The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #105376   Message #3088392
Posted By: GUEST,Kevin Littlewood
04-Feb-11 - 03:51 AM
Thread Name: Ewan MacColl - any first-hand anecdotes?
Subject: RE: Ewan MacColl - any first-hand anecdotes?
With the surname Littlewood, I did get a few odd looks when I first put my name down to sing as Ewan and Peggy's club, but they were very friendly and encouraging; they published one of my early songs 'We're the men making the missiles', in their New City Songster (I lost my only copy, so I can't tell you the date).
Anyway, one night I got there a bit early, and Ewan was sitting at a table on his own in the bar,sorting out his song list. He had his back to me and didn't see me come in; I approached tentatively and I could hear him singing a song under his breath as he wrote down his list. As I got nearer, I realized it was Kirsty MacColl's 'Don't play the cowboy with me Sunny Jim'. He knew the words too! but stopped when he saw me and put on his serious face.