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Thread #98397   Message #1949512
Posted By: bubblyrat
27-Jan-07 - 07:59 AM
Thread Name: Alternative British Folk Awards 2007
Subject: RE: Alternative British Folk Awards 2007
There ought to be an award for Eccentricity !! I mean, there are some pretty strange characters out there. There"s the guy with the Cajun box who just plays two push-pull chords & sings something unintelligable----I saw him enter the melodeon competition at Sidmouth 3 or 4 years ago,it was incredibly funny and VERY sad both at the same time .Then there"s the bloke who turns up at sessions with the musical saw---I mean,if he"s not eccentric,then who is ??Collectively," Alhambra " are from another dimension( I think they are WONDERFUL !! )----Anybody who thinks that Pete Lister is "normal" is in line for an award themselves ! Of course,Alhambra are well -known, but not the others,maybe.? One of the regulars at the Seven Stars near Maidenhead is ,in my opinion ,quite potty,and as for the blind guy with the Keyboard who does parodies of popular songs in the Bedford Hotel---Well,he is amazingly,hilariously,BONKERS !!And what about that group from Portsmouth ,"APICELLA " (HaHa )who were at at Miskin 3 years ago ?? TOTALLY,WONDERFULLY, Strange !!! Does anybody else know of any other candidates ???