Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship

Subject: Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship
From: matt milton
Date: 02 Aug 12 - 11:13 AM

I'm playing some blues and bluegrass songs on the Golden Hinde ship on the South Bank in London tomorrow night, Friday Aug 3rd

Also playing are:

The Hogeyed Men, a crew of shanty singers from London.

The Raven, an Anglo-Australian folk duo, songs set to guitar and flute. You may well know them.

Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/events/499454250082433/

3 quid
should be fun

Subject: RE: Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship
From: Charley Noble
Date: 03 Aug 12 - 11:00 AM

Good luck!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 03 Aug 12 - 12:07 PM

I wish I could be there. Best of luck.

Did you ever choose an old song for this gig? I didn't know you did blues and bluegrass. How about 'The Lily of Arkansas?" It's not from 1580, but it's nautical.

I like the tune used by Dave Para and Cathy Barton, if you can find it.

Subject: RE: Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 04 Aug 12 - 12:08 PM

So... how'd it go?

Subject: RE: Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship
From: Charley Noble
Date: 04 Aug 12 - 12:49 PM

No doubt Matt got shanghaied and is now waking up with an aching head somewhat west of the Azores.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, lurking in Chicago

Subject: RE: Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship
From: matt milton
Date: 04 Aug 12 - 03:10 PM

It was a really fun night. I can recommend any London-based folkies getting in touch with Woody Newman, who organises the night. (He's the ship's caretaker.)

Talking of being shanghaied, the audience is kind of a captive audience, because the ship is in quite a touristy area. So we played to an audience of friends and folkies, but also to a lot of random tourists and after-work Friday-night drinkers who only came in because it was a cheap place to have a drink, away from all the packed pubs.

Because you're surrounded by wood, acoustic instruments sound good.

I didn't have time to learn any proper old songs unfortunately. But I played a couple of sea-related songs. "Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me" (Mississippi John Hurt). And also "New York Trader", from the Penguin book of English folk songs.

Subject: RE: Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship
From: matt milton
Date: 04 Aug 12 - 03:10 PM

(by "proper old songs" above, I meant the songs others kindly suggested in a different thread. They're on the list to learn for another time)

Subject: RE: Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship
From: Charley Noble
Date: 05 Aug 12 - 10:10 AM

Excellent!

So, do you do Sharp's next Tuesday evening?

Charley Noble, still afloat in Chicago

Subject: RE: Hogeyed Men, The Raven & me on a ship
From: matt milton
Date: 05 Aug 12 - 10:27 AM

Haven't been to Sharp's since the launch of the new Penguin folk song book – which was another great evening.

I'm not a regular there by a long way - I've only been 3 times in total. I like the atmosphere there though. Are you coming over to the UK or something?