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01 Jun 25 - 06:21 AM (#4223577) Subject: Dave Bryant From: Tito2 Hello Folks, I am trying to collect up any information on the Late Dave Bryant who used to frequent these pages before his demise 20 years ago. I realise many of his cohort will sadly also have departed from these pages too. If anyone has any pictures, sound recordings or dare say it even Video of David it would be greatly appreciated if they could get in touch as a family member i have very little to connect to him and would like to try to build a better picture while i can . Many thanks |
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01 Jun 25 - 06:31 AM (#4223579) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Nick Dow Might be worth contacting Sheila Finn Details are on line. |
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01 Jun 25 - 07:38 AM (#4223583) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Doug Chadwick There are quite a few shots of Dave at the 2004 Eurogather in Barrow on Humber, either in the background or performing with Linda (part 8) and performing alone (part 11) Photos of the 2004 Eurogather at Barrow on Humber DC |
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01 Jun 25 - 07:52 AM (#4223585) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Tito2 Thanks Nick and Doug most appreciated |
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01 Jun 25 - 10:33 AM (#4223593) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Stilly River Sage Dave Bryant posts logged on and a Google search on Dave Bryant + Mudcat.org |
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02 Jun 25 - 12:43 AM (#4223624) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: The Sandman Dave used to call himsel;f jokingly, The Tito Gobbi of the Balls Pond Road. He was very good at getting sing songs going in pubs, etc, The mudcat member Billybob is another who sang with him and would possibly have info. |
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02 Jun 25 - 01:09 AM (#4223625) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: The Sandman Dave was a Gilbert and Sullivan fan, I remember him singingI live in Trafalgar Square Today I've been busy removing And I'm all of a fidgety-fidge My last digs were on the Embankment The third seat from Waterloo Bridge But the cooking and, oh! The attendance Didn't happen to suit me so well So I ordered my man to pack up, and Look out for another hotel He did, and the new place is 'extra', I vow Just wait till I tell you where I'm staying now I live in Trafalgar Square With four lions to guard me Fountains and statues all over the place And the 'Metropole' staring me right in the face I'll own it's a trifle draughty But I look at it this way you see If it's good enough for Nelson It's quite good enough for me The beds ain't so soft as they might be Still the temperature's never too high And it's nice to see swells who are passing Look on you with envious eye And when you wake in the morning To have a good walk for your breakfast And the same for your dinner and tea There's many a swell up in Park Lane tonight Who'd be glad if he only had my appetite When I think of those unlucky bounders The Morgans and Clarence de Clares Who are forced to put up at the 'Cecil' My tenderest sympathy's theirs And to show I'm not selfish or greedy I just tell each aristocrat That I don't mind exchanging apartments Now, I can't say fairer than that But the softheaded sillies won't hear what I say They still go on suffering, while I'm all O.K. Written by CW Murphy in 1902, and performed around that time by Morny Cash in 1908, this song later appeared in the repertoire of Stanley Holloway in the late 1950s. Sources: |
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02 Jun 25 - 06:14 AM (#4223636) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Tito2 Thanks Sandman, Someone did mentioned the Tito Gobbi nickname a while ago to me and I had spotted Billybob clue somewhere too. Now you have put that Trafalgar square song in my head for the first time in a long time, it'll be going around all day now i expect. I can't quite recall the tune to the verse though i'm sure i can find it , the Chorus i remember well. |
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02 Jun 25 - 05:10 PM (#4223662) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: GUEST,Jerry I don’t have any pictures or recordings to share, but we hosted him at our folk club regularly in the 1980s and he was always great value - lively, engaging, with good sense of humour and great fund of songs to draw on. He and a few of us started an impromptu session the day after the Tenterden Folk Day years many back, and thereafter it officially morphed into a weekend festival, or so I like to recall. But yes, Sheila Finn is the one to contact. |
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02 Jun 25 - 06:05 PM (#4223665) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Noreen mudgather barrow2004 Doug’s link above doesn’t seem to work- wonder if my rusty html works? |
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02 Jun 25 - 06:24 PM (#4223667) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Noreen What memories, eh? It must be time for a Mudgather reunion! |
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02 Jun 25 - 06:57 PM (#4223674) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Doug Chadwick Doug’s link above doesn’t seem to work- wonder if my rusty html works? Both my link and Noreen's work for me on my current tablet. I tried them on an older one that I replaced at the end of last year but only Noreen's link worked on that one. Hi Noreen. Great memories indeed. DC |
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02 Jun 25 - 06:59 PM (#4223675) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Tito2 I found both links worked on my computer thanks |
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03 Jun 25 - 06:58 AM (#4223682) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: MaJoC the Filk Bingo! spotted the differences: Doug's link lacks a leading "https://", so some browsers default to adding "http://" unless instructed otherwise. There's also a leading "www.", which was deemed Old News and untrustworthy by the MudElves. Try this version instead, Noreen: https://mudcat.org/photos/events_page.cfm?file_name_sent=2004eurobarrow&part_sent=2 Hope this helps. |
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03 Jun 25 - 07:47 AM (#4223683) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: GUEST,James E Dave Bryant was also the editor of Folk London magazine from some time in the late 1970s till the mid-late 80s, when Sheila Finn took over. I can find out the exact dates if it's of interest. The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House has an archive of the magazines. I'm working at putting some of them online but don't hold your breath… |
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03 Jun 25 - 08:21 AM (#4223687) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Tito2 Thanks, I am in contact with Sheila |
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03 Jun 25 - 02:55 PM (#4223702) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: Tattie Bogle I only know him from Sidmouth Folk Festival and The Middle Bar Singers. Apart from G & S, I do recall him doing a very rousing rendition of Sweeney Todd the Barber. And I think he wrote the parody of the Beatles’ Yesterday, which I think is on this site somewhere. I do have a couple of photos of him, so will pm the OP. |
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05 Jun 25 - 04:59 PM (#4223794) Subject: RE: Dave Bryant From: GUEST Yes Tattie there are a couple on the middle bar singers Facebook page |