Hurdy Gurdy musicians in Lincolnshire

Subject: Hurdy Gurdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Rasener
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 03:02 PM

I am a great fan of any musician who can play the Hurdy Gurdy competently.
Is there anybody in Lincolnshire that would like to show off their skills at Market Rasen Folk Club?
Anybody seriously interested, can PM me with their e-mail address and telephone number and I will get back to them.
Many thanks

Feel free to use this thread for general discussion on the Hurdy Gurdy.

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Sooz
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 03:31 PM

Get in touch with English Jon.
Why didn't you ask me in the first place?

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Rasener
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 03:51 PM

Well Mrs Sooze, it was only when I saw the thread about somebody selling their instruments, that it sparked the imagination off. I remember several people back in Brum about 30 years ago, playing the Hurdy Gurdy and I was very intrigued and fascinated with the sound and the instrument.
Mrs Sooz you have always come up trumps with anybody you have recommended. So who is English Jon and whereabouts does he live?

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Sooz
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 04:22 PM

Send him a pm!

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Dave Swan
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 04:38 PM

Here are the tour dates in England for our friends Pint and Dale. (Pint rhymes with hint)

These are wonderful folks and fine musicians. You won't find a better hurdy gurdy player than Felicia Dale. Go to their show, you'll be glad you did.

D

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Noreen
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 04:59 PM

He lives right here at the Mudcat Café, along with his cat (English Jon's Cat) though I've not seen either of them around for a while.

Not that I've been round here for a while either...

You could also find out, Mr Villan, when Pint and Dale are over this side of the Atlantic and give them a booking- some tremendous hurdy-gurdy work done there!

Just looked up their dates myself and they're at the Hull Shanty fest this weekend! and at Cottingham Folk Club (not a million miles from Market Raisin) on Wednesday, 22 September.

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Rasener
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 04:59 PM

I see that they are on in Cottingham on Sept 22nd I will try and go to that.
Thanks for that Dave


Mrs Sooze is this a wind up - do I know him - Les goes off thinking suspisciously !!!!

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Rasener
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 05:01 PM

Sorry Noreen, you posted as I did

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Noreen
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 05:02 PM

(Great minds think alike, Mr Swan!)

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Noreen
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 05:09 PM

:0)

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Dave Swan
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 05:42 PM

Indeed!

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 19 Aug 04 - 06:54 PM

Sooz, is that the guy who appeared at EJB about 6mths ago..young guy who played hurdy-gurdy, fiddle etc as well as singing?.

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Sooz
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 04:10 AM

Yes - the very one! It was last November actually but time passes quicker as we get older!

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: GUEST,Jess A
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 09:51 AM

how come the spelling changed from hurdy gurdy to hurdy girdy? or am I misinformed about the correct spelling?

btw English Jon is, by the description of him, Jon Loomes. Book him! a very fine musician with crazy taste in trousers (unless you've stopped wearing the parachute pants Jon?) I tried to find his website to link in but www.jonloomes.com doesn't seem to have a page attached to it yet...

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Sooz
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 09:58 AM

Jess A - the parachute pants were borrowed at Whitby last year because Jon had no clean ones of his own. I believe things returned to normal when the laundry was done!

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: Rasener
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 10:57 AM

Thats strange I thought I posted as Hurdy Gurdy. Who changed the title?

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: SarahNash
Date: 20 Aug 04 - 11:16 AM

English Jon was at Sidmouth, and his website has broken. I guess that means his email has too. My boyfriend has his phone number if there's a way of getting personal details to me that I can forward on.

BFB

Subject: RE: Hurdy Girdy musicians in Lincolnshire
From: English Jon
Date: 21 Aug 04 - 06:12 AM

Book Pint and Dale - that's my advice! Fantastic stuff, and they are both lovely too - I have a contact for them somewhere if you want it.

And there is nothing wrong with my trousers!!!!

Another chap you might want to hear is Phillip G. Martin - He is a great player, lives in Kent, does a lot of French trad. stuff.

Cheers

EJ

(Oi! Noreen! open the bleedin'tin!!!!) EJC