 07:39 PM

"What? No bagpipes? Damn!"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Jack Campin
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 08:36 PM

"Now THAT's what I call a ringtone".

"Great groove coming out of that iPod, crank it up".

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Bugsy
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 08:46 PM

"Now we're going to sing "The Wild Rover" and Don't forget the part of the chorus that goes, 'And it's NO,NAY,NEVER", then 3 claps and "RIGHT UP YOUR ARSE!' - Ok here we go then..........."


Cheers


Bugsy

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: JedMarum
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 08:47 PM

"I wish you'd brought your bagpipes again this evening!"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 08:48 PM

"Sure, you can play a song or two on my pre-war Martin, but only after you've had a few more drinks to loosen up."

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 08:50 PM

"What we really need is four more years in the White House for George Bush so he can get things straightened out here and in the Middle East too..."

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 08:57 PM

Shaky egg fits really nicely on this.

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 10:03 PM

C'mon, play Melancholy Baby..play it real sad.

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: GUEST,Steve in Idaho
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 10:28 PM

That Banjo and fiddle both need amplification - stick a mic up there Charlie - -

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: ClaireBear
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 10:31 PM

Oh, goodie, the SPOONS have arrived!

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Barbara
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 10:43 PM

I know we were going around the circle and taking turns, but your versions of 'Sloop John B', 'Puff',and 'Kumbyah" were lovely, so why don't you do a fourth one?

Blessings,
B

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Mark Ross
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 11:15 PM

"Is that the banjo players Porsche?"


Mark Ross

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: JedMarum
Date: 10 Dec 08 - 11:19 PM

"No, no, no. You're fine, we'll all tune to you!"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Padre
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 12:41 AM

"I've always wanted to hear Rocky Top played on the hurdy-gurdy"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Tim Leaning
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 12:50 AM

Thanks for helping with the harmony Tim

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Tradsinger
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 02:51 AM

Lets all tune to the banjo.

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Genie
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 02:53 AM

Anyone know any Barry Manilow?

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Paul Burke
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 02:58 AM

Thanks for telling me the right chorus for my song- I've been singing it wrong all these years!

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: RamblinStu
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 03:08 AM

Oh how lovely, The Fields of Athenry…………again

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Genie
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 03:10 AM

Thanks ever so much for stepping up to accompany my vocals on "She Moved Through The Fair" with your accordion!

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 03:21 AM

This is genuine, in a folk session near Bradford University, where I'm playing tenor banjo and mandolin, some geeky looking student asked me if we knew any Atomic Kitten.

eric

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: evansakes
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 03:36 AM

"No, it's OK, I won't do a floor spot tonight. I've come specifically to see the guest and I'm happy to pay the full whack"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Bugsy
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 03:38 AM

Well? do you??


Cheers


Bugsy

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Acorn4
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 03:43 AM

This is a song about a successful relationship!

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Sugwash
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 03:48 AM

"OK, I'm sorry banjo player, now please get your foot off my throat"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Genie
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 03:59 AM

"Hermione, would you please accompany me on your kazoo?"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 04:21 AM

"Okay everyone, I'm buying!, Double brandy & Babycham, no problem"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Will Fly
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 04:28 AM

"And now, I'd like you all to give a great big ( insert Name) Club welcome back to Reg - with his bloody awful voice and his cheap Chinese guitar and his crappy jokes - who's sung the same tasteless shite and bored us all rigid here every week for the past twenty years. So, let's here it for Reg..."

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 04:35 AM

I rather like shaky eggs.   

Really I do.

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: GUEST,Golightly
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 04:38 AM

'Right, you've all come to see the guest, so we'll start the second half before you have to leave to catch the last bus home'

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Genie
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 04:39 AM

Nigel, I think you read my mind! LOL

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Tim Leaning
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 04:41 AM

Of course I know a cheerful one mate.

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 04:42 AM

Oh, I'm glad to see that you've brought your trusty A4 folder with you! You may not be able to keep in tune but at least you won't forget the words.

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Genie
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 04:50 AM

(For the US)
"Oh, goody! Everyone's got their Blue Books out!"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Barry Finn
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 05:09 AM

Last night at a sea shanty session a guy starts singing, an accordian player steps in off key to back him up, a women comes over & askes him to stop he throwing the singer off. He's says "it's the singer whose off not me".
After the 3rd person said he was off key he packed up & went home.

Barry

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 05:18 AM

Let's sum up, then: you're a group of 3 primary school teachers, who play guitar, tambourine and recorder, and you do plenty of those songs with actions that the audience can join in with. You're just what we're looking for!

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 05:27 AM

I wish I HAD heard some of the above - especially "Thanks for helping with the harmony, Tim", cos it's too long since I've seen you, mate!.

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: jacqui.c
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 05:34 AM

ROTFLAMO! A good laugh to start the day.

And yes, Kendall, he really meant it and, hard though it is to say it, the tune did sound good with a melodeon!
















jacqui.c, wondering how long it will be before she's starts complimenting the banjo player after that last remark.

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 12:39 PM

"This is a song about social justice for the rich, who pay too much tax. It's a sequel to my song about the need to invade foreign coutries to bring them democracy and take control of their oil revenues."

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: GUEST,Girl Friday sans cookie
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 12:42 PM

This is real too because we wrote the song...
"This song requires lots of banjos!"

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 12:43 PM

Oh, several more come to mind.

"Nice shirt Kevin".

"Delicate and tasteful Simon".

"Richard just said he liked that".

"This is a song about the sorely missed traditional sports of bear-baiting and dog-fighting".

"No, Martin, I insist. You've bought too many rounds already".

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Genie
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 12:46 PM

"Sorry, sir, but you can't come in without a jacket and cravat (tie)."

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: kendall
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 12:52 PM

Every one of these is really funny, and Padre, that one took the cake!

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 01:29 PM

'You do that Kate Rusby voice really well - its almost like she's in the room.'

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: Rasener
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 01:52 PM

Hey Jimmy that was f****** aweful, get off :-)

Subject: RE: Statements you seldom hear at folk clubs
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Dec 08 - 02:27 PM

Mark Ross suggested:

"Is that the banjo players Porsche?"


Not any more, Steve Martin tarded up to a Rolls.