Skiffle Madness 5

Subject: Skiffle Madness 5
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 04:48 AM

Yar, SKIFFLE MADNESS 5, The Fifth Free Interplanetary Festival of Skiffle and Related Musics will be held 1.00-5.30pm Sunday 20 February 2005 at the Cabbage Patch, 67 London Road, Twickenham, England. Fab, Fab, bands: Jim McLean Band * The Mounthoolies * Betty Davila and the Acoustic Astronauts * King Street Smith & His Blues Buddies feat. Mayfair Minnie * The Champagne Charlie Band * The Zimmer Boys * The New City Gamblers. FREE EVENT.

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 09:54 AM

Thanks for this, Frank (if it was you, Frank!). I'd been trying to find out when it was. I hope to be there & meet the usual suspects.
RtS

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 03:25 PM

Is this as good as it sounds?

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 05:02 AM

Yes, it has been, for the past five years, an exceptionally good afternoon of music.

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 09:37 AM

Weelittledrummer: This is what I wrote after last year:Usual packed house on Sunday for this. The room, as KSS said had been completely redesigned so the bands played in a sort of pit, the disco dance floor. Somehow the old scuffed and battered room suited skiffle better! Also no draught bitter on so lots of to and fro to the downstairs bar.
    The old scuffed and battered audience (very enthusiastic participation both choral and terpsichorean)also included some youngsters (ie under 40s!)this year, as well as Steve Benbow's Protege ( on cajun rub-board and fez)who last year brought the average age down a whole decade, the Mounthoolies were a young band and The Acoustic Astronauts had a fiddle player who was, I guess about 13 (they also had a diminutive double bass player in Betty Davila who could hardly reach the top of the neck. Regulars Zimmer Boys and King Street Smith were there, too, sadly, Steve Benbow had injured himself on his smallholding so couldn't join the rest of the New City Gamblers.
    As well as playing 'Catters KSS and SBP, Leadfingers and myself were in the audience helping to raise the average age. Plenty of washboards of varying complexity (I took pity on everyone and left the Washboard of Mass Destruction at home)but no washtub or teachest bases. Quite a range of styles, too, all what the US 'catters would call Old Timey.

RtS

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Feb 05 - 05:47 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 01 Feb 05 - 09:36 AM

I'm still hoping to be there (hope they have some bitter on, don't want to keep going downstairs for it!). Hope Steve Benbow is well enough to be among the New City Gamblers.Look forward to seeing King Street Smith, SB's P & Leadfingers again.

RtS
(thank goodness for wrinklies railcard)

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Feb 05 - 09:25 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 09:58 AM

I may be talking to myself (nothing new there then!), but a final refresh I think!

RtS
(aka Thimbles O'Hooligan)

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: PoppaGator
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 12:49 PM

Sounds like fun, but of course there's no way I could possibly attend. I am glad to do what little I can by helping to keep this announcement at or near the top of the list for the next 10 days, until the event happens.

I've been trying to convince my brother to make the trip down from East Anglia for this earthshaking event, but he's ten years younger than I am, and (like me) is an American, so he really doesn't understand the importance of Lonnie and of skiffle in general

Roger, you're the real Thimbles O'Hooligan? I had no idea!

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 06:02 AM

Please note that The Champagne Charlie Band is now not appearing but...all the others are! Oh... and it is FREE!

Subject: RE: Skiffle Madness 5
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 07:18 AM

I'll be the old geezer in the Robert Johnson T-shirt.

RtS