The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #95143   Message #1851780
Posted By: Folkiedave
06-Oct-06 - 04:18 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Terry Whelan (6 Oct 2006)
Subject: RE: Terry Whelan ill
That is sad. Great singer, great enthusiast. I used to go to the Clarendon in Manchester in the very early sixties where Terry was a resident with a young Tommy Gilfellon and a wonderful lady singer called Terry Griffiths. Along with Harry Boardman.

An anecdote. I asked Terry a couple of years ago what first got him interested in folk music.

He said he had heard MacColl´s "Champion at Keeping Em´Rolling" and as a lorry driver he reckoned it summed up very well what he felt.

Thanks Terry.