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09 Jan 04 - 06:57 AM (#1089310) Subject: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay As promised in the thread on the Gainsborough Old Time Festival, here's as much as I know at the moment about a UK tour by four of the stars. It's called The Gathering, and it consists of Debby McClatchy and Tom, Brad and Alice. Debby McClatchy: Many will have seen Debby in folk clubs over the last quarter century or so, giving her superb charismatic take on old time mistrel, gold rush and Appalachian string band material with immaculate banjo accompaniment. Tom, Brad and Alice: Tom Sauber is a superb banjo player at home in a number of different picking styles including clawhammer, and an excellent fiddler, with a history of playing with some fine people. Brad Leftwich has produced a couple of first rate instruction videos for old time fiddle and the definitive book of tabs for Round Peak clawhammer banjo. He has analysed the fiddle and banjo styles of many of the great old guys, and reproduces them really well. Alice Gerrard is a fine guitar and fiddle player and founded the Old Time Herald, a wonderfully informative and useful magazine, which she edited until last year. She made many fine recordings with Hazel Dickens. The three of them produce wonderful string band music with first class harmony singing, and have produced a string of excellent CDs. They knocked everyone out at Gainsborough two years ago. The Tour: Feb 18 - Keswick (Theatre by the lake) - 017687 74411 Feb 19 - Hexham (Queens Hall Arts Centre) - 01434 652477 Feb 20 - London (Blackheath Halls, Lee Road) - 0208 318 9758 Feb 21 - Selby (To be confirmed) - 01757 705101 Feb 24 - Birmingham (Ceol Castle, 402 Moseley Road) - 0121 440 4278 Feb 25 - Bridport (Arts Centre) - 01308 424204 Feb 28 - St Ives (St Ives Theatre, Lower Stenack) - 01736 786655 Feb 29 - Great Torrington (The Plough Arts Centre, 9-11 Fore St) - 01805 624624 March 5 - Kingswinford (The Woodman Folk Club) - 01384 831263 March 6 - Trowbridge (Arc Theatre, College Road) - 01225 756376 March 11 - Redbourn (The Hollybush Folk Club, Church End) - 01582 452954 My connection - Debby's an old friend who's talked me into driving for them. It didn't take much doing! Cheers Ray |
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09 Jan 04 - 07:09 AM (#1089314) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST |
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10 Jan 04 - 01:47 PM (#1090027) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST,cookieless Nickp refresh |
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10 Jan 04 - 02:24 PM (#1090041) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: John MacKenzie UK? |
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11 Jan 04 - 04:12 PM (#1090520) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST,cookiless Nickp Yes, UK |
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11 Jan 04 - 07:06 PM (#1090626) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay A couple of additions - Debby tells me that she thinks Selby is confirmed but will double check. They will be doing a guest set at Bodmin Folk Club on 27th Feb. I'm sorry it's only in the UK, John. Ray |
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12 Jan 04 - 10:20 AM (#1091107) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay Tom, Brad and Alice have a website here where you can hear a few tracks and see some history. Ray |
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12 Jan 04 - 11:44 AM (#1091179) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: John MacKenzie England only so far John....in Scotland |
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12 Jan 04 - 12:56 PM (#1091237) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay I see what you mean, John Sorry! Ray |
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18 Jan 04 - 03:30 AM (#1095344) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST,Paul Castle Thanks to Banjo Ray for posting the tour dates here. I have added a link to this thread on the On Tour page of my 'Acoustic Music Across the Pond' site - and have booked tickets for the Blackheath Halls (20th Feb). We (The Rosinators) met up with Alice Gerrard at a great festival in Northern Ireland last year when she was playing with O Sister ! (with Ginny Hawker, Carol Elizabeth Jones and Laurie Lewis - see photo We'll be going to the London show with Spydaradio DJ Gail Comfort, who regularly plays Alice's music on her show 'The Comfort Zone' and is a big fan. Should be a great night! Paul |
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18 Jan 04 - 08:13 AM (#1095425) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay Thanks for the picture, Paul - I didn't realize Alice played banjo as well as fiddle and guitar. Cheers Ray |
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16 Feb 04 - 07:29 AM (#1116859) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay These guys have just made a storming appearance at the Gainsborough Old Time Festival, (see This Thread) and they're in great form for the tour. There are a couple of additions/corrections: 27th Feb: guest appearance at Bodmin Folk Club 21st Feb - Selby is now confirmed: tel 01757 213758 Come along and, while you're at it, join FOAOTMAD (the Friends Of American Old Time Music And Dance) Cheers Ray |
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16 Feb 04 - 12:38 PM (#1117076) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST |
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17 Feb 04 - 09:15 AM (#1117674) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay Just a last reminder - the tour starts tomorrow in Keswick at the Theatre by the Lake. We'll be hitting the road in the morning, and I'll show them some of the Lake District before we get there. Maybe I'll see some mudcatters on the tour. Cheers Ray |
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18 Feb 04 - 01:28 PM (#1118540) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST Refresh |
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19 Feb 04 - 01:17 PM (#1119297) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST Refresh |
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19 Feb 04 - 01:28 PM (#1119303) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: Megan L What harm did we do up in Scotland - apart from the little matter of Bannockburn that is? |
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19 Feb 04 - 02:06 PM (#1119332) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: John MacKenzie Sod Bannockburn, what about the poll tax! ;-) John |
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19 Feb 04 - 07:59 PM (#1119632) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST Sod the poll tax what about haggis!;-) |
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21 Feb 04 - 05:50 AM (#1120309) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST ;-) |
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21 Feb 04 - 12:58 PM (#1120499) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST,NIckp I think Bridport is sold out now - only a few tickets left when I phoned on Wednesday. We'll be there and at Torrington. |
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22 Feb 04 - 08:04 AM (#1120985) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay Just got home after the first stage - it's going great. Fine near or full sell-out gigs at Keswick, Hexham, London and Selby. The CDs are racing out. A rest day tonight and tomorrow and then Birmingham. Bruce Molsky dropped in on us last night at Selby for a couple of tunes, followed by a superb session at the Pub where we were staying. I don't often get the chance to play banjo with guys this good, but it was a great if hair-raising experience, with a georgeous minidisk to prove it. If you get the chance, go and see it. (You even get to see me on stage for a couple of tunes!) Chhers Ray |
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23 Feb 04 - 08:47 AM (#1121715) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: Eugene Judge Refresh. |
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24 Feb 04 - 02:54 AM (#1122378) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: mouldy I really wanted to go to the Selby gig, but my other half chose that weekend to come back to the UK from his work in Bosnia, and we went up to Scotland to visit his sister. If the tour goes really well, will you come back again...please? Andrea |
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25 Feb 04 - 03:01 PM (#1123682) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: Eugene Judge refresh |
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28 Feb 04 - 07:42 PM (#1125987) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST refresh |
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02 Mar 04 - 04:30 PM (#1127946) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: Eugene Judge refresh |
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02 Mar 04 - 07:12 PM (#1128045) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay Well I just finished my bit of the tour.It went superbly - full houses of appreciative people everywhere we went. The only folk club we did (Bodmin) was a total hoot, with some superb craic all round. It looks like the tour could well be repeated in the future - discussions are in progress. Could be about the same time next year. Debby will be back in the summer for the Conwy bluegrass festival and Sidmouth among other things. Cheers Ray |
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04 Mar 04 - 07:39 PM (#1129430) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: Eugene Judge refresh |
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06 Mar 04 - 04:24 PM (#1130516) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST,Paul Castle Glad to hear they'll be back next year, Ray. I went to Blackheath, with Fliss from the Rosinators and Gail Comfort (who plays Alice regularly on her SpydaRadio show) - and we had a memorable evening. And pleased to see it was so sold out that I managed to get my money on a spare ticket!! Hope you, or someone, will put up a webpage chronicling their tour. Very best..and well driven, I imagine :) Paul Acoustic Music Across the Pond http://www.acousticmusicacrossthepond.com PS Can anyone tell me who distributes the 'Old Time Herald' in the UK? |
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06 Mar 04 - 07:03 PM (#1130579) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay No-one distributes the Old Time Herald in this country, as far as I know. I subscribed to it via their website here. It's a terrific magazine - lots of information and detail. Glad you liked the concert - I really liked driving them. Cheers Ray |
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07 Mar 04 - 11:36 AM (#1130910) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: GUEST,cookieless Nickp I'm pretty sure Ray is right - there is no distribution for OTH but I pay by credit card via the web site - it's worth doing 2 years at a time. Note that they will use surface mail to get it here so it's not always quite as uptodate as you'd like. It's still an excellent mag though. Don't forget all you UK based Old Time fans, we have our own organisation - as mentioned above. Check out Friends of American Old Time Music and Dance and you don't have to be here in the UK to join either! Nickp |
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07 Mar 04 - 02:25 PM (#1131013) Subject: RE: The Gathering - a UK tour From: BanjoRay Yes, Nick you're right. I keep forgetting about FOAOTMAD now I'm chairman of it! And it also has a great magazine The Old Time News published 4 times a year and is part of the membership package - there's no other way to buy it. Some examples of the content are given at the above website. Select Old Time News from the menu on the left. Cheers Ray |