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Thread #100286   Message #2104913
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
17-Jul-07 - 04:11 AM
Thread Name: Best Folkies from out of Greater Manchester
Subject: RE: Best Folkies from out of Greater Manchester
Thanks for reminding us, June. Our loss was great indeed when Dave died and yours must have been even greater.

One of the classic memories I have was of Dave and Martin, dunno where Alan was at the time, singing 'Gungadin' at Swinton Folk Club when it was at the 'Sandhole'. I can still hear it in my mind and always thought that Dave would have really looked the part in a red coat:-)

He also gave me a good ticking off after we had moved to the White Lion for saying, after someone had tuned a guitar, "Good enough for folk". He was a consumate profesional and really believed that folk music, even on an amateur level, should be done well at all times. I believed him then and still do. Never used the expression since!

Cheers

Dave