Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK July/Aug 2009

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 08:17 AM

I will be making the journey down from Scotland to see you, Barry.

( And talking of Scotland, Scotland is part of the UK, so do feel free to seek gigs up here :-)

Seeing Deb again will be an added bonus ...

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 07:56 AM

Barry-

As we say in Maine, "Finest kind!"

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, out the door on his own great trek

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: My guru always said
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 07:51 AM

Well Barry, I'm really hoping to get to see you at some point while you're over here! So sorry that Neil can't come but glad you'll have Ken with you!

I'll put feelers out to my local clubs to see if we can get you a club bookings or two, though our area is towards the south of the UK & quite a way from Carole & Andrew. Please keep us up to date here with the dates you get booked up so we can try to fit in if the dates & distance are feasible.

I'd recommend these guys, lets see if we can sort them a good tour!!
Hil

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: jacqui.c
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 07:36 AM

I'll most likely be in the UK for part of the time you'll be there! I'm looking forward to seeing your itinerary once you've got your gigs lined up.

Now, if you get a chance to see these guys - GO! They are just the best so far as songs of the sea are concerned.

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: GUEST,SussexCarole
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 07:10 AM

Ooops sorry, Ken it is (Gracie strikes again)

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: Barry Finn
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 06:28 AM

That's Ken, Carole, Dan's brother. I know, they're both cute & great singers, it's just hard to tell them apart.
Thanks for the offer & for keeping an eye out for us, much appricated

Deb C, that's great, it's always great fun to be in your company

Hi Dani, you can mention us but he'll probably have no notion of who we are. I'm not available, don't give him my phone number.

Barry

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: SussexCarole
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 03:20 AM

Sorry to hear than Neil can't make the trip - but it will be great to see Dan over here with you. You're welcome to board & lodge with us for as long as you want and we're looking out for singing venues. We'll organise a sing down here with your many Welsh friends as soon as we know your schedule

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: TRUBRIT
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 09:44 PM

Barry - and Ken - that sounds wonderful.....would be a treat to be able to see you.

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: DebC
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 09:22 PM

Hi Barry,

I just confirmed the seafest so i'll see you both over there!

Deb

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 08:51 PM

OK, my snit's over.

I'm going to see Joe Stead here in Durham (that's the NC-USA Durham) next week, shall I drop your names for when he gets home?

Dani

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 08:49 PM

I am insanely jealous.

It is just not fair that you two are going OVER THERE to do this! No stateside tour? Our beds and breakfasts aren't enough for you? Two of my favorite singers TOGETHER... across the pond.

Words fail me...

Dani

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: SINSULL
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 08:48 PM

Barry's voice can fill a room and Ken is no slouch either. This will be a fun pair to see. Enjoy!

Subject: RE: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-
From: kendall
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 08:43 PM

Good for you! UK, Batten down the hatches!

Subject: Ken Schatz & Barry Finn tour UK 24/7-
From: Barry Finn
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 08:16 PM

Ken Schatz & Barry Finn to tour UK 24/7-?/? as Finn & Laddie
(Could a mudelf or Joe Offer complete the title, please, thanks)

Finn & Haddie (www.FinnAndHaddie.com) & (www.MySpace.com/FinnAndHaddie) has been invited to perform at the Scarborough Seafest (http://www.seafest.org.uk/) on July 24 -26. Since our invite my singing partner Neil has had some family medical issues come up he can't make this. Ken Schatz, who I've enjoyed singing with in the past (http://www.kenschatz.com), a mudcatter and New York shanty singer extraordinaire and I will be performing together instead as Finn & Laddie & likely we (Neil & I) will be having Ken by our sides much more often in the future. We'll hopefully be staying longer than just the weekend of the festival but we need some help getting some paying spots so that we can tour & eat.
Our concentration musically will be the singing mostly of sea music (leaning towards songs influenced by sailors of color) & prison worksongs but as anyone who knows us will say that our repertoire is wide, vast & rare. Hopefully we can get down to Swansea to visit & sing with more than a few friends there, we'll see.
What we were hoping for is that UK mudcatters could help us get spots singing at various venues so we can extend & afford our stay. We're poor, so we sing for supper, board, rides & especially money. I'm hoping that US mudcatters & others in the UK that know us & what we do will pipe up/in with some words of recommendation so those in the UK who don't know us will get an idea of who & what we are & what we do (thanks all you friends, checks will be forwarded). We are both strong & passionate singers & engagingly rousing presenters with a rare repertoire that is assured to please & tickle the fancy of most & encourage even the shyest of singers to bellow.
Our planned dates are somewhere just prior to the Seafest anywhere between July 21st (Tuesday) to the 23rd (Thursday) and depending if we get any spots we'll stay till around either the very end of July or very early August.   


Thanks for any & all help
Barry Finn

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Well, from the thread, all I can figure is July/Aug 2009 - hope that's OK. -Joe-