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Thread #102096   Message #3099153
Posted By: GUEST,Dudley
20-Feb-11 - 01:02 PM
Thread Name: BBC Radio 2 60s Season Paul Simon
Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 60s Season Paul Simon
Yes it was the Barn Folk Club, which was in the grounds of a rectory near the Broadway Bus Terminus. I was a friend of the organiser and floor singer at several of the city's clubs. This was the launch party - we tried to get Donovan, but he pulled out at the last minute so we got Paul Simon who we had never heard of.Until then there was the Dylan crowd and the traditionalists, somehow Paul united the two groups that evening and influenced both playing and song writing in the area. Then Dave Mudge started playing Angie and the folk scene exploded!So Paul was a bit of a catalyst. Heard Dave Mudge died tragically in 1998 but cannot find out how - I was a friend but lost touch, would be interested to learn more of his life after his move to Bristol and later London. The venue for that memorable evening has now been built over, sadly.