Our band was booked for a Folk Club spot in Southampton from memory it may have been The Anchor.An old friend worked for the local BBC and said that she would have a word with a few people in the organisation and try and get a recording team down there to record us,which she did and the Folk club was notified of their intention.When we arrived it was packed and a steady stream of their local performers did their bit on stage and the organiser with every one had a job to get them off stage.The first half performance was cancelled owing to the regulars insisting that if they did not get on stage they would not go there again.The second half was identical to the first and with the same demands on the organiser.With thirty minutes to go a local singer started his act accompanying himself on an amplified guitar.With eight minutes to go the organiser pulled out the plug of the amplifier to get him off stage.We did one number and an encore.
My word those Southampton people know how to make you feel welcome.
Al