gig: Eric Bogle at Gainsborough 31 July 2003

Subject: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 07:46 AM

Eric Bogle will be appearing at The Trinity Arts Centre, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, at 8pm on 31st July, 2003. A fantastic songwriter and excellent performer, he's definitely not to be missed. TICKETS ARE A SNIP AT A MERE £8 EACH - the TAC is a lovely 200-seat theatre in a converted church and well worth a visit.

Come on people, lets make Eric's 12,000-mile journey from Adelaide worthwhile!

Johnny

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Alio
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 07:57 AM

He'll also be at Saddleworth festival on the 18th July (sorry to take over the thread!!) - this will be his 1st gig of his UK tour.

Although the tickets are a bit more (£10), on the concert there's also Jim McDonald, Stanley Accrington, Waite Collective, Copper Kettle, and LocTup Together.

I can't wait to see him - I am definitely not going to be on the Festival Office at that time!

Ali

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Sooz(at work)
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 08:04 AM

I'll be there - and again at Fylde on 30th August!

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: The Shambles
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 08:27 AM

Sorry about this but he can also be seen here - (and for free).

Please circulate this

Talking of martyrs and Tony Benn - you all may like to pencil in the weekend of 18 19 20 July and turn- up for a musical/dancing protest.

The TUC organise this free Rally to take place mainly on the Sunday every year and have tried to encourage people to attend the weekend by devoting the Friday and Saturday to music. I have contacted the TUC and they are happy to have us attend and contribute. The following is the programme as it appears on the web. However Nigel Costley is prepared to place our information on the final programme - if he gets it ASAP. As you can see there is already room for our contribution on the Friday and Saturday in the programme as it stands.

More details from
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The Tolpuddle Martyrs Rally
Friday 18 Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July 2003.
Tolpuddle village
Dorset
Off the A35 just east of Dorchester.

The following site has the following details + a map
http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc-6486-f0.cfm

All events free [except Writing on the wall with Tony Benn and Roy Bailey £10 Saturday 7pm..

Friday 18 July

Camping contact South West TUC to book your pitch £20 per pitch
SW TUC Church House, Church Rd, Filton, Bristol BS34 7BD

8pm The Martyrs Marquee
Come all yesession. An evening of singing songs, old and new. Whether you sing, play and instrument or just hum along, get down and join in.
Licensed bar and food on sale.

Saturday 19 July
From noon onwards:

Singer-songwriter sessions in the Tolpuddle village hall.
Fiddles, banjos, whistles traditional music in the Martyrs Inn
Sing/around session in the Festival Beer tent
Radical choirs singing in the Martyrs Marquee
Plus the Tolpuddle Summers School discuss current issues facing the Trade Union Movement
Details to be announced nearer to the time.

7pm The Martyrs Marquee
Writing on the wall The renowned double act of Roy Bailey and Tony Benn host an unforgettable session of song and spoken word. This show will be over-subscribed four times over buy you ticket now and something to tell your grandchildren! Admission £10.

Followed by Reggae Revolution music to get jiggy to.

Alternative free entertainment for children with the Monster Massive Kids Ceildh.

Sunday 20 July

Main stage

11.45 Nick Harper singer/songwriter simultaneously steeped in tradition yet completely contemporary he deserves to become a major figue..Robin Denslow, The Guardian.

12.00 Susan Hedges- Blind since birth, a 17 year old with an amazing voice and talented song writer. Another act that is destined for great things, with a set thats hard to define Country? Folk? Rock? Doesnt matter shes great.

12.45 Guest speakers including Nigel De Gruchy TUC President.

1.15 Eric Bogle legendary Australian singer-songwriter on tour in the UK. His songs have gone around the world and been covered by just about everybody. Now hear the man himself.

2.00 Dedication of the Parade with John Ellis secretary for Business and Economic Affairs of the Methodist Church.

2.05 MusiciansUnion Great Western Marching Jazz Band

2.15 The Parade of banners. Up off your backsides and join in the procession through the village, accompanied by a brass band, The Musicians Union Marching Jazz Band, and a samba band you wont have been on many marches with this music!

3.00 Phoenix Brass (Crewkerne)

3.45 Billy Bragg local resident and Tolpuddle aficionado, the man for all seasons and all campaigns. Enjoy his inimitable mix of songs to rouse the rabble and soothe the fevered brow.

4.30 Pato Banton and the Reggae Revolution.

5.00 Martyrs Day service in the Methodist Chapel with Rt Hon Paul Boateng MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury .


Plus on the Martyrs Marquee stage, there is a full programme of entertainment in a slightly more restful mode, with Socialist and radical choirs from around the UK, and laid back jazz, plus lots of stalls and kids stuff.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: boglion
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 05:13 PM

I was hoping to catch Eric in Watford on 24th July (my birthday) but I'm now going to be in Ireland.

Fortunately we've booked to catch him in Listowel in early August. We're running a minibus 35 miles from my village.

Can't wait.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 05:29 PM

Who's selling tickets for Gainsborough, Strolling Johnny?

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 06:21 PM

OK but anyone who can get to Watford on 24 July will see Eric, and Martyn Wyndham-Read, Johnny Collins and Graeme Knights.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 03 Jul 03 - 08:05 AM

Thanks for hi-jacking my thread guys!

Shambles - Dorset's a long (like 250-mile) drive from Lincolnshire, maybe us Yellow-Belly Sheep-Shaggers would be better off going to Gainsborough to see him! Also, he's not an Australian singer-songwriter, he's Scottish. Just lives in Adelaide! I agree, however, that he's Legendary!

Fionn - try the Trinity Arts Centre Box Office, 01427-676655. Debit/Credit Cards accepted.

Everybody - Eric's a superstar and whichever venue you choose to go see him he's worth every penny (especially the Freebie one - lucky buggers!). He's a nice guy for a chat, and he answers his fan-mail in his own fair hand. Go see him - I insist.

Johnny.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Sooz
Date: 03 Jul 03 - 12:04 PM

Trinity Arts Centre Box Office is 01427 810710

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 03 Jul 03 - 12:35 PM

Not any more Sooz - I checked with them before I posted the number in the thread. The new number is 01427-676655, and that's the one they said they want everyone to use. So nnnyaaahhhhh!!

Good night at Alford last night (apart from the backwards-playing record of course!).

Johnny.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Sooz
Date: 03 Jul 03 - 02:12 PM

Tough - we'd already printed 300 glossy festival brochures with the old number on! Must make a note of the new one though....

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 03 Jul 03 - 06:57 PM

Thanks Strolling J. I'll phone that number in the morning, the thread-hijackers having failed to entice me to their bigger and better gigs.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 04 Jul 03 - 04:49 AM

Nice one Fionn - bring lots of mates with you!
Sooz - Oh 'Eck, never thought about Festival Brochures. I'm told the old number still works though.
SJ

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Hamish
Date: 04 Jul 03 - 07:21 AM

Watford: the only "London" gig of Eric's 2003 UK tour, and will be staged at the James Theatre, Watford Boys' Grammar School, Shepherd's Road, Watford WD18 7HX (near Watford Met station). Top class support from Johnny Collins, Graeme Knights and Martyn Wyndham-Read.

Advanced tickets at £10 (or £8 for OAP/UB40 concessions - please provide proof) available from Mrs J Sparks, 36 King Edward Road, Barnet EN5 5AP. Please send SAE and make cheques payable to Herga Folk Club.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin Johnny
Date: 04 Jul 03 - 07:38 AM

Hamish,
Tell Graeme Knights John from Gainsborough Folk Club says hello.
Anyone who hasn't seen Graeme is in for a treat (and perhaps a surprise). He's a diamond geezer and an amazing singer.
SJ

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 04 Jul 03 - 07:39 AM

Bejasus!! I've hi-jacked me own thread!!

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 05 Jul 03 - 07:00 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Sooz
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 04:49 AM

I'm starting to get excited now!

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 07:55 AM

Me too. Still need some more bums on seats though - come on you lot, ring 01427-676655 and book a few tickets.
Be there or be as sick as a sea-going parrot!
JB

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 10:49 AM

Sorry we've got him tonite at Cottingham Live! At £7.00 its as cheap as chips and we've sold out -so hopefully the abusive phonecalls will stop now. Pistachio and myself are off to meet him now and welcome him to our little club!!!Although I am not particularly a Bogle fan myself- Hazel is beside herself with excitement -I may need to give her oxygen before the evening is out!

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 12:47 PM

Linda, you're a lucky lass. He's a really nice guy and a great performer. It'll be a hoot.

We need to sell 200 to fill the theatre, and Gainsborough folks are notoriously tight-arsed, but we've got a lot of nice friends from Lincoln, Louth, Kiveton and other nether-regions so hopefully we'll do OK.

Have a great night - I know you will.
Johnny

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Megan L
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 04:55 PM

Well you could all come and see him on Orkney

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,dickmac
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 04:58 PM

Everyone should take the chance to hear Eric. He is also appearing at the Marymass Folk festival run by Irvine Folk Club on Saturday 23rd August. This is the 36th festival and believed to be Scotland's longest running. Check out the Irvine Folk Club site.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: jacqui c
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 05:05 PM

I saw him at Watford and he was great. If you can get to see him don't miss out - it was a wonderful evening.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Pistachio
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 08:11 AM

Fantastic, Wonderful, Amazing, Thoughtful! Cottingham was treated to an ace performance by Eric and John Munro, (security, CD Sales and all other support tasks). All those who can MUST take the chance to see and hear the superb delivery of original songs by the touring Scots. Cottingham has already had enquiries for 2006!

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 12:05 PM

Pistacchio, I hope Linda enjoyed it too?
JB

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Sooz
Date: 01 Aug 03 - 03:38 AM

Wonderful - looking forward to seeing Eric again at Fylde!

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin'Johnny
Date: 01 Aug 03 - 10:06 AM

By 'eck he were grand! I bags 'As If He Knows'.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 01 Aug 03 - 11:31 AM

I had mixed feelings about his flat-picking accomplice, whom I'd not seen before. His vocal harmonising was not always well judged and though he plays a mean guitar (and mandolin) I thought it was sometimes intrusive. He did however have his moments, and looked to do a roaring trade selling CDs in the interval.

Surely a better job could have been done promoting the event? It's a fairly small venue (so ideally matched to Bogle's low-key style), yet many of the seats were empty. For my daughter and me it was an hour's journey and well worth it; there must have been hundreds more who would have thought the same.

My daughter got the great man's signature on the only piece of paper she had handy - a print-out of the DigiTrad lyrics for "The band played Waltzing Matilda."

Oh, and by the way, SJ, how did that "h" creep into "he"?

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Sooz
Date: 01 Aug 03 - 11:55 AM

Fionn, like you, many people had driven 40 - 50 miles each way last night. Far more fell into that category than could describe themselves as local. That is an abiding problem around here! The Arts Centre have a mailing list of several thousand and anyone who has booked a ticket for a folk event ever before would have been sent a brochure. (Actually, there weren't that many empty seats, only about 50, I think))
I'm with you about John Munroe - his instrumental work was good (albeit a bit country for my taste) but his harmonies were hard work!

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 01 Aug 03 - 08:05 PM

I suppose there are no easy answers Sooz. And for all that Bogle's stature in the folk community is beyond argument, he does have a bit a reputation for being only fair-to-middlin as a performer of his own songs. As far as I'm concerned, he could be the worst singer/performer on earth, and I'd still want to catch any opportunity to see the guy who wrote those songs.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: Dickmac
Date: 27 Aug 03 - 06:13 PM

Thse who missed his gig at Irvine on the 23rd August were the losers.
Brilliant.

Subject: RE: ERIC BOGLE AT GAINSBOROUGH 31/7/03
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 28 Aug 03 - 08:23 AM

Fionn - oops, sorry about the 'h' in 'he'!! Must be my Grammer Skool Edgercayshun creeping in!

You're so right about the empty seats. Very frustrating. Sooz is right in that the vast majority of attendees at any event in Gainsborough are from out-of-town, even out-of-county (thanks to you for making the effort!). It's even more off-urinating because the most common moan we hear from Gainsborough's Finest is that there's "nowt to do in this effin' town". None are so blind as they who will not see.

However, if the 140-or-so who came enjoyed the concert, that's good. I know I did.

Just a comment about John campbell Munro - I'd lay my pension on his excess volume problem, (both instrumental and vocal) lying firmly in the hands of the gentlemen in the sound-booth. Perhaps if they'd concentrated more and talked less.............