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Pete Atkin
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Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« : 23.09.08 at 09:51 » |
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The admirable Russ Chandler has kindly asked me to return to the scene of my desperately late arrival last time. Four and a half hours from Bristol was more than I had been expecting, but I shall make a suitably generous further allowance this time. Hope to see some of you there.
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Gerry Smith
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #1: 23.09.08 at 15:35 » |
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Excellent news. Nothing doing in the meantime, maybe Eastbourne (if it's back in business after the fire)?
Do The Shrinks ever play on territory outside the Bristol area? I have yet to see them and what with the price of whisky and diesel these days...
Gerry
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naomi
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #2: 24.09.08 at 00:00 » |
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See you at Walthamstow, folks !
(Book/turn up early to avoid disappointment: last time a couple of friends of mine couldn't get in ...)
Naomi
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Bogus Trumper
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #3: 24.09.08 at 14:34 » |
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Can you delay it a few months? I am not due to come to UK till April! 
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Pete Atkin
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #4: 25.09.08 at 11:21 » |
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Oh dear, Bogus, that seems to imply that I'm unlikely to get another gig between January and April at least....
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Bogus Trumper
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #5: 25.09.08 at 19:41 » |
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on 25.09.08 at 11:21, Pete Atkin wrote:| Oh dear, Bogus, that seems to imply that I'm unlikely to get another gig between January and April at least.... |
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well, I was figuring if I gave you a specific date and location you could arrange a gig there.
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Pete Atkin
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #6: 25.09.08 at 23:01 » |
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The thing is, I don't organise the gigs. I've rarely - if ever - been known to turn one down, but someone needs to ask me. I ain't expensive, so by all means lobby your favoured venue.
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Seán Kelly
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #7: 29.09.08 at 08:51 » |
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on 23.09.08 at 09:51, Pete Atkin wrote:| The admirable Russ Chandler has kindly asked me to return |
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I always did like that Russ Chandler - and now here's another reason - well done Russ! 
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Kevin Sheils
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #8: 28.10.08 at 18:56 » |
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Hi Sean and others, looking forward to seeing you all again.
We don't "normally" do advance tickets but I'll have a word with Russ and make a decision about Pete's night.
Will let you all know via here and on our website.
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Russ Chandler
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #9: 25.11.08 at 22:06 » |
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Hi All
Just to let you know that there are advance tickets available for this evening.
You can get them online from http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=299795&interface=
They cost £8 each.
Please note that seating is limited and possession of a ticket does not guarantee you a seat so you'll still do well to arrive in plenty of time for the 7:30 kick off.
We'll see you there!
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Pete Atkin
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #10: 02.01.09 at 16:00 » |
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I won't make any rash promises, but if anyone who's coming has any particular requests I will both do my best and be grateful for a bit of warning. (Send me a personal message if you'd prefer.)
I'm thinking of not bringing a keyboard this time, i.e. doing the whole thing on guitar, which may mean I'll have a go at transferring across one or two of the more usually piano-type things, just to keep it interesting. Ish.
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Gerry Smith
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #11: 04.01.09 at 14:34 » |
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This is certainly a new angle. Born of artistic or practical considerations?
Gerry
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Pete Atkin
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #12: 04.01.09 at 15:42 » |
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None of the above, really, Gerry. You could say - if you liked - that all that getting up and sitting down between songs just gets teejus given the oldness of the codger. (Now that's a reference to a long-unrecalled record that made a great impression on me as a tad when heard on the wireless.) And anyway it's not that new an angle, surely, is it?!
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Ian Chippett
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #13: 04.01.09 at 16:14 » |
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Here's a challenge: how about doing Thirty Year Man on the guitar? Do wonders for the old technique. Shan't be there to hear it alas but would be intrigued to read the reviews.
Ian C
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Richard Bleksley
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #14: 04.01.09 at 17:13 » |
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on 04.01.09 at 15:42, Pete Atkin wrote:| None of the above, really, Gerry. You could say - if you liked - that all that getting up and sitting down between songs just gets teejus given the oldness of the codger. (Now that's a reference to a long-unrecalled record that made a great impression on me as a tad when heard on the wireless.) |
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Ah! Now there's another memory dredged up from the depths. Here's another old codger who remembers it. I assume the record you mean, Pete, is the one that goes (in part) like this:
Hound dawg howlin', so forlorn
He's the laziest dawg that ever was born
He's howling 'cause he's settin' on a thorn
Just too doggone tired to move over...
And the reason I recall it is that my father had it on a 78. I can still recite the lyrics almost word-perfect (one of those childhood memories that stay with you). For all I know my mother may still have it stashed away somewhere.
The title: Life gets (gits?) teejus, don't it? The artist, I can't remember.
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Kevin Cryan
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #15: 04.01.09 at 20:03 » |
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on 04.01.09 at 17:13, Richard Bleksley wrote:
The title: Life gets (gits?) teejus, don't it? The artist, I can't remember. |
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It was Hank Williams Sr, who sometimes recorded gospel songs, talking blues and such like under the pseudonym "Luke the Drifter"
Kevin Cryan
PS. Here is version by the late June Carter.
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Richard Whiting
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #16: 05.01.09 at 00:11 » |
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For people of a certain age, the version that they'll know best was by Peter Lind Hayes...it was a regular on Children's Favourites in the 50s and 60s. You can find it on YouTube.
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Pete Atkin
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #17: 05.01.09 at 10:04 » |
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Yes, it's the Peter Lind Hayes version I remember hearing. I remember liking the way the last line of each verse doesn't rhyme with anything although the ear kind of expects it to. And I liked the sound of his voice too - although the Carson Robison version, which I don't recall ever hearing before (also on YouTube), is much better performed IMO, despite the odd almost-classical-sounding fiddle.
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Kevin Cryan
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #18: 05.01.09 at 16:08 » |
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on 05.01.09 at 10:04, Pete Atkin wrote:| ....... I remember liking the way the last line of each verse doesn't rhyme with anything although the ear kind of expects it to. ...... |
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Many older talking blues songs I know of work in that way. Johnny Cash's A Boy Named Sue and Bob Dylan's, Woody Guthrie influenced, Talking World War III Blues are two rather good examples that spring readily to mind.
Kevin Cryan
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Richard Whiting
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Re: Walthamstow Folk Club - 11th January 2009
« Reply #19: 05.01.09 at 20:59 » |
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Whilst I reckon this thread has been hi-jacked enough already, may I put in a word for Loudon Wainwright's 'Talkin New Bob Dylan' on his History album? At one point, LW was touted as the new Bob Dylan, and he even won a couple of sound-alike contests. Huh, I bet Bob hasn't got as many famous kids as Loudon has!
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