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31 Dec 20 - 02:57 AM (#4085792) Subject: John Kirkpatrick MBE From: GUEST,Trevor Great news that dancer, singer, composer, innovator and squeezer supreme John Kirkpatrick has been awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours. Well deserved and not a minute before time. Congratulations John! |
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31 Dec 20 - 02:59 AM (#4085793) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Trevor Oh yes - I do still have a cookie! |
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31 Dec 20 - 03:08 AM (#4085795) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Rusty Dobro Now a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The only thing missing is the British Empire...... |
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31 Dec 20 - 04:10 AM (#4085799) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: GUEST,Nick Dow Congratulations! Could not have been given to a nicer and more talented man. Nick and Mally |
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31 Dec 20 - 04:53 AM (#4085808) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: The Sandman Congratulations , however a cheque fgr 1000pounds might be more useful, there is no empire left. |
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31 Dec 20 - 06:41 AM (#4085811) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: gillymor I'm only familiar with him through his work with Richard Thompson but he is something special. |
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31 Dec 20 - 06:58 AM (#4085813) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: SPB-Cooperator Gillymor, name anyone in the UK folk scene, and John K has probably played with hem at one time or other. |
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31 Dec 20 - 07:08 AM (#4085815) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Dave Hanson Top job, well deserved. Dave H |
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31 Dec 20 - 07:37 AM (#4085826) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: The Sandman point taken, spb , but here we go, nick dow,johnny collins,the wilson family show of hands, paul downess,jim mageean,anne lister, tom paley.peggy seeger,grant baynham,brian peters?, sorry spb you are talking squit, however john k desrves it |
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31 Dec 20 - 07:39 AM (#4085830) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Tattie Bogle Great, but it should be SIR John Kirkpatrick, IMHO! A knighthood, no less! |
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31 Dec 20 - 08:36 AM (#4085840) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: gillymor I guess I'm way more familiar with him than I realized. He is god according to a concertina playing buddy of mine. |
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31 Dec 20 - 08:51 AM (#4085841) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Steve Gardham JK is a talented unassuming, hard-working member of the scene and I'm sure he would be the first to claim he is receiving this on behalf of all the other hard-working people therein. Well deserved and very welcome. Congratulations, John! Also we should be grateful for small mercies, i.e., it's good to see a deserving soldier getting a gong when so many are simply buying them. |
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31 Dec 20 - 09:34 AM (#4085844) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Richard Mellish Some say that "MBE" stands for My Bloody Effort. John K has certainly expended a great deal of effort and the honour is richly deserved. |
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31 Dec 20 - 09:55 AM (#4085846) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Mr Red A Notsominor Deity |
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31 Dec 20 - 10:18 AM (#4085851) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Mo the caller Good teacher too. I've enjoyed his accordion lessons at Whitby FF |
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31 Dec 20 - 10:51 AM (#4085859) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Tattie Bogle I have often done his Big Festival band workshop at Sidmouth, and loved it: great tunes and arrangements and such energy! As for the British Empire: for several years we were in the Sidmouth Conservative Club, where he taught against a backdrop of a blue sparkly curtain! |
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31 Dec 20 - 11:28 AM (#4085866) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Steve Shaw Grand. He was always a favourite at the long-gone Tree Inn Folk Club in Stratton, Bude. Yep, a major contributor to the nation's culture gets an MBE, whilst a skinny bloke who drives impractical cars (that he doesn't pay for) very fast gets a knighthood. Funny old world, eh? |
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31 Dec 20 - 11:33 AM (#4085867) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: Steve Shaw My uncle up in Manchester once took us to his Conservative Club (cheap beer). We sat all evening under a massive framed photo of Maggie Thatcher, and on the opposite wall were similar-sized pics of Churchill and the queer old dean. Sadly, there was no John Kirkpatrick there to leaven the bread! |
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31 Dec 20 - 12:25 PM (#4085876) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: SPB-Cooperator Dick, in the Umps and Dumps sleeve notes it says that he plays with anybody. Didn't realise that he has not been recognised for his contribution to the arts earlier. |
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31 Dec 20 - 12:29 PM (#4085877) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: SPB-Cooperator I have always thought the OBE - other buggers' efforts, MBE many buggers' efforts. |
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31 Dec 20 - 12:31 PM (#4085879) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: The Sandman he plays with anybody is not the same as he plays with everybody, he is excellenT and deserves his MBE |
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31 Dec 20 - 12:36 PM (#4085880) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: The Sandman Neither does it mean name anyone in the UK folk scene, and John K has probably played with hem at one time or other.! quote of course he is good enough to play with anyone |
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31 Dec 20 - 12:46 PM (#4085883) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: The Sandman for the sake of accuracy and particularly people in the usa John Kirkpatrick was born in 1947 in Chiswick, west London.[1] As a child he sang in the choir and played piano. In 1959 he joined the Hammersmith Morris Men, in the second week of their existence, beginning a career-long love of folk music. In 1970 he became a regular at a folk club in the Roebuck pub in Tottenham Court Road and led the resident group, Dingle's Chillybom Band. The club hosted a film show of Morris dancing and Ashley Hutchings turned up. It was the beginning of a long musical relationship. In 1972 John recorded his first solo album Jump at the Sun which included Richard Thompson on acoustic guitar.[2] In Shropshire In 1973 Kirkpatrick moved to Shropshire and married Sue Harris. After seeing a dance team called Gloucestershire Old Spot Morris Dancers, he formed Shropshire Bedlams to perform local dances in the Border Morris style. In the early weeks some girls turned up and rather than have a mixed morris team, Harris took the girls aside to form Martha Rhoden's Tuppenny Dish; both teams are still flourishing and celebrated their fortieth anniversary in 2015. By this time Kirkpatrick was an expert player of melodeon, Anglo concertina, and button accordion. Ashley Hutchings' project Battle of the Field floundered when the Albion Country Band broke up. They had recorded not quite enough material for an album. Kirkpatrick had appeared on several of the tracks with Martin Carthy and offered to record two extra tracks with his wife in 1973. It was not released until 1976 but is highly regarded[by whom?]. Harris sang and played oboe and hammered dulcimer, an unusual combination. In 1974 Kirkpatrick and Hutchings produced a themed album The Compleat Dancing Master, a history of English country dancing. In 1976 he teamed up with Carthy for Plain Capers, a collection of morris dance tunes. Steeleye Span In 1977 Steeleye Span recruited both Kirkpatrick and Carthy, partly to replace fiddler Peter Knight, Kirkpatrick appearing on the albums Storm Force Ten and Live at Last; in concert with them, he would perform solo morris dances. In the same period, John released two albums as a duo with Sue Harris. John became part of Richard Thompson's backing band in 1978. This brought him such publicity that he was in heavy demand as a session musician. He recorded with Pere Ubu, Viv Stanshall, Jack the Lad, Gerry Rafferty, Maddy Prior and others. In 1980 he released his only single, Jogging Along with My Reindeer. Two more albums with Sue Harris appeared in 1981, but the constant touring, as a duo and as part of other groups, was putting a strain on the marriage. They had four sons together, but parted in the mid eighties. In 1988 he and Sue published Opus Pocus, a collection of many of their own compositions from the previous 20 years, and a selection of some of the (then) more obscure traditional English tunes which had influenced them. Brass Monkey In 1979 Kirkpatrick had appeared in the National Theatre Company's stage show Lark Rise to Candleford together with Carthy and trumpeter Howard Evans. Prior to this the use of brass instruments in English folk music was a rare event, but all three had found it thrilling and a couple of years later formed Brass Monkey with Martin Brinsford from the Old Swan Band. The group is an occasional gathering rather than a fixed company. Roy Bailey, like Leon Rosselson has frequently recorded songs of social commentary, frequently on an anti-war theme. John has made several records with Roy Bailey, as well as in a group called Band of Hope. He recorded with Frankie Armstrong in 1996 and 1997. They share a love of early English ballads. John Kirkpatrick Band In 1997 John decided to front his own "rock-folk" band, and put together a line-up consisting of Graeme Taylor (guitar, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin – ex Gryphon, The Albion Band and Home Service), Mike Gregory (drums, percussion – ex Albion Band, Home Service), Dave Berry (electric bass, double bass, tuba) and Paul Burgess (fiddle, recorders – from the Old Swan Band). They made two albums: a live album "Force of Habit" containing many of John's arrangements of Morris tunes, plus other material from his back catalogue, plus a studio album "Welcome To Hell" featuring new material. As soloist Since 1993 John has recorded seven solo albums. He often unearths obscure English tunes and songs from folk ceremonies. Recently[when?] he has started to explore Balkan and Hungarian dance tunes. He has produced one of the only teaching videos for English (D/G) melodeon, also on DVD. A further teaching resource is his 2003 book of traditional tunes, English Choice, and two accompanying CDs. He has recently[when?] started to perform with accordion wizard Chris Parkinson as the Sultans of Squeeze, and the pair have released one album. He is remarried. One of his sons, Benji Kirkpatrick, is a member of Faustus, a former member of Bellowhead and Magpie Lane, and has recorded as a solo guitarist. He has succeeded his father as a member of Steeleye Span. All four of John's sons do morris dancing. As a composer, choreographer and musical director John has contributed to over 60 plays in the theatre and on radio. |
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31 Dec 20 - 01:58 PM (#4085894) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick From: MoorleyMan HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN - Great guy, great talent... So well deserved! |
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31 Dec 20 - 03:19 PM (#4085910) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Herga Kitty I remember when John K was a founder member of Dingle's folk club, around 50 years ago.... we were all very young, mind you! A smashing bloke and a brilliant box player. Kitty |
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31 Dec 20 - 04:10 PM (#4085916) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Bonzo3legs Saw the John Kirkpatrick Band at Felixstowe Folk Festival on 30 July 1995, and very good they were too. Many congratulations to John! |
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31 Dec 20 - 08:39 PM (#4085950) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: GUEST,Tim Edwards Congratulations to John - so deserved. Quite apart from his song and band achievements ( which are wonderful) he is the very best Morris musician I’ve ever danced to - and I’ve danced to many of the best. |
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01 Jan 21 - 03:54 AM (#4085976) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler If there were a concertina newspaper the headline would be "God gets MBE". Well deserved just for being such a nice person never mind anything else. Robin |
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01 Jan 21 - 06:31 AM (#4086000) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Bonzo3legs And The Gas Almost Works!!! |
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01 Jan 21 - 07:15 AM (#4086012) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler One of my favourites is "The Citroen takes unleaded after all" Robin |
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01 Jan 21 - 12:36 PM (#4086032) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Waddon Pete Welcome news! Congratulations! |
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02 Jan 21 - 08:19 AM (#4086137) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Peter the Squeezer From: SPB-Cooperator I have always thought the OBE - other buggers' efforts, MBE many buggers' efforts. I was told that MBE stood for "Male Bovine Excrement", or to us, B*llsh*t. Doesn't apply in this case, though. Well done JK!! |
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03 Jan 21 - 07:33 PM (#4086342) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Tattie Bogle Just heard today that Fergie Macdonald, great buttonbox player and ceilidh band leader also got an MBE in these latest honours! The sun is definitely shining on the squeezers! |
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04 Jan 21 - 10:03 AM (#4086418) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: GUEST I know him through one of my favorite tracks: "I'll go and 'List For a Sailor" by Morris On . Excellent squeezebox playing, I think Ashley Hutchings on vocals. |
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04 Jan 21 - 01:36 PM (#4086446) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: RTim NO - It is definitely John K. singing "Go and Enlist" on Morris On.... Tim Radford |
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04 Jan 21 - 01:41 PM (#4086447) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: The Sandman john kirkpatrick is a fine singer and musician. I will be polite and say nothing about ashley hutchings |
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04 Jan 21 - 08:06 PM (#4086521) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: GUEST,Guest Come on Dick you're not usually so shy. Do tell all! |
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05 Jan 21 - 12:39 PM (#4086611) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Capo da Monty Well deserved indeed! I had the pleasure and privilege of doing support for John (with the late great Roy Bailey) a while ago. Wonderful musician and great supporter of the Folk scene. Stay safe and well John. CdM |
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06 Jan 21 - 04:35 AM (#4086669) Subject: RE: John Kirkpatrick awarded an MBE From: Mr Red He plays and calls for ceilidhs at the same time - I once travelled 120 miles just to dance at a Mrs Gubbin's Bicycle ceilidh. We made a weekend of it. We wrote excellent dances but he preferred to use the original tune for trad dances. I once queried his 8 couples for "Sir Roger de Coverley" - his reply was "As written" - it was superb - as you would expect. |