Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov

Subject: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan
From: Uncle Tone
Date: 01 Nov 16 - 12:40 PM

From John Barrow, Dick Gaughan's agent and friend.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre Sunday 27th November.

Line up finalised:


Elaine C Smith (compere)
Billy Bragg
Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain
Eddi Reader
Karine Polwart
Brian McNeill
Members of the cast of "Far, Far From Ypres"
Rab Noakes
Siobhan Miller
Arthur Johnstone
Dick's Band (our 'house band' for the show)
The Bevvy Sisters

£25 entry.

http://www.edtheatres.com/dickgaughan#

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan
From: Uncle Tone
Date: 01 Nov 16 - 12:42 PM

Linky:


Dick Gaughan Benefit Gig

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Joe Offer
Date: 02 Nov 16 - 10:08 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: maeve
Date: 02 Nov 16 - 11:41 AM

Thank you, Joe.

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Uncle Tone
Date: 02 Nov 16 - 09:56 PM

Yes, thanks Joe. That slipped past me on copy and paste!

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Gavin Paterson
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 06:53 AM

I went to this last night. Best seats in the house too - front row centre!
What a great night.
Our culture is safe and strong.

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: GUEST,DTM
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 09:50 AM

Unbelievable night. Great performances and turnout from all Dick's friends. Certainly a night to remember.
Last night the Festival Theatre was Utopia for folkies.

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 12:38 PM

audience numbers ? just curious.

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 01:16 PM

Sorry to have missed it: we had planned a special band practice weeks before it was ever announced, and I didn't like to renege on the tutor: turns out she would have liked to have gone too! Communication!
Lots of glowing reports on Facebook, especially re Karine Polwart's singing of Leonard Cohen's "Anthem".
Any chance it was recorded? DVD for those of us who couldn't go? (With sales going to Dick's fund.)

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Gavin Paterson
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 02:22 PM

Guest - They said just over 1,000 from the stage.

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Gavin Paterson
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 02:23 PM

There were no cameras filming but that doesn't mean that there isn't an audio recording!

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: GUEST,DTM
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 04:28 PM

Shame there were no cameras.
A gig like that is historic.

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Jeri
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 04:31 PM

There are a couple of phone videos on YouTube.

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: gillymor
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 06:20 PM

Was DG there? Is he doing okay?

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 08:01 PM

Seating capacity of the Edinburgh Festival Theatre is (according to Wikipedia!) 1915, so "over 1000" would not be full house but a good turnout. I believe, from other Facebook posts seen that DG was there himself.

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Gavin Paterson
Date: 29 Nov 16 - 07:16 AM

The upper balcony - the gods - was not open. Dick was in the audience and there are pics on FB of him at the soundcheck and backstage after the gig.

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Dec 16 - 05:25 AM

gillymor never got an answer- for all of us at a distance -how is he?

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Dec 16 - 01:54 PM

well?

Subject: RE: Benefit Gig for Dick Gaughan - 27 Nov
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 14 Dec 16 - 07:54 PM

Straight answer is, I don't know, although I live in Edinburgh. Best person to ask would be John Barrow, his agent, but even then, Dick is entitled to disclose as much or as little as he feels like.