BS: Peg at London Session Tonight

Subject: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Micca
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 12:35 PM

Mudcatter Peg is in London and we are intending to visit the session in the Cricketers at Greenwich this evening, anyone else gonna be there? Hope to meet you.

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 01:39 PM

Oh do come out, everyone! I would love to meet some new catters...Liz can't make it but will be seeing her tomorrow night...

peg (still jet-lagged)

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Amos
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 01:56 PM

Would I were the sort who could drop every thing and book a Concorde just to be there, and I would too!!

But I am sorry to say I haven't quite met all the quals yet for that sort of lifestyle! :>}

A

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: UB Ed
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 05:32 PM

Have a great time tonight Peg!

Ed

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Ralphie
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 08:09 PM

Well....No Concorde needed from sunny Leyton....
But, I made it anyway, and a pleasure to put some faces to several familiar names...!!!
Have a great trip....
Ralphie xx

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Noreen
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 08:22 PM

Ralphie!! Was this NY Resolution #52? Keep on keeping on down the list...

Hi, Peg!   Hope y'all had a great night. :0)

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Bobert
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 08:25 PM

Depends. Just how far a drive is it from Wes Ginny? Awww, jus' funnin'. You all have a blast.... Hear?

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Micca
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 02:59 AM

It was a real nice Seishun, a very welcoming crew and Real ale!!It was good to put a face and a name together too, Ralphie!! a handy addition to the "What shall we do on Tuesday evening"?!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 05:10 AM

Wish I'd seen this thread earlier, Linda and I would have turned up -especially if Raphie was going as well. It's usually a good session, although sometimes it can be a bit dificult dodging all the fiddle bows. You can get some unusual instruments too - like a cross between a bassoon and a serpent.

Is Peg going to be around anywhere on Thursday (tomorrow) night ?

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 06:20 AM

Last nights sessions was grand I really enjoyed it. It was mainly fiddles and squeeze boxes. Someone Dared Micca to sing 'what shall we do with the drunken sailor'...so he did and Peg sang too. It was lovely to meet Ralphie too.

Peg is heading off somewhere tomorrow and we have really enjoyed her visit.

Cat

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Ralphie
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 07:52 AM

Catsph....
At least he did the clean version!
For U.S. readers....It's a typical old fashioned London Pub..Not many of them left, sadly.
Very welcoming, worth a visit if you're ever in our country. particularly if you play the fiddle..!
It does become a bit manic and fast for my taste, sometimes..must be the adrenalin, or the beer. but, newcomers are made welcome, and are included and encouraged to play, whatever...
Because of work, I won't be able to get there that often, but it's a great consolation to know that it exists.
I raise my glass to the guys and gals (and the landlord!) who have managed to revive the evening, after the PEL scare of last year.
Onwards and Upwards Ralphie

PS You should try it sometime Noreen!

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Noreen
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 08:45 AM

Bit far to go for the evening, unfortunately. Glad you all had fun. Is Ralphie really as shy and retiring as he appears, Cat?

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 09:00 AM

No Noreen...hes a real gentleman.....kiss's hands!!! Iwas impressed. Hes really tall and is an excellent musician!! Hope to see him at sessions again sometime!

Cat

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Noreen
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 09:09 AM

Ooooo! *grin*

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: MMario
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 10:03 AM

There's a *CLEAN* version of 'Drunken Sailor'?

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Micca
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 01:35 PM

MMario, the amount of "on the fly" editing that went on as I was singing, to find the LEAST filthy verses, was amazing!! Especially since the Shantyman I met when I was at sea and who is still my Shanty Hero, Bert Grey of Shetland, bless him) always regarded Drunken Sailor as a test piece for Shantymen, He claimed (and he had sailed before the mast in the 1930s in Scandanavian sailing ships) that the First verse was the ONLY one fixed and stayed the same, the skill of the shantyman was to create a new verse each time reviewing the Parentage, sexual proclivities, habits and physical characteristics of the crew, and displaying his versifying skills by his improvisation skills. His version included verses in Russian, Swedish Finnish and a few other languages.

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: InOBU
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 02:08 PM

If you are in contact with peg, tell her the popular halfwit is in New York as of tommorow, so she wont be able to find him if she is on her way to Wiltshire, next trip, cheers, Larry

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Micca
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 02:15 PM

Thanks Larry I will, I know she was hoping to visit him

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 03:51 PM

A great pub and a very fine lively session! I enjoyed hearing so much English music for a change from all the Irish seisiuns in Boston...

I am off to Glastonbury tomorrow for at least a week; but will be back in London on Friday the 24th; we're planning to go back to the Chequers to see the Arizona duo Bucket of Witches on the 25th (unless a Burns Supper is found!)

Larry; give my best to Ralph; I brought his number and was actually going to call him tonight to see if we might meet up this trip! Too bad we have missed each other!
Please give him my love (and to you and Genie) and have him email me! (or you can PM me and get my phone number to give him). I will be back in England the last week of May and could certainly make a side trip to Wiltshire; it has been a while...


all the best,
Peg

Subject: RE: BS: Peg at London Session Tonight
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 16 Jan 03 - 05:41 AM

Well catsPHiddle, at least you and Ralphie should be able to have a conversation without either having to stoop.

I can't imagine why Micca should feel that he needed to clean up his song for the crowd at the Cricketers - I've heard (and sung) some very raunchy songs in that establishment.

BTW for anyone who doesn't know the Cricketers, it is a musicians session with plenty of fiddles, but usually a reasonable balance of melodeons etc. The music is quite varied, English, Irish, Scottish and other things. There's usually nibbles and a free beer for performers. At the end there's a few songs - shanties seem to be the most popular. It get quite packed, but the atmosphere is quite something - highly recommended.