The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #101256   Message #2070598
Posted By: Dave Sutherland
07-Jun-07 - 06:28 AM
Thread Name: Collapse of the Folk Clubs
Subject: RE: Collapse of the Folk Clubs
Just to illustrate the point that not all source singers are necessarilly good performance artists, I can remember back in 1968 or so Paddy Tunney doing a tour of the North East where he literally emptied each club that he sang at during the course of a week. These clubs included The Royal Turf, Felling and The Marsden Inn, South Shields both of which were strongly traditionally based and between them had boasted excellent nights with Fred Jordan, Scan Tester, Davie Stewart and Willie Scott. However on his one night off he was taken by some friends of mine to meet Bill Pigg the Northumbrian Piper at his home and, away from audience, drink etc.,my friends reported that there ensued the most wonderful night of music and song.