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Thread #95267   Message #3167269
Posted By: GUEST,Keith Clark
08-Jun-11 - 04:49 PM
Thread Name: Hammersmith Folk Club Recollections
Subject: RE: Hammersmith Folk Club Recollections
A friend sent me a link to this site. Yes I'm still alive, as is John Townsend as far as I know. As Rod & Alison wrote I live near Bristol these days. I don't play much music anymore but I do write about it, having made my living as a music journalist for many years. Hammersmith Folk Centre was one of London's biggest clubs and undoubtedly its best. John and I originally played there on a number of occasions as the booked act after we met Rod for the first time when he came to the club we ran at the White Lion in Putney (we also ran clubs at The Wheatsheaf in Kings Road and The Mandrake in Meard Street Soho). We also signed up for Roddy's folk agency which had a stellar list of artists on it. Later John and I became residents at Hammersmith and even further on I helped Rod run Hammersmith for quite a time. My wife Angela used to do the door and keeping it in the family, Mary, the sister of Paddy O' Rourke who eventually took over Hammersmith, married my brother Roger! Every now and then we see Rod and Alison who don't live that far from us. Hi to you both, we should meet up soon don't you think? And hi to everyone who remembers them and Hammersmith with as fondness as I do.