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11 Nov 04 - 11:22 AM (#1323347) Subject: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay I'm starting an occasional American Old Time session tonight in the Three Horseshoes, Doncaster on the old North Bridge, just North of the river. The landlord, Barry, is a keen musician and loves live music in his pub, having several other sessions during the week. I've contacted a number of interested musicians, and we should have a good evening. There could be at least one major surprise player. If you want to give it a go, bring a suitable instrument (guitar, 5-string banjo, fiddle, mandolin, acoustic bass - absolutely no percussion of any sort). If you don't know the tunes, they always get played enough times to get close to them, unlike boring British tunes which have to be stopped after three times through to stop the musicians falling asleep (runs for cover....) Start time - after 8.30 Cheers Ray (Chairman of Foaotmad) |
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11 Nov 04 - 11:54 AM (#1323364) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Sooz Getting ready for Gainsborough in February? |
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11 Nov 04 - 01:48 PM (#1323488) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay I certainly am, Sooz - we've got a good line up coming, with Alan Jabbour, Gandydancer, Ulf Jagfors, Doctor Proctor, and the Hen House Allstars. Fine fiddle and banjo workshops and some insight from Ulf into how the banjo came from Africa. More later. Ray |
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11 Nov 04 - 02:18 PM (#1323524) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: greg stephens I'm interested in your ban on percussion for this session. I agree entirely on the necessity of shooting people with bodhrans and weird contraptions made out of bundles of firewood bought on stalls at Sidmouth. And there can be no more repellent object at a session than a lagerphone/zobstick decorated with tassels on the top and an old boot nailed to the bottom. Well, there can actually,the bearded social worker owner thrashing it on the floor. But actually, I think if you were to have a close listen and look at oldtime recordings and archival film, you will find a splendid range of washboards,spoons, cloggers, triangles etc....and the world would be a poorer place without them. So what is the answer to this dilemma? |
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11 Nov 04 - 02:29 PM (#1323540) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: GUEST,cookieless Nickp Ray...... you forgot to tell me early enough!!!! |
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11 Nov 04 - 02:54 PM (#1323573) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: oombanjo Ray. I am on my grandsons computer as i do grandad duties on Thursdays, this on being the 11th, any other night or weekend I could get over best of luck. oombanjo. |
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11 Nov 04 - 03:23 PM (#1323635) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Geoff the Duck Setting off in a minute. Shame we didn't know sooner or might have been able to do a deal with number 1 son to babysit, so unfortunately I'll be alone this time. Quack!! Geoff. |
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11 Nov 04 - 06:42 PM (#1323928) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Mrs.Duck OK you've had him long enough send him home now :0) |
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11 Nov 04 - 07:52 PM (#1323995) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Greg - I know there are some nice percussion bits on some of the good old recordings, but when someone bashes something in a session, it usually leads to no-one being able to hear the best players, and turns the tune into mud. Having said that, I do enjoy a good dancer adding some sound occasionally. Well - it was a fine session. Geoff the Duck, Banjo Flower and me were the mudcat contingent. The surprise musician was in fact Dave Bing the West Virginia fiddle player who's giving a fiddle workshop in Gainsborough this weekend - what a player, on a gorgeous fiddle he made himself. Keith Johnson, one of the instigators of Foaotmad and Dave's landlord was there with his banjo, as were the band of the Bootleggers Appalachian dance team from Scunthorpe. Sorry Nick, next time we have a thursday session I'll try and give people a little more warning - we didn't decide to do it till wednesday! Cheers Ray |
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11 Nov 04 - 07:58 PM (#1323999) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Banjo-Flower Thanks for inviting myself and the other Bootlegger musicians we really enjoyed ourselves Gerry |
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12 Nov 04 - 08:18 AM (#1324456) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: GUEST,MC Fat Glad to hear it went well Ray give the fat bloke's regards to Barry |
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12 Nov 04 - 06:05 PM (#1325035) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Tig If I can't bring ANY of my toys I don't want to come to your session anyway!!!!!! Some of us percussionists appreciate the finer points of NOT drowning out people - obviously you only know the noisy ones. |
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18 Nov 04 - 08:14 PM (#1331694) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Well, it was such a good session we're having another next Thursday, 18th Nov in the three horseshoes. We won't have Dave Bing, but we'll do our bestest to play some good Old Time music. Jim - I'll pass on your regards to Barry. Maybe people who needed more notice might make it this time, Jane! Ray |
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19 Nov 04 - 02:34 PM (#1332626) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Geoff the Duck We're going to have childminding problems on Thursdays as No1 son has changed his work shift. It will make it difficult if not impossible for more than one of us to get to any of these sessions. Quack! GtD. |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:12 PM (#1332924) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: GUEST,Guest Percussionist is this another name for a rap bodrahn player |
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19 Nov 04 - 07:57 PM (#1332966) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Could be if I knew what you meant! Ray |
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20 Nov 04 - 02:12 PM (#1333771) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Mrs.Duck Bit confused Ray - which Thursday are we talking about? Unfortunately it is unlikely that I will be able to get there but hopefully Geoff might make it again. |
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20 Nov 04 - 06:48 PM (#1334002) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay It's this thursday, Jane - 25th november. Sorry we may not see you as well as Geoff. Cheers Ray |
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24 Nov 04 - 06:12 PM (#1338165) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Last time someone left a tuner which Barry the landlord is holding - you can get it it back if you come tonight (thursday from 8.30). Cheers Ray |
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25 Nov 04 - 03:23 PM (#1339051) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Mrs.Duck Both full of cold so neither of us venturing South tonight. Maybe next time. Its possible tuner is ours but will check. |
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25 Nov 04 - 05:35 PM (#1339158) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Banjo-Flower Hope you had a great night Ray sorry I could 'nt be there(but you know the reason why) Gerry |
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25 Nov 04 - 08:02 PM (#1339260) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay It was a good 'un, Gerry - only 4 of us (Phil, Geoff, Keith & me), with 2 fiddles, 2 banjos, guitar and mandolin, but the music was fine, and landlord and customers bought us appreciative drinks! Next one (the last before christmas) will be in two weeks - December 9th. Hope Geoff & Jane's colds are better long before then. Cheers Ray |
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06 Dec 04 - 05:27 AM (#1348641) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Next session will be this thursday. Cheers Ray |
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07 Dec 04 - 08:04 AM (#1349786) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay And like all old time sessions it'll be very refreshing. Cheers Ray |
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07 Dec 04 - 03:04 PM (#1350181) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Geoff the Duck Not sure how we are for availability this week. I could do with getting there to recover my electronic tuner before life gets too busy with Christmas stuff. We'll have to see how things go! Quack! GtD. |
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08 Dec 04 - 07:48 AM (#1350847) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay This'll be our last session before Christmas, and possibly one on 6th Jan. After that we probably won't have one till after the Gainsborough festival on Feb 11,12,13. I'll be touring most of January with Tom, Brad and Alice and Debby McClatchy - I'll be starting a thread on that shortly. Cheers Ray |
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09 Dec 04 - 11:50 AM (#1352056) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Geoff the Duck I'll hopefully be down for this session. If not I'll have to make other arrangements to collect my tuner. Quack!! GtD. |
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09 Dec 04 - 12:03 PM (#1352066) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay See you tonight, Geoff -hopefully. Cheers Ray |
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09 Dec 04 - 07:34 PM (#1352436) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay It was a good one. Guitar player Geoff was poorly with flu but a guy called Terry who'd been teaching guitar all day at the college wandered in and joined us - just the job. We had Phil on fiddle and mandolin, BanjoFlower on mandola, Geoff The Duck on banjo and fiddle, and me on banjo and fiddle. Next one'll be in the new year sometime. Cheers Ray |
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09 Dec 04 - 07:57 PM (#1352457) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Guy Wolff Hope to get to this next year.Have a great time with Debbie and gang ! . All the best , guy |
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10 Dec 04 - 03:19 AM (#1352673) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: GUEST,Greycap Folks, Sorry couldn't make it last night, was tied up with a burglary insurance claim and simply couldn't get away in time, Roger Knowles |
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10 Dec 04 - 03:46 AM (#1352688) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay OK, Roger - I assumed it was the fog on the A1 as reported by Geoff the Duck. Cheers Ray |
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15 Jun 05 - 06:27 AM (#1501400) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Thought I'd better retrieve this from Max's dustbin! Cheers Ray |
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15 Jun 05 - 06:47 AM (#1501413) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Paco Rabanne Have a good one Ray. Me and my shiny new Octave Mandolin will pop along soon. Can't come on the 16th. |
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15 Jun 05 - 07:37 AM (#1501446) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Hand-Pulled Boy Are you becoming a true 'Folkie' Ted? |
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15 Jun 05 - 06:20 PM (#1502003) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: oombanjo I thought it was a shiny Octive mandola Ted, or was it just Ola Let us know when the next do is on Ray, once Beverley is over it's free time until Hugh's do. |
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16 Jun 05 - 07:27 PM (#1502603) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay It was a good session -Doug Chadwick brought his fiddle over from Grimsby, Banjo Flower brought his mandola, Phantom Phidler phidled, Geoff Levoguer was solid on guitar. Excellent. We'll have another in maybe a couple of weeks. Cheers Ray |
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17 Jun 05 - 07:04 AM (#1502881) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: English Jon bugger. missed it. and me in belle vue. bah! EJ |
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18 Jun 05 - 05:28 AM (#1503547) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: FantomPhiddler Was a great session thoroughly enjoyed by all. Surprise appearance of Doug! Great to have you there Doug (don't forget the cap :-) ) Looking forward to next time FantomPhiddler (with a double D Ray :-) ) see ya's all wednesday |
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20 Oct 05 - 08:49 PM (#1587407) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Well it's happening again - 8pm Thursday 27th October, we'll be having another Old Time session in the Three Horseshoes, Doncaster. Barry The Banjo Playing Landlord has retired and is now living on a barge, but the new man (who's name I haven't learned yet) is just as keen to have sessions in his pub. In a few weeks we're hoping to have Dave Bing (West Virginia fiddler extraordinaire) at a session, so we're getting together next Thursday for a bit of a warm-up, and see how many tunes we can get together. Cheers Ray |
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21 Oct 05 - 06:07 AM (#1587618) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay I wonder if the Ducks'll have flown home by then? |
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21 Oct 05 - 02:44 PM (#1587909) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: nickp Not affected by bird flu one must hope. Nick |
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25 Oct 05 - 08:01 AM (#1590396) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay What a nice pub the Three Horseshoes is - at last night's Irish session the landlord brought us in a large plate of chips and bread and butter. I suppose the manufacture of chip butties is one way of shutting up a bunch of musicians. Jim who plays uillean pipes said he fancied coming to the Old Time jam, but promised to leave his pipes at home. He's a lovely player but... Cheers Ray |
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26 Oct 05 - 05:36 PM (#1591178) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Unfortunately we've had to postpone tomorrow's session - we're putting it back a fortnight, due to unexpected commitments by some of the perpetrators. Ah well, at least I'll get to the Sheffield Folk Festival old time jam in the Bath Hotel on friday. Ray |
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26 Oct 05 - 06:37 PM (#1591229) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Guy Wolff Good news about putting the session back cause the Ducks are comming to my house tonight in Litchfield Connecticut USA . I doubt they would have been home in time for this session. At least I can ask Geoff all about it and hear how great it's group is !! All the best , Guy Wolff |
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26 Oct 05 - 07:09 PM (#1591258) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Thanks, Guy - Give my regards to Geoff & Jane and have a great time. Ray |
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02 Nov 05 - 08:41 PM (#1596083) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay We're having a session in the Three Horseshoes on Thursday 10th Nov. at 8 pm. Alan Green's coming down from near Berwick-on-Tweed - one of the UKs best old time fiddlers. I'm working on Dave Bing being there from West Virginia - I'll see him this weekend. The Bootleggers band from Scunthorpe should be there as well. It's got all the makings of a good 'un. Cheers Ray |
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03 Nov 05 - 03:39 PM (#1596679) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: oombanjo Hi Ray are you going to be at Gainsborough 11/12/13? and do you know of any old time fiddlers around the Hull Beverley area, as Linda and Hazel are interasted in getting some old time songs together for Sewerby next year. Cheers Oombanjo. |
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03 Nov 05 - 07:11 PM (#1596857) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Yes, John, I'll be at Gainsborough for the intermediate fiddle class with Dave Bing - I assume you're doing the Diane Jones banjo class? I'm afraid Sheelagh's the only OT fiddler I know in East Yorkshire! Linda and Hazel should maybe listen to Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens recordings to get a good feel of ladies singing old time. Are you thinking of coming to the session? Cheers Ray |
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04 Nov 05 - 07:21 AM (#1597181) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay I've just spoken to Dave Bing, and he'll be at the session. It's going to be great! Ray |
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04 Nov 05 - 12:10 PM (#1597378) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Mrs.Duck Geoff will definitely be there and so will I if son will babysit. Maybe Linda and Hazel might come. I am trying to get some old time songs under my belt too and not just the Oh Brother soundtrack ones although I enjoy doing them. I listen to Kate Lisseur and Debbie McClatchy but would welcome ideas of other singers to listen to. |
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04 Nov 05 - 04:17 PM (#1597564) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Guy Wolff Lilly May Ledford of the Coon Creek Girls has a great CD out . Everything On music from Clarence Tom Ashleys can be played for the female voice. I try to get you some of these .. More soon G |
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04 Nov 05 - 07:09 PM (#1597660) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Jane - Great that Geoff and hopefully you will be there. I think there's a good chance that Diane Jones'll be there as well - she's Dwight Diller's replacement banjo teacher at the Gainsborough workshops. She plays with the Reed Island Rounders with Betty Vornbrock and Billy Cornette, and I know she enjoys sessions much more than Dwight ever did - Dwight could never stand to see people thrashing about and misusing technique, which is half the fun of sessions. See my post after Oombanjo's in this thread for my recommendations on old time women singers. Carl Jones and Beverly Smith are great too, as is Guy's Lily May Ledford. Cheers Ray |
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08 Nov 05 - 03:20 PM (#1600146) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Geoff the Duck It looks like we can both make it, Ray. Looking forward to some good old times... See you on Thursday! Quack! Geoff. |
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09 Nov 05 - 05:19 AM (#1600513) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: GUEST,BanjoRay Excellent, Geoff & Jane - see you there. Ray |
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07 Dec 05 - 07:16 PM (#1622289) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Well, we're going to have a pre-Christmas Old Time session, usual place, usual time on Thursday 15th Dec, So get out your straw hats and bib overalls, and.... Get your banjo off the wall, grab your fiddle, Bill; Hitch the horses to the sleigh, we're going up Sugar Hill Cheers and yahoooo! Ray |
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08 Dec 05 - 06:01 AM (#1622567) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Peter K (Fionn) Is "usual place" the Three Horseshoes? What time on 15th? |
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08 Dec 05 - 08:06 AM (#1622619) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Hi Fionn - about 8pm till late. Cheers Ray |
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08 Dec 05 - 02:56 PM (#1623028) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Doug Chadwick I can't make it this time Ray. I'll be busy sorting Christmas cards for the Scouts' Christmas Post next Thursday. It's a pity because I really enjoy the Old Time session. I'll look forward to the next one. DC |
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12 Dec 05 - 07:37 PM (#1625994) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay A reminder - Get some refreshment at the JAM on thursday 15th, Three Horseshoes, 8pm Cheers Ray |
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13 Dec 05 - 08:00 AM (#1626272) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: Geoff the Duck Hopefully we will both be able to make it to the session again. Quack! Geoff. |
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13 Dec 05 - 06:31 PM (#1626752) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: GUEST,BanjoRay Excellent, Geoff - no American stars this time, so we can do our own stuff. See you there Ray |
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14 Dec 05 - 05:54 PM (#1627475) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: BanjoRay Final refresh before the session. I think I'll take my fiddle as well as my banjo, just to annoy everyone. Cheers Ray |
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15 Dec 05 - 12:12 PM (#1627930) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: GUEST,GtD. I'll bring my kazoo just in case you've missed annoying anyone!1 Quack!!! GtD. |
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15 Dec 05 - 01:17 PM (#1628017) Subject: RE: Doncaster Old Time From: GUEST,Fantom Phiddler I will be there... not sure if banjo flower can make it but will give him a call later... looking forward to it... was thinking of bringing the double bass but I have to drop off a car full of horny women for their girls night out at a night club on the way out.. (I may be a little late getting there hehehe!) see ya's all there... |