The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #78898 Message #1424721
Posted By: breezy
02-Mar-05 - 05:14 AM
Thread Name: And how long have you been playing?
Subject: RE: And how long have you been playing.....
Her -The Queen's - mother was very appreciative of 'The Ballad of Tubby Clayton'
This is a song composed by Les Sullivan from Bishop's Stortford.
Many of his songs are to be heard in the folk sessions at festivals and in the repertoire of decent folk singers, e.g Johnny Collins, Christine Connolley to name drop just two.
Les very recently released a CD ,'Echoes of Mingulay' his first ,after many years of requesting. On it he is aided and abetted by Kitty Vernon who does a superb job on harmony vocals.
The 'Ballad of Tubby Clayton' is included. The letter expressing the late Queen mum's appreciative sentiments is mounted and framed on Les's wall.
Les will be visiting Vancouver in the very near future, April I believe.
Before then he will be appearing at the spotlight folk club