Epworth Folk Club PermaThread

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 08 Sep 15 - 07:06 PM

Tonight we will be Wheatsheafing! Hope you can make it!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 07 Sep 15 - 08:25 AM

Won't be there this week - Memsahib's on another jolly.
Maybe next week!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 07 Sep 15 - 06:28 AM

Another excellent night with only Musket, Backwoodsman and Chris missing from the regulars, and all had notes from their parents. Gary and Reg appeared again and we had a few spectators. Jim and I had returned from Whitby, full of enthusiasm and everyone seemed to have a great time. Richard, Danny, Goff, Albert and Andrew did their usual mix of interesting folk, pop, country etc and Jill and Ian did a bit of more contemporary stuff, and towards the end we had a fair bit of singalong choruses which kept us all involved.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Musket
Date: 27 Aug 15 - 09:03 AM

I'll probably suggest a "song you lost your cherry to" theme for the week I won't be there..

Not sure if a rousing Land of Hope and Glory, sung by just about everyone is the answer though.

😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 27 Aug 15 - 07:44 AM

Sorry about last night. I wain't be there at the Red Lion next week either - The Memsahib's due to be in Frankfurt. Maybe the week after....

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Musket
Date: 27 Aug 15 - 05:44 AM

Any road...

Last night turned out nice again, (loaded comment that. Not a 'uke in sight.)

The bar flies were occasionally an issue but could have been worse and certainly didn't detract from the entertainment.

A rather folkie night in many ways. Two couples combining whistle / recorder with guitar for some good tunes and songs. Goff sang a Neil Young song which on balance is folkish. I caught Eric giving it some James Taylor for that matter. The welcome return of Bob Chiswick and some of his own songs was a treat, Mike gave us some cool blues guitar and I took on the bar flies, proving that my mouth can reach the volume of my loudest guitar if necessary. No idea if it sounded nice but that wasn't the object of the exercise.... Silly sod here got gassing and didn't waddle up the road to Chez Musket till 2.00am.

No rookery or Jim due to stewarding at Whitby. No Backwoodsman, no Albert, no Chris, no other Ian. Mind you, no me in a fortnight. Mrs Musket and I, sans alleged greyhound are off to Cyprus to sit in one of those hotel pools with a bar in the middle of it. That's all I recall from the brochure.

Eric mentioned that a song he sang happened to have a connection to the night he lost his cherry, (Bonny and Clyde, 1968 if you must know.). I reckon this could make a good theme night. Get thinking on. I'm stuck between the birdie dance and the Hokey Cokey. Some of you may have something more romantic?

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket
Date: 25 Aug 15 - 12:11 PM

I most certainly have.

A couple of months ago, Gear4Music in York had me comparing a complete mahogany parlour, Martin and Sigma. (00015SM) The main difference being solid v laminate back and sides. To be honest, the Martin wasn't five times the guitar despite being five times the price. In fact, there was little in it.

Granted. Ten years down the line, the Martin will still be improving whilst the Sigma will have peaked not too long after you bought it.

Same rules must apply to the DM ones you are looking at.

I have had a go on the DM18 and liked it. To be honest, I don't think they know how to make a bad guitar. I have often fancied a DR28 on the basis that whilst I will have a Martin again some time, my style of playing means expensive guitars for me tend to be OM/00 so a Martin OM28 if I do get one. I like 'dreads though and a Signa is a bloody good 'dread for the money.

My loose "one in one out" policy means that a 'dread is going to have to be sacrificed for this fan fret I am hanging my nose over. That'll mean I only have one 'dread left. (Although it is solid wood, wonderful sounding, excellent playing and been in my collection since the late '80s, the Jim Harley cedar / ash guitar has to find a new home. The former Mrs Musket bought it me and my Worksop Guardian mouthed son let the fact slip in the wrong company. The poor guitar gets the dead eye by both Mrs Musket and her sycophantic greyhound.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 25 Aug 15 - 11:30 AM

That DR28 is pretty damn good. 👍😎

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Thumb Strummer
Date: 25 Aug 15 - 11:20 AM

Musket, I know you spend a lot of time in guitar shops so this one's for you.
Have you tried a Sigma DM18 or DM4?
I'm still totally impressed with the DR28 I got so I'm toying with the idea of getting a Spruce/Mahogany model.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket
Date: 20 Aug 15 - 03:47 AM

I doubt I'll have it by then, assuming it plays as good as it is hyped. I am tying it in with a business trip to huddle with legal parasites and I may wait till after our September board now. Or I might jump on a train early next week. This working lark isn't always what I dragged myself out of retirement for.

The temptation to get it mailed up is quite strong though, despite it being something you should never ever double doggy dare do.

So..

Last night..

In its own little way, it were cracking. Not many people singing but we attracted a good bar following and I reckon it was not far off midnight when we finally buggered off.

The rookery played fine guitar and uke' with some rarely let out in public songs. The other Ian nicked his guitar a few times, had the rookery play to his singing and accompanied Jill. Danny had his backing band with him (I kid you not, if you weren't there to witness it that's your problem.). Andrew put some cracking songs in, he really has got a good repertoire. Goff not only sang a few good songs but demonstrated his virtuoso accompanying skills for others and I gave my baritone jobby a bit of a turn.

The audience included at least one impresario (Jonty) and a young lady who said she will sing for us next time. One thing that made me smile was for half an hour at the beginning of the night, the gaffer of the Belton venue popped in for a pint with his mates. The two whose huge laughter every two seconds drowns out his pub came to our other ruddy pub!

So, onwards and acrosswards.

Next week Belton. The rookery will still be at Whitby, so will Jim. They are both stewarding camp sites so I doubt they'll get 24 hour passes. I hope to get up there Sunday but sadly have to come back that night.

The rest of us will hopefully be there. BWM is now contracted to appear regardless because his post above puts the contract in writing.

Come and join us?

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket musing
Date: 19 Aug 15 - 10:08 AM

Crowds are already beginning to mingle outside the stage door. Lots of security Hells Angels on loan from Mr Jagger & co are lining the route from Sandtoft International Airport and the media circus is well and truly in town in anticipation of the event.

One old lass a reporter accosted outside Epworth Co-op said "Those with tickets will be able to tell their grandchildren they were there, just like I was the one whipping my dugs out in the crowd on my boyfriend's shoulders at the original Woodstock."

It isn't too late to get a ticket. Either give the magic signal to one of the touts across in The Queens' or alternatively, beat a path through the young girls trying to throw their knickers at Danny as you run the gauntlet into The Red Lion and ask the bar staff to put one under for Musket. If you then buy the rookery a pint, you can watch from the stage wings.



If you haven't been before, it's a rather cozy friendly singaround for all that. Come and give us a song.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 19 Aug 15 - 10:06 AM

Buggerbuggerbugger - The Memsahib's in for'n parts again this week, so I'm Confined to Barracks to keep an eye on the canine.

Should be up for next week at Belton, where I hope to be given the opportunity of road-testing Ian's possible acquisition!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 19 Aug 15 - 09:58 AM

So- Tonight's the night! See you all at the Red Lion!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket la la ing the words
Date: 13 Aug 15 - 02:07 AM

So, here we go. Rookery and Backwoodsman being CTB and Goff not making an appearance apart, the rest of us had a bloody good night if you'll pardon my French.

The bar still had a few of the "been here since 4,00" crowd when we started so we started outside in the beer garden for the first hour, and apart from Albert complaining of hyperthermia, we enjoyed that bit. Then we went inside and here's something, I counted a real audience of about twenty, as in at our end of the bar, listening, cheering and clapping. Cracking night.

We had songs from;

That couple Eric introduced with guitar and whistle and I asked their names to name check and thanks to having a sniff of the barmaids apron I've forgotten already. Bugger.

We had Jill, accompanied by Chris not Ian. We had Ian getting that bloke I just mentioned and yours truly playing for him whilst he sung. Reg and Gary. Mike. Albert. Chris. Eric. Richard. Jim. I brought up the rear.

Aye. Good fun. I left the pub around 1.00am as usual and on the walk back to Chez Musket remembered I had to be up at 6,00am. Must must must remember I don't sit on my arse all day any more.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 12 Aug 15 - 08:01 AM

Wain't mek it tonight, I was out regaling the good burghers of Louth with music and song last night and didn't get in until just before sparrow's-fart, so an early night is called for.

The Memsahib is in Antwerp and Brussels next week, so I waint mek it to the Red Lion either. Bums!

Have a couple o' good 'uns!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket musing
Date: 12 Aug 15 - 01:56 AM

You can say sizeable assets, I would get in trouble for saying so.

Despite his non attendance tonight, the rookery joined Goff and yours truly for a warm up session in Tickhill last night.

So... Tonight. The Wheatsheaf in Belton. 8.30pm. Admission is as ever via the secret password. (Go to the bar and say "put a pint of Batemans for Ian please mine host.)

The rookery isn't supplying any raffle prizes tonight but we'll raffle his banjo anyway for gratuitous reasons.

Martin Simpson tweeted recently that he was driving through Belton. It's a hint. Nothing else, you understand but the pub is half way between his manager and his guitar man.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 02:06 PM

Tomorrow night will be at The Wheatsheaf of course, but I am on serious 24 hour babysitting duties, so I hope I can rely on the rest of you to behave yourselves! The missing names last week were Tony and Jill, and were sizeable assets to our band of reprobates!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Musket
Date: 09 Aug 15 - 02:43 AM

I used to sellotape rabbits on my head. From a distance they looked like hares.

You have no idea how tempted I was to sing "Travelling Light" in, as Vic Reeves would put it, the style of a working men's club. Close your eyes when I sing it and you are whisked back to Worksop Miners Welfare, waiting for bingo to start. Snag is, Chris sings it seriously. Same as with due deference to Albert, you never hear me start a song with "Take the ribbon from your fur"

Obviously I'm too young to have stuck flowers in my hair 😎 but unfortunately I was in a few punk bands in my time. 🎸🎶

Any road up. It seems that whilst we were in The Red Lion, the gaffer at The Wheatsheaf is now alternating us with an electric night. I can't be in two places at once but would love to give that new Washburn dot an outing. I reckon Lord Franklin with fuzz overdrive and feed some chorus through the wah pedal....

I'd need to get to grips with the brilliant but basically beyond me looper if I were to clear the bar with Famous Flower of Serving Men though..

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 08 Aug 15 - 10:22 AM

Errrmmm, I was never a hippy - never had enough hair!
I used to do a lot of Saint Cliff songs, but the only one I've sung in the past 30 years is 'Move It', with my old R&R band.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Thumb Strummer
Date: 08 Aug 15 - 04:17 AM

Hope he didn't do Summer Holiday, fancy having a go at that one myself when the missus let's me out again.

I would have taken a guess and called her Sheena.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Musket
Date: 08 Aug 15 - 03:49 AM

Cracking night.

I never realised Backwoodsman knew so many Cliff Richard songs 😇

For the record, I still managed to forget to bring the baritone jobby.

I can't remember Rookery's mate's name but he took me back a bit with a Hamish song, Ian's friend sang of how she wanted to be a punk rocker with flowers in her hair, which was ironic given most of the audience were burnt out hippies apart from Andrew and I being of a punk aware age.

So, as well as those two, and I apologise for forgetting their names, Ian showed us how to play and tune down at the same time, Backwoodsman had two capos on at the same time, I played dangerously showing how to be a cheapskate and put a normal capo over five strings without it landing in his drink, Chris showed off his new guitar (another Reiner but there again he did get a lift off the chief executive officer of Reiner guitars, who sang a few nice songs himself for that matter. Jim had his baritone banjo, nice sound (for a banjo you understand.). The rookery played good guitar, oh and also brought his banjo. Danny had a nice choice of songs, Andrew never ceases to amaze me with his repertoire and Goff treated us to a couple of new ones.

In years to come, rock stars will be telling Kerrang magazine that they were in the audience that night.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 05 Aug 15 - 02:55 AM

Overactive Border Terrier.😎

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket wetting himself
Date: 05 Aug 15 - 02:52 AM

Getting excited. Only 13 hours to go.

Yours truly has to wear a suit, drive to Derbyshire, do a bit of shouting, drive back, remove suit, re string the baritone guitar, remember to bring the bugger.....

An antique gun's work is never done. Only been trying this "come out of retirement" lark officially for two days and already need a soddin' holiday.

Tonight should be good. Managed to hijack a mini bus leaving Cambridge Festival and the ransom is that those inside must give us a turn tonight in Epworth. For those who love Americana, we have Joan Baez singing tonight. For those who love Americana but really prefer English folk infused in it, Peggy Seeger will be giving the rookery banjo lessons. For those of us slightly younger than the old codgers in our midst, Wilco Johnson has promised to duet Roxette and Milk & Alcohol with me.

Anyway, I was eating cheese before retiring to my pit, what's your excuse?

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 05 Aug 15 - 02:05 AM

Hoorah!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 04 Aug 15 - 07:06 PM

Come all ye to the Red Lion tonight for fine ales , fine singing, fine musicianship, and much more fine bxxxxxxt! All welcome!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket cancelling Ferrari
Date: 30 Jul 15 - 09:37 AM

Hi John! £89.84 isn't going to fund my extravagant lifestyle...

Yeah, last night wasn't bad at all. A bit of an audience, (of the type that borrowed a guitar and produced a tin whistle and we had a duo performing jigs & reels. Excellent. Not quite so many in the actual pub and they seemed to naturally drift to those listening at our end of the bar and those not at the other. About as good as The Wheatsheaf has been to date.

I didn't waddle outside for the hard trek (300 yd) to Chez Musket till 1.00am. The gaffer and I were yakking on the subject of "all our ruddy yesterdays" over a whisky or three. We have a shared history of staple bunkers (!)

By the way John, we may have competition for you if you, as you wrongly say, play wrong notes loudly... I don't think you do, and to be honest, I was only lamenting with others a couple of weeks ago that it was about time we heard your tunes again. You always pleasantly surprise me with tunes I don't know, and after donkeys years in a ceilidh band, I thought I knew them all....

Ian.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 30 Jul 15 - 02:17 AM

Two weeks' time, hopefully (provided The Memsahib isn't called away to some exotic Eastern European destination in the meantime!).

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 29 Jul 15 - 07:20 PM

In contrast to the reported misery last time at the Wheatsheaf, this evenings was very enjoyable. Myself, Musket,Danny,Richard, Albert,Chris, Eric, Lee, Ian L, and a couple of other guests performed to an appreciative and relatively quiet audience. You missed a good one if you weren't there. Hope to see you both soon John and John

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Sqeezebox John
Date: 29 Jul 15 - 05:41 PM

Yes,hoping to go to Leadenham if possible, we enjoyed it last year.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 27 Jul 15 - 08:58 AM

Are you and your good lady coming to the Day of Lincolnshire Folk Song & Dance at The George, Leadenham this coming Sunday, 2/8/15, John?

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Squeezebox John
Date: 27 Jul 15 - 06:51 AM

Regarding the club bank account mentioned above on 23 July posting, we have £89.94 in HSBC at Epworth, and as I am in possession of the chequebook I suppose I am the unofficial treasurer. In case there are any rumours circulating about my recent lack of attendance at the club, I am not sending this from my sunlounger on Copacabana beach, spending the club fortune on wine, women and song! Apologies for my absence, but I am still alive, still playing wrong notes very loudly, and will try to put an appearance in sometime.
Best wishes to all, John at Crowle Grange Farm, DN17 4DE.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket musing
Date: 24 Jul 15 - 03:33 AM

Yeah, I want to see it too. I feel that out of the box, set up nicely, it is a brilliant guitar. It can be argued it might be peaking almost from new whilst the guitar it is based on can only mellow and mellow with time. But having played around with one at Richtone in Sheffield a few months ago, I almost bought one for taking to festivals etc. (I ended up with an Eastman but the half price deal rather than straight comparison did it for me.)

Here, we can do a blind test vs your '28. 😈

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 23 Jul 15 - 12:01 PM

I'll have to have a word with Thumbstrummer - I spent an hour with him yesterday afternoon and gave him strict instructions to take his (new and rather nice) Sigma D-28 and do a couple of songs! He's a very naughty boy!

Glad it went well, hoping to make it in two weeks' time. TTFN.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket your roving reporter
Date: 23 Jul 15 - 04:36 AM

First of all, carrying on the debate over The Wheatsheaf. Had a report or two (Goff & Jim) last night as well as a yak with the gaffer at the pub the other day.

Nobody officially runs the club as such but as the rookery and I, together with squeezebox John have our signatures on the numbered Swiss bank account Eric bequeathed us, (got about £60 in it) we feel somewhat responsible and so sorry to those who turned out and thank you for doing so. It is holiday time and some clubs are a bit thin on the ground so a fledgling such as The Wheatsheaf is a bit bumpy.

The rookery and I will be there next week and play it by ear. We all know the pub has recently reopened and Mark, the gaffer there genuinely thought Wednesday nights would be otherwise dead. That they are not so is great for him and the pub but may force a replan by us.

Reight..

Red Lion last night...

They gave us a function room so it were grand. Can't guarantee it every time but much appreciated. In fact, two couples wandered in to listen and, I kid you not, dance when Chris or Eric played to the crowd with some rock n roll. Mudcat's thumb strummer can be added to the list of audience as he preferred to listen than play. Fair do's but as the late John Wells of Kiveton used to say, it ain't no spectator sport!

As well as the rookery (turned up late!) and yours truly, we had contributions from Eric, Mike, Albert, Trevor. Goff, Danny, Chris, Ian and Andy.

Not a bad turnout. Some cracking music and the beer is ok, except for those of us with chariots and horses being stabled during our activities.

Anything to add Rookery? Yes, your banjo next to me and Jim's banjo also next to me in some unholy harmony.... But anything constructive to add?

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 22 Jul 15 - 01:30 PM

You'd definitely hear the buggers (and choke on their exhaust fumes too - we almost did!). 😄

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 22 Jul 15 - 01:26 PM

Yeah great name Steve but could you fit all 60 on a stage together

Gerry

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: closet-folkie
Date: 22 Jul 15 - 11:03 AM

Geriatric Mods. Not a bad band name, that...

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 22 Jul 15 - 04:57 AM

Musket, I was there last week, and it was grim.

About 60 geriatric ex-Mods on Lambrettas and Vespas, revving their farty little engines up outside. A dozen or so bar-flies seemingly engaged in competitions to see (a) who had the most severely damaged hearing, and (b) who could shout the loudest so that their deaf mates could hear them and shout back.

There were only four of 'us' - Goff (not a 'shouter' by any stretch of the imagination), the guy from Scunny (I think) with the banjo and ukulele, the quiet blonde lady with the Taylor GS Mini, and me - and it was genuinely impossible to hear even your own voice when you were singing! We fought manfully against adversity, but surrendered at 10pm and buggered off home.

I'm all for 'taking the music to the people', but it requires a decent number taking it to them, and a willingness on the part of those people to whom it's taken to receive it! Neither were in evidence last Wednesday!

I wain't be there tonight or next week at the Wheatsheaf, but I'm hoping to get to the Red Lion next time. Have a good 'un toneet!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket and his stick of rock
Date: 22 Jul 15 - 03:49 AM

Back from happy hols. Suitcase full of sticks of rock to see me through to the next pit summer shutdown.

So.. The rookery and I popped into The Wheatsheaf yesterday for a slurp, as one does. Not many managed to make it last week, it seems. As neither of us managed it, I'll keep my trap shut but it does go to show I was right.

They only turn up to hear the rookery's banjo after all. Who'd have thought it eh?

Tonight! Red Lion! Be there or at the very least give us a mental image of a doggy with a bandage on his paw to stir sympathy and forgiveness for not turning out.

As ever, free beer, lots of Collings and Northwood guitars in the raffle and complimentary stretch limos from Sandtoft International Airport for anyone fancying a night in Epworth.

The door code as ever is "and one under the bar for Ian and John please Landlord."

Less than two hours from the centre of London*



*Via Kings Cross to Doncaster and ring Dave's Taxi, tell him Ian sent you.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 21 Jul 15 - 02:11 PM

What a shame John, I hope she gets them sorted and the dog appreciates your company!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 21 Jul 15 - 10:01 AM

Sorry, the Memsahib is in Warsaw, showing the Poles how it should be done, and I'm dog-sitting my poorly BT, who has a very large bandage on his paw, and is feeling very, very sorry for himself. Shame, but it's the way of my world, currently!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 21 Jul 15 - 09:50 AM

Wednesday 22nd of course!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 21 Jul 15 - 09:49 AM

Right, the Big Billy Goat Gruff has knocked the troll off and we can return to this weeks business!
The Red Lion, Epworth, 8.15 onward. No excuses, sick notes or dying relatives accepted. Keep them alive another day or two anyway! See you all there! Pretty please!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 17 Jul 15 - 01:26 PM

Not good.

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Musket
Date: 17 Jul 15 - 12:35 PM

Well? How did Wheatsheaf go the other night?

We expats need all the Isle culture news we can!

Did the rookery escape from Epworth Tap in time? The public require and deserve an account.

Back home tomorrow. Get me one behind the bar ready eh?

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket sans Dorset ice cream
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 06:52 AM

I shall be in my dressing room throwing a tantrum that anything can be a success without me!

Wonderful to hear it was a success. Can't wait to be there in a fortnight. Someone has to lower the tone and set the level.....

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: Rookery4
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 04:40 AM

And what a brilliant night we had! Even with the absence of Musket, and Tricia, and the late arrival of Ian, then Albert and Chris, the room was full, the atmosphere was excellent, the crowd were appreciative and the music was.........enjoyable! Gary and Reg came again, and Trevor is becoming a regular visitor from Tickhill, and all the other usual suspects were there strutting their stuff. Thanks to everybody! It looks like we have found a good venue!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket sans Fox's Collection
Date: 08 Jul 15 - 11:50 AM

Have fun. Gary rang me yesterday, he and Reg are hoping to get there.

Me? Being dragged over the Dorset coast path. It's as much as I can do to drag me sorry arse down to the boozer in the village tonight.

Rookery, you haven't forgot to book the stretch limos for Mudcatters coming from The U.S. Of A via Sandtoft International Airport, have you?

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Rooker4 cookieless
Date: 08 Jul 15 - 10:53 AM

Tonight is the night! The First at our new/old venue, The Red Lion in Epworth 8.15!
Could be good!

Subject: RE: Epworth Folk Club PermaThread
From: GUEST,Musket sans wagon wheels
Date: 03 Jul 15 - 12:07 PM

Did you manage the paws after verse 23? Fur enough. I take it you were playing clawhammer banjo to it? I'm sure a gentleman of your generation knows a few Marmalade songs to sing to him. Of course he'll be hungry if you sing Salmon Chanted Evening.

Interesting thing. The first time I was in the Canadian Rockies, I was told to wear a bell on my rucksack as the bears hear it and keep clear. A few years later, the advice had changed on account of a sneaking suspicion the bears related the sound of bells to food....

Oy? Who was drunk? I'll have you know I took my evening constitutional in the general direction of the local hostelry in order to partake of a glass of chardonnay and regale the locals with musical culture.   Culture I tells ye!! (And not the stuff that grows behind the gas oven either.)

Yeah, good night. Apparently.