The winning song in the singer songwriter comp was called "Whispering Joe" written by a guy who lives in Newcastle. I'm afraid I'm not sure about his name,something like Michael Baxter/Baker but I could be off beam. He played a six string banjo tuned to standard guitar tuning. It was a song about a work colleague who was shortly to retire,gave up smoking at the request of his family and promptly died...sad but true. I know all this because I participated in the event myself. It was all very enjoyable with a good mix of ages & styles participating. Steve
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