Jim Sharpe @ The Welly

Subject: Jim Sharpe @ The Welly
From: Tootler
Date: 22 Jun 08 - 10:47 AM

Next Guest night at the Wellington Folk Club features Jim Sharpe

Thursday 26 June, 2008 at 8.30 pm
The Wellington Folk club is at

The Wellington Inn
High Street
Wolviston
Nr Billingham
Co Durham
UK

Location and contact details here

Subject: RE: Jim Sharpe @ The Welly
From: GUEST,Helen
Date: 22 Jun 08 - 10:53 AM

Sure to be a grand night. An all too rare performance from one of the North East's finest. Well worth getting there early!

Subject: RE: Jim Sharpe @ The Welly
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Jun 08 - 11:22 AM

Havent seen Jim for years, wheres he been!! great singer, great songs, great bloke.

Subject: RE: Jim Sharpe @ The Welly
From: GUEST,Seaking (at sea)
Date: 23 Jun 08 - 05:02 PM

I used to watch Jim Sharp at the Marsden Inn, South Shields in the 70's and still have a very old radio recording of him doing the best version I've ever heard of 'The band played Waltzing Matilda' (and I'm *still* trying to work out one the chords he played - where you sing the 15 bit of 1915 if you're reading this Jim).

It's too far to travel for this one unfortunately. Does Jim ever play 'down south'? I'd love to hear him sing again after all these years

Chris

Subject: RE: Jim Sharpe @ The Welly
From: Dave Sutherland
Date: 24 Jun 08 - 02:46 PM

Simply have to echo all these things said about Jim. I haven't seen him in over thirty years but he is still one of the best club singers that I have heard; he was certainly good enough to have gone professional!

Subject: RE: Jim Sharpe @ The Welly
From: Tootler
Date: 24 Jun 08 - 07:35 PM

Keep the commercials coming [grin]

Subject: RE: Jim Sharpe @ The Welly
From: Tootler
Date: 25 Jun 08 - 06:13 PM

Tomorrow

Subject: RE: Jim Sharpe @ The Welly
From: GUEST,George Henderson
Date: 26 Jun 08 - 08:27 AM

Jim sang for a while with the Reevers in Ponteland as well as in South Shields. Guested for us in Gosforth a couple of times before I moved to Ireland.

He sings a great version of the letter (French anti war song) and had a great interpretation of the Old man's song which was written by Ian Campbell.

Would love to hear him again but cannot get over the water for this session