Folkies on Film

Subject: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Hartlepool Folk Festival
Date: 28 Oct 21 - 09:35 AM

Here is a piece we compiled especially for Hartlepool Folk Festival 2021 Online. Folkies on Film is a 30-minute presentation which takes a look through the (mostly) hidden history of your favourite folk stars' early (and not so early) appearances in TV shows and movies. (Think of it as sort of 'Where's Wally?' for folkies.) Aside from an utterly kick-ass theme tune specially recorded for us by David Delarre, this video contains footage of Jon Boden playing fiddle while dressed as a leprechaun, Ewan MacColl breaking every rule of acting (both known and unknown) and Tony Robinson harmonising with Tony Rose. Enjoy!

Folkies on Film

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Oct 21 - 04:59 PM

i loved Ewan particularly thankyou

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: DaveRo
Date: 28 Oct 21 - 05:27 PM

Wonderful.
Can you identify the tube station @ 20'40"?

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Lin
Date: 28 Oct 21 - 09:22 PM

At about 24:58 there is a segment where three male singers/ musicians and a female lead singer are singing at the Grand Ole Oprey in 2018. I think the song is "Wild Rose."
Maybe I missed it but I could not see where the name of the female singer is mentioned.
If someone knows who she is, please post her name.
I just didn't recognize her and have never seen any of these folkies on film here in USA before.
Thank you.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: rich-joy
Date: 29 Oct 21 - 02:19 AM

Great, Jon! Hope you are doing a Part 2 sometime?!
( I left a suggestion on the Vimeo site :)

Cheers, R-J

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: Howard Jones
Date: 29 Oct 21 - 05:50 AM

That was great fun. I especially enjoyed seeing Tony Rose.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Oct 21 - 06:42 AM

https://youtu.be/ZtVZCtdlW58

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 29 Oct 21 - 07:49 AM

Brilliant stuff. What a lovely way to pass half an hour :-)

And if it is Joanie that posted this - Glad to see you are back in action!

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Hartlepool Folk Festival
Date: 29 Oct 21 - 12:51 PM

Thanks, all!

Dick - the full Ewan MacColl episode of The Borderers was uploaded to YouTube about a year ago by a member of this parish and can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmZ1UtxnFxU

DaveRo - pretty sure it's Maida Vale tube station.

Lin - the singer is Jessie Buckley, who came second in a British reality TV show to find the next Nancy for a West End production of Oliver! I only realised after the fact that the guitarist in that band was Ewan MacColl's son Neill…

Dave the Gnome - thank you so much.

And yes, there will almost certainly be a volume 2!

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: DaveRo
Date: 29 Oct 21 - 01:17 PM

Maida Vale has been used in several films, including one by Hitchcock:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maida_Vale_tube_station#In_popular_culture

Some nice pictures in this flickr photostream - both forward and backward:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24772733@N05/2913022870/in/photostream

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Captain Swing
Date: 29 Oct 21 - 06:08 PM

Lovely video, thank you!

.... and, for your next one, Mike Harding was in the 'All Creatures Great and Small' recently; the final programme of the series.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 30 Oct 21 - 05:09 AM

I presume you know about Bernard Wrigley in various episodes of "Dinner ladies", but it's the Christmas episode where he actually gets to play concertina.

Robin

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: StephenH
Date: 30 Oct 21 - 02:07 PM

Thoroughly enjoyable! Thanks very much for putting this together.
I will look forward to volume 2.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: The Sandman
Date: 30 Oct 21 - 03:34 PM

Holding by Graham Norton., will be on television around xmas 2021

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: Paul Reade
Date: 31 Oct 21 - 08:34 AM

The Bogtrotters band from Lancashire appeared in the 2006 film "Half Light" starring Demi Moore, which was shot on location at Porth Dinllaen, North Wales. At that time the band included Martin Hall, formerly with Jolly Jack, on accordion.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: Phil Cooper
Date: 31 Oct 21 - 08:58 AM

Barry Dransfield was in the Anthony Hopkins/Mel Gibson version of The Bounty.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 31 Oct 21 - 09:32 AM

Yes to both of the above.

I got Half Life just for that clip after Martin passed away. I went to school with his wife, Veronica, and we are still friends. Even though she once shoved a tube down me when she worked in gastroenterology at Hope hospital:-)

Barry Dransfield is featured in one of the clips in the Folkies on Film link.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Joe macg in ns
Date: 11 Nov 21 - 02:17 PM

Ronnie Browne of The Corries was the Balladeer in the 1996 low budget film The Bruce also starring Jock Ferguson and Sandy Welch as the title character.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Lin
Date: 11 Nov 21 - 10:09 PM

An Amercan movie called, "Where the Lillies Bloom" from 1973 has some beautiful singing during parts of the film.
Released on VHS but not on DVD (not by the film company anyway.)

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 12 Nov 21 - 05:29 AM

Black Jack (1979) Ken Loach - music by Bob Pegg...

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: saulgoldie
Date: 12 Nov 21 - 07:36 AM

From the West side of the pond, Northern hemisphere, and going back "a few years"...

Mandy Patinkin--The Princess Bride
"My name is Inego Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"

Theodore Bikel and Alan Arkin--The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming.
"The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming. Everyone to get from strit!"


Saul

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: Mark Ross
Date: 13 Nov 21 - 12:35 PM

A.L. LLoyd was the chanteyman in .MOBY DICK

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 13 Nov 21 - 12:53 PM

How can this thread have gone on so far with no mention of Toni Arthur...???

.. Play School and Play Away...

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Peter Cripps
Date: 13 Nov 21 - 04:10 PM

"Hear My Song" - film about Josef Locke, starring Adrian Dunbar, has Nollaig Casey, and the late Artie McGlynn, playing in an Irish Music Session!

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: r.padgett
Date: 14 Nov 21 - 06:51 AM

I have watched this well researched film and found it a great piece of work celebrating folk artists and their talents in "folk" singing playing music and acting ~ folk music is more than singing repetitive refrains but is from life experience and storytelling traditions (set to music in some cases)

Nicely!

Ray

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Dave Eyre
Date: 15 Nov 21 - 01:10 PM

In the final clip of the Watersons singing "I'm a Rover" bang in the centre - the handsome slim young man in the pale brown sweater is me - with Helen in the dark blouse and matching headscarf sat next to me.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)
Date: 15 Nov 21 - 01:56 PM

Dave Swarbrick appeared in John Schlesinger's film of 'Far From The Madding Crowd'. At one time you couldn't turn on the telly without seeing bloody John Tams.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)
Date: 15 Nov 21 - 02:01 PM

Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill appeared in 'Days Of Hope', a BBC Film drama about the first world war and the aftermath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtJq5NLTQY8

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)
Date: 15 Nov 21 - 02:08 PM

Just remembered another one. 'Made', directed by John McKenzie in 1972. Starred Roy Harper as a folkie-hippy rock star. I actually paid to go and see it at the pictures. Couldn't act for toffee.

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Hartlepool Folk Festival
Date: 06 Nov 22 - 07:55 PM

Volume 2 is here: https://vimeo.com/766171181

Enjoy!

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: GUEST,Hartlepool Folk Festival
Date: 06 Nov 22 - 07:57 PM

Sorry, clickable link:
https://vimeo.com/766171181

Subject: RE: Folkies on Film
From: rich-joy
Date: 07 Nov 22 - 05:54 PM

Thanks again, Jonny, for all your hard work!!

Now in Part 3 (!), hopefully Johnny Flynn will make an appearance or three.    There're also plenty of Kris Kristofferson movies to make up his own clip.

And I mentioned in the Comments below Part 1 about Australia's (uncredited?) Declan Affley & the Wild Colonials, (best Bush/Irish band in Oz at the time), who appeared performing in Tony Richardson's 1970 film of "Ned Kelly" (just one of many made over the years!)   Also had that Mick Jagger bloke in it, but don't let that put you off :)   Critics weren't particularly kind, but my problem with the film was American Country Music's Waylon Jennings singing Shel Silverstein songs for the soundtrack : STREWTH DOREEN!!

Cheers!
R-J