Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD

Subject: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 13 Nov 03 - 02:55 AM

Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher have a new CD "Less Sprightly" now available and due to be launched at a concert with Martyn Wyndham-Read and John Conolly this week.The album contains many songs from their current club set and Dave can be contacted at [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Sooz(at work)
Date: 13 Nov 03 - 07:58 AM

Its a great CD. I especially like their version of Bob Dylan's Lay Down Your Tune.
The launch concert is at the Middlecott School Boston on Friday 14th and all proceeds are for Macmillan Cancer Relief.
I wonder if I can guess guests identity?......

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: bradfordian
Date: 13 Nov 03 - 01:52 PM

This brilliant Lincolnshire duo, famous for Bill's dour sense of humour are performing in Nottingham (Carrington Triangle Folk Club, Loscoe Road) on Wed 19th Nov & will have their new CD with them. Having posession of their previous 2 excellent CDs, I will certainly be dipping into my pocket for what is bound to be another great gem.

brad

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 13 Nov 03 - 03:07 PM

Saw Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher at Gainsborough folk club 2 weeks ago and bought their new c d It's brilliant it contains their version of"English Ale"written by Mudcatter Harvey Andrews,my own favourite is"My Darling Girl" written by Grimsby's Dave Evardson for his wife Julie

Gerry

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 13 Nov 03 - 03:12 PM

BTW Sooz what's your guess at guest?

gerry

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Tyke
Date: 14 Nov 03 - 02:23 PM

One of my favourite Folk Artist I will have to get hold of this New CD! It's bound to be better than good!

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Sooz
Date: 15 Nov 03 - 06:53 AM

Gerry, I was waiting for guest to own up! Was anyone at the launch last night?

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 15 Nov 03 - 10:49 AM

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Sooz
Date: 15 Nov 03 - 10:52 AM

Cryptic?!

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 15 Nov 03 - 01:38 PM

Nearly three hundred people were at the "do" - I hope at least one is a Mudcatter who can give an opinion. I'm biased!!

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: gnomad
Date: 25 Nov 03 - 02:54 PM

Not at the "do" myself, but I saw them several times this year and if they were as good as every time I saw them then the audience will have had a real treat.

I am just listening to the new cd, another treat.

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Alio
Date: 26 Nov 03 - 07:10 AM

We should have gone to the launch but found it was an awfully long way from Saddleworth unfortunately, so we've sent off a cheque for the CD. Can't wait to get it - we think they're excellent, so we've booked them for Saddleworth.

Ali

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 26 Nov 03 - 08:01 AM

Banjo-Flower, I wondered who you were! Got it now - your secret's out! And WHO IS GUEST??? Anyone know?

BTW everybody, buy the damn CD - Bill and Dave are SUPERSTARS. What are they doing playing little clubs for peanuts when talentless pillocks like Gareth Sodding Gates and the Gallagher brothers play stadia for millions? There's no justice!

Just my Humble Opinion. I'm going to lie down now.

Johnny

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Mark Dowding
Date: 26 Nov 03 - 02:09 PM

Ali - You can put me down for a ticket for Saddleworth if you've booked Bill and Dave. We've got them at Four Fools as well earlier in the year. The path from Lincolnshire to Lancashire is well trodden by these two!

Cheers
Mark

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Mike
Date: 05 Dec 03 - 04:32 AM

I too went to the recent concert to witness the launch of Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher's New Album " Less Sprightly " ,an occasion made doubly important in that all proceeds were going to MacMillan Cancer Relief fund , a cause dear to Dave and his many friends (esp. Colin )...

Point 1.   I dont really like traditional folk music.
Point 2.   I do now!!!

After the warm ups provided by Martin WR and John Conolly, I was blown away by Bill and Dave , especially in the sheer variety of songs in their set. Brilliant. Buy a copy of their album "Less Sprightly" or suffer mediocrity for the remaining duration of your eardrums.   MIKE

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Sooz (at work)
Date: 05 Dec 03 - 08:12 AM

Look again at their material - less than half is traditional!

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 05 Dec 03 - 12:13 PM

But all of it is great!

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 05 Dec 03 - 05:02 PM

Hi GUEST,Strollin' Johnny - I guessed who you were from your very first post but did'nt know you'd left the Strollers,have you had to pawn the coat and brothel-creepers ? best wishes to you anyway

Gerry

BTW my guess at GUEST,Guest is their roadie Dennis M

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 05 Dec 03 - 07:48 PM

I'm afraid Denis has not caught up with the new technology yet and computers are still a mystery to him

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 06 Dec 03 - 10:52 AM

O bugger thats that theory out then

you're not Shirl are you

mystified Gerry

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 06 Dec 03 - 12:46 PM

Not with this beard I'm not, Gerry

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Dec 03 - 02:19 PM

Back to the new CD - does it contain Old Men sing Love Songs written by John Conolly?

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 06 Dec 03 - 05:52 PM

Yes
Gerry

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Dec 03 - 12:27 PM

Great! I'll order it now!

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 07 Dec 03 - 06:14 PM

Thefull track list as I see it on this CD in front of me is:
1 Old Men Sing Love Songs
2 Susquehanna
3 Lost Sailor
4 Angels Of Lincoln
5 Female Drummer
6 Maggie
7 Foggy Dew
8 Five Bob Side Of The Street
9 Jenny On The Moor
10 English Ale
11 Follow The Drum
12 Come The Day
13 Baby Lie Easy
14 Lay Down Your Weary Tune
15 My Darling Girl
16 You And I
17 Weary Winter

Get your money's worth there eh?

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 08 Dec 03 - 08:10 AM

Gerry,
The red drape jacket fell apart at the seams (I guess I sweat pure acid!) so was consigned to the bin! I miss playing the old R&R, but I DON'T miss carrying tons of PA., amps, guitars, keyboards, drums and lights in and out of venues.
Cheers,
JB

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: treewind
Date: 08 Dec 03 - 03:31 PM

Yes - John Conolly named "Old Men Sing Love Songs" after the title of the previous CD and the jury's out on whether someone's now going to write a new song called "Less Sprightly"...

It was a great pleasure to see Bill and Dave again at the Maypoles to Mistletoe concert at C# house yesterday. Pity the audience wasn't very big, but that was their loss (the ones who didn't turn up) - the performers had a great time!

I'd better give my new copy of the CD a spin now. I know I'm going to enjoy it.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Dec 03 - 04:31 PM

It was on the fifth of August, the weather fair and fine,
Unto Brigg Fair I did repair; for love I was inclined.
Brigg Fair sung by Joseph Taylor

On the fifth day of August, not a cloud in the sky.
But summer has ended and winter is nigh.
Old men sing love songs written by John Conolly

The composer George Butterworth was killed by a sniper's bullet on the fifth of August 1916.

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 09 Dec 03 - 05:38 AM

'Follow The Drum' was Bill 'n' Dave'e entry for the 2002 Lincolnshire Song Contest, and some of us reckon it should've won - it was the best song by a mile. And IMHO their performance of it on the Finals Night was also by far the best of the evening, should have won the Performance Prize. The judges must have had cloth ears.   
Johnny
:-)

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Alio
Date: 09 Dec 03 - 05:53 AM

The new CD is great - I'll be playing a track from it on Sounds of Folk next week. Although many of the songs are contemporary, I think Bill and Dave perform them in a traditional style. I really like the one which was written by Ian from LocTup Together, but can't remember the title.

Ali

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 09 Dec 03 - 01:02 PM

That's "Come the day"

Gerry

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 09 Dec 03 - 01:14 PM

BTW GUEST,Guest on the wall of the Cider Centre at Brandy Wharf for the past 20 years is a sign saying "Real men grow beards and make their own dresses" also look who won the Turner prize
So are you sure you're not Shirl?

Gerry

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 09 Dec 03 - 03:31 PM

Definitely not Gerry but I have been known to wear a sarong (but not in public). No I'm not David Beckham either.
I agree that "Come the Day" is a fine song with great words and young William sings it as well as anything he has done for years!
But what do people think of the inclusion of the midi concertina?

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: treewind
Date: 10 Dec 03 - 07:11 AM

Fabulous!
(now I've listened to it at last)

...and I want an Anglo MIDI concertina now!

Anahata

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: Sooz
Date: 11 Dec 03 - 06:46 AM

They will be at Louth Folk Club's Christmas party on 19th December. (So will we!)

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 11 Dec 03 - 07:38 AM

Me too! Wain't it be a good 'un!

Subject: RE: Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher New CD
From: bradfordian
Date: 11 Dec 03 - 07:53 AM

Electronic concertina? - a definite improvement on the electronic piano. Sounded great at the concert. Both got same problem tho, need a traditional power supply!