Gainsborough Folk Festival

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 12:45 PM

Best of luck with tonight Sooz - I'm rootin' for ya!
Do put the result up on the thread tomorrow if you can.
M

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 12:25 AM

Starts today!!!!

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Sooz (at work)
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 06:20 AM

Just got to get through this day at the chalk-face before we can get stuck in! I'm sure we are going to mave a great weekend.
Thanks for the good wishes for last night Martin, but we were well outclassed this year! (No way they were going to let us win two years running) We had a great time though and the festival got mentioned a few times as well.
See you later

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: muppitz
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 06:46 AM

There aren't 2 muppett's, I have a distinctive 'I' and a 'Z', I'm not trying to steal anyone's thunder, honest!

So Muppett, you be the one true "Muppett", and I will be the one true "Muppitz"!!!!!

MuppItZ x

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: muppett
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 07:47 AM

To one true Muppitz

Nay I didn't think you would, any road I've no thunder to steal

See yer around sometime appen

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Chorus girl
Date: 16 Oct 04 - 11:06 AM

Well so far so good. Enjoyed last night at the Old Hall and Eight Jolly Brewers. Looking forward to concert tonight.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 16 Oct 04 - 02:20 PM

I've had five hugs so far (including Strollin' Johnny)

Gerry

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 16 Oct 04 - 08:29 PM

Banjo-flower...who are you??
Tonights concert was so gooooooooooooodddddd!!!!! Back again tomorrow for another fix.
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 03:09 AM

I've had eight mudcat hugs plus a few strays (non-catters).
Yesterday was indeed fairly amazing!
Jez just gets better and the contrast with Cockersdale made them both stand out. Brimmo was hilarious and that Julie Ellison is simply brilliant. What a concert.
More to come today though, although at a steadier pace! This afternoon the main concert has Cara, Mark Campbell and Paul Bellamy, John Conolly and Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher. Come along and join us (3pm)

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 03:10 AM

GS - he's a banjo-player, and a jolly nice chap. You'da met him at the Ceilidh if you'da bin there!! They seek hime here, they seek him there..............................!! :0)

Great Festival Folk Club in the magnificent surroundings of the Old Hall (15th Century Manor-House/Moot Hall). Excellent concerts there yesterday, and at the Trinity Arts Centre last evening. Stars? Too many to mention them all but I was personally blown away by Julie Ellison (gob-smacking guitar and beautiful, beautiful vocals) and Skatz (Stylish energetic performances of finely crafted self-penned songs - 'The Elephant Man' being typical - humorous, perceptive and Music-Hall in character, but at the same time compassionate and moving).

It's been a magic festival so far - looking forward to anothe great final day.

SJ :0)

(And the 'Poacher' is eminently truggable).

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 03:48 AM

Mrs. Johnny trugged her fair share last night and she's confirmed my view of 'Poacher' this morning. LOL!

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 04:04 AM

Hi Georgiansilver I should be at the session at the Trinity Arts Centre at lunchtime if you want a hug look for the banjo with the flowers

Gerry

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Rasener
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 04:16 AM

Its unfortunate that I can't attend today (Sunday)

I have to compliment the Gainsborough Folk Club for putting on such an excellent event. All too often, the work required in the background to make such an event succesful goes unoticed. I won't mention names, but those that contributed will know who they ara and deserve a gold star.

I support the comments made by Mrs Sooze and Strollin' Johnny.

I particularly enjoyed the Friday evening Floorspot event in the Great Hall, even if I was pulling pints all night hic, hic, hic.

The same can be said for the afternoon concert yesterday where Bob Cleveland did an excellent job of Mc'ing the event and singing such lovely songs with excellent guitar backing by Ernie Geddes - Well done Bob.
What can you say about Brian Dawson and Bill Meek and John Conolly that hasn't already been said before.
Thoroughly enjoyable concert.

Last night was first class and I re-iterate the comments made by Sooz and SJ. If I had to pick out a song from last night that I enjoyed the most, it would be very difficult, because I enjoyed them all.

However, I can't resist making a comment about one song in particular.
It was "Greek Lightning" sung by Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies. It was awesome and sung and played with such feel. Beeeeeeeeeaaaaaaauuuuuutiful.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 05:46 AM

Of all Jez Lowes' songs..."Durham Jail" does it for me...It has everything...great words..great tune and a magical overall sound.
Looking forward to todays concerts...the main one particularly. Be sad to see it all end tonight but....life has to go on....Keep music live!!! as Travelling Audience say.
Best wishes.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Rasener
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 04:05 PM

How did it go today. I got itchy feet wishing I was there.

Ah well, I suppose family must come first :-)

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: the fence
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 04:52 PM

Had a fantastic time, many thanks to all the organisers who gave their time and made it a super weekend. Fantastic atmosphere!!!

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Travelling Audience
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 05:27 PM

Another brilliant Gainsborough Festival. Cannot single anyone out 'cos they were all so excellent. Both The Old Hall and The Trinity Arts Centre makes for a great atmosphere. Well done Sooz & Co. for a great week-end.
Keep music live...TA

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 05:44 PM

Mr and Mrs Sooz. Thanks in so many ways for a great Festival...without you it would never have happened I'm sure.
Thanks on a personal level also for singing "that song" at the survivors gathering. Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Gaucho
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 02:46 AM

Listen Guys, what can I say? I just had a cracking day on Saturday.
Workshops were great. Julie's on guitar was really helpful and more than enough tips and exercises to keep me going for the rest of me days! The singing workshop with Cockerdale was great. Lots of rounds and harmony rendition of Roll on the Day at the end blew my socks off (well I have been wearing them for a week).

And songwriting with Jez in the vestry. Again helpful and delivered with real humility from one of the country's leading word and tunesmiths, in my view.

Real pleasure to be there and that's without the concerts. I loved Bill Meek's sense of humour. His performance with John Connolly was one of my highlights. Also Julie, Derek Brimstone and Jez and the Bad Pennies all fantastic. Thanks to all the organisers and stewards, I'm still on cloud nine! I just need a month or two to let it all distil. Thanks to you all for the welcome and hard work.

And also to villain for the push that got the yellowbellies project going. Got the CD and am really enjoying that too.
G

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 04:47 AM

Hi All,

Great weekend even if I did flag at the end!. Feeling better this morning if anyone is interested but sorry to miss out on the Survivors Folk Club!

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 05:04 AM

Didn't even realise you weren't well until you suddenly weren't there.
Hope you are feeling much better now.
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 06:56 AM

Still alive, if bruised, battered and exhausted!
A fantastic weekend all round. Wonderful contributions (some way above and beyond the call of duty) from the vast majority of the artists, a fine crowd of listeners and sing-arounders, and a small but perfectly formed group of organisers/helpers who sometimes moved not only Heaven, but Earth too, in order to keep everything running smoothly and on time.

Thanks to Sooz and Mr. Sooz for their hard work - their computer's worn to a frazzle with e-mailing, producing leaflets, flyers, programmes etc., and Mr. Sooz's new super-duper camera earned it's expensive price-ticket big-style! :0)

High-spots for me were the brilliant and incredibly hard-working Skatz and his pal (who played non-stop for an hour and forty minutes when the next artists couldn't be bothered to organise themselves to turn up on time), 'Sensible Shoes' who drove me insensible with their stunning, soaring harmonies and dry wit, Julie Ellison who is the finest female guitarist in Britain if not the world, a great singer and a lovely lady, and everyone who played in the main concert on Sunday - Cara, Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher and the great man, John Connolly. Huge talents of which we Yellowbellies are rightly very very proud.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 07:14 AM

SJ You forgot to mention Mark Campbell and Paul Bellamy from yesterday! They were excellent as well.
I echo your comments about Skatz - he will be back!
Glad you are feeling better this morning Paul (I saw you eating the salted peanuts at lunchtime) Have you sorted out the keys?
My Mudcat hug-count went up to eleven yesterday:-) Lost count of the strays though.
Thanks to everyone for their lovely comments - Mike and I still have a warm glow which should keep us going for a few weeks.
Must get on with next year's festival...........

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 07:23 AM

Sorry Mark & Paul - yep, you were up there with the stars too! I was typing fast at work and my brain went out of cog for a minute or two!

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 07:56 AM

Is that like "out of wad" or is there a subtle difference:-)

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 08:40 AM

Same thing Sooz - out of gear/out of line. To quote another mudcatter and one of 'Ull's finest sons - it was rubbish (temporarily).

SJ :0)

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 08:43 AM

Will there be Piccies posted on the 'Cat Sooz?

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 10:07 AM

Funny you should say that SJ, I've just prepared them to send off!

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 12:30 PM

Hoorah! Can't wait!

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Tutti Flutey
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 01:08 PM

Enjoyed the festival, even though I was a little under the weather so to speak. Roll on next year.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 04:46 PM

Hi Sooz,

Wasn't salted nuts but dry roasted ones!. There is a difference. Keys back with Molly, today's ultrasound scan confirmed the gall stones, now waiting for Thursday's camera down the throat tests to see what else is out of cog, wad, synch etc.

Mike,

Thanks for your concern, it is appreciated.

Deirdre

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 06:55 PM

An absolute pleasure my dear....I was worried about you. A few pulls and wrenches here and there and hopefully you will be as good as new.
Best wishes, Mike

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 07:17 PM

Had a nice time at my first Gainsborough but hopefully not the last. Can't say much about t'other concerts tho' Sunday was great. Sing a round specially in't White Hart were fab hope to se some of you a Sheffiels but me and me painted nail will be back if you want me.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: John Robinson (aka Cittern)
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 07:46 PM

A belated thank you to Sooz and Mr Sooz for such a warm welcome for the second year running. Enjoyed everything Saturday - I even got to sit in the guitar workshop run by 'er indoors!

Well run, friendly, excellent programme. What more needs to be said? Just briliant!

Best regards
John Robinson
Acoustyistics Ltd
http://www.JulieEllison.co.uk

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 08:05 PM

All right who hugged me?I lost track of how many and who(BTW Strollin' Johnnie I'm still blushing over your description)

Gerry

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 19 Oct 04 - 03:07 PM

Well Gerry there was me for sure. Plus possibly the Fence, BusyBeePaul, Old Grisly, Travelling Audience on Friday night. Were you around on Saturday? How about Tutti Flutey?

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 19 Oct 04 - 07:54 PM

I don't know Tutti Flutey (but I have my suspicions)
I remember Strollin'Johnny(Btw I've got tickets for Nov 6th)
Oakleaf and the Villain and possibly Mr Sooz so think I could be in the lead

Gerry

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Rasener
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 01:20 AM

Whats on on Nov 6th ?

Banjo Flower you did get a hug, but Sue got a vice hug that cracked her ribs :-)

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 03:21 AM

St. Hugh's Church Hall, Scunthorpe - The Martin Danks Memorial Shindig. Two bands have re-formed specially for this one-off evening - 'The Dimps' and 'The Strollers Rock 'n' Roll Extravaganza'. Both bands are playing free of charge (in view of the years that have passed since the members last played together, 'playing free' might well be a description of the musical quality! ROFL!) and proceeds will go to Cancer charity. Martin (who died of cancer recently) was a member of both bands and a wonderful boogie-woogie pianist.

And it will be Strollin' Johnny's LAST-EVER performance in a R&R band - the ceremonial burning of the red drape jacket and retirement follow as sure as night follows day.

Rehearsal tonight - here we go............"Ah-Well-A bless-a mah soul-a what's a-wrong with me, I'm itchin' like a..........."

But this has got sod-all to do with the Gainsborough Folk Festival I hear you all cry. Don't blame me, Les started it! (LOL).


SJ :0)

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 03:31 AM

My count was eleven, Gerry.
Make that rehearsal a good'un Johnny! How much are the tickets? Will you bring some to the club?

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 04:57 AM

Yes..John...sounds like a something not to be missed.
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 05:25 AM

I don't believe it

" it will be Strollin' Johnny's LAST-EVER performance in a R&R band "

till next time

Gerry

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:21 AM

Read my lips Gerry - "It will be Strollin' Johhny's LAST EVER performance in a R&R band". Humping 10,000-watt PAs/lighting/backline amps/drums has lost its appeal! LOL!

The Elvis wig's already been fire-backed! (ROFL!)

JB :0)

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:22 AM

Re: tickets, I believe it's already sold out. But I'll make a few enquiries.

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Rasener
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 01:05 PM

Are you going to wear the red draped jacket on Friday at MRFC Strollin' just to see if it fits LOL :-)

Subject: RE: Gainsborough Folk Festival
From: Rasener
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 01:08 PM

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Date: 20 Oct 04 - 01:09 PM

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Date: 20 Oct 04 - 01:10 PM

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