Session, I-o-Grain, Sunday 9/11/03

Subject: Session, I-o-Grain, Sunday 9/11/03
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 04 Nov 03 - 09:49 AM

There will be a Song/Music session this Sunday 9/11/03 3pm onwards, at The Fenn Bell, Fenn St, St Mary Hoo, Isle of Grain, near Rochester, Kent.

This is basically an annual event that occurs when Pete Hicks (of Slattery, Skinner's Rats, Crayfolk etc) and his voluptuous spouse Val look after the pub while the landlord is on holiday. It's a lovely little pub serving Shepherd Neame ales, and if this year's session is as good as the last one, then it's definitely worth getting to.

Subject: RE: Session, I-o-Grain, Sunday 9/11/03
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 Nov 03 - 08:00 PM

It also has a real log fire, of the old fashioned huge sort, almost an inglenook

Last year some very drunk local travelling boys got us all doing songs that get sniffed at in PC folk clubs about hare coursing, fox hunting, and so on. If anyone had known "20 pound dog" I reckon we'd have done that too.

I went home to feed my dogs after about 4 hours and when I got back it was still going on, and it ran right into the evening.

Subject: RE: Session, I-o-Grain, Sunday 9/11/03
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 07 Nov 03 - 03:40 PM

Refresh

Subject: RE: Session, I-o-Grain, Sunday 9/11/03
From: Leadfingers
Date: 07 Nov 03 - 05:22 PM

Twenty Pound Dog ??? Isnt that the dog fight song ??? 'He Murdered my Twenty Pound Dog' Is the final line as I recall.

Subject: RE: Session, I-o-Grain, Sunday 9/11/03
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 07 Nov 03 - 06:13 PM

In my experience most people in the folk universe don't have any problems with songs about hunting. After all, there are enough murder ballads, and nobody assumes that means we're all in favour of chopping up our loved ones.