Having had our monthly Henley folk club two weeks previously in the Horse & Groom ( Greene King ) , Henley-on-Thames, we were asked if we could "do" St. Pat's night as a sort of "gig".So we ( that is, the Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club ) spent the next 2 weeks going through all the Irish songs and tunes that we could muster,rehearsing at Karen's house , and were pleasurably surprised at how "tight" ( in more ways than one ! ) we could all be together. Come the day, and we all got together at around 1830, after the last rugby match had finished and the furore died down,---set up the amps, PA, etc, and got down to some serious entertaining ! We played for about 3 and a half hours altogether, and had ( amazingly !) quite a few songs / tune sets in reserve at the close of play.---Book us !!
      Line up as follows ;
                            Me ( Roger Vaughan Mills ) , guitar, harmonica,tin whistle--Karen Hemmingham, vocals, bohdran---Linda Rigby, vocals,mandolin---Vicky Roy,vocals, guitar----Alan Jackson, Guitar, mandolin--- Dick Frost, vocals,walking-stick---Rosie Brake,melodeon,concertina,----Steve Loughlin, guitar,electric bass,--- Dave on fiddle, but also great melodeon-player, song-writer & guitarist, and last, but by no means least, Alan & Rosie's son, Martin Jackson, a music student at Derby University---fantastic guitarist and singer of hilarious songs !! And we're all on "Facebook " !
    Best performances of the night ?? Well, " Isn't it Grand Boys ? " , a capella, went down a storm, as did " Rare old Times " and our version of "The Jolly Beggar / The Wise Woman "( A la Planxty ) was well-received also.Our favourites 'though ?? Well, of course----Danny Boy, The Irish Rover and The Fields of Athenry ( Everybody knew the words !! ).   Cheers !!