... Spot the Rangers fan, arf. The only problem with Camper Van B's O Death is that it follows the much better Eye of Fatima. Didn't Robyn Hitchcock do a death...
There's an early ticket on Ebay now, March the 2nd 1968 at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, 'The Incredible String Band (And Dancers)', presumably Mimi and...
... I like the (US) Kaleidoscope's version from their debut album 'Side Trips'. They're a bit Stringy as they featured many weird and wonderful middle-eastern...
... don't bid against one another. ... Band MIKE As a matter of interest, I recently picked up this CD through Amazon, where someone was selling second hand,...
... You don't stick your finger in your ear anyway, you cup your hand around it so that the sound of your voice is caught by your arm and goes up to your ear...
Raymond Greenoaken
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Mar 1, 2004 12:20 pm
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... Ah Paul, many a pint I've downed in 'The Trip' from the time I lived in Nottingham, although I always thought the date was 1189, the accession year of The...
Raymond Greenoaken
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Mar 1, 2004 12:20 pm
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As much of what we'd call American folk has a strong British influence, particularly the old timey Appalacian stuff, where does the history of accompanied...
Raymond Greenoaken
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Mar 1, 2004 12:55 pm
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So, sticking to the idea of melisma as being new iterations of notes on one syllable, I will go for the final chorus of the marvellous 'Bridge Song', where...
Raymond Greenoaken
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Mar 1, 2004 12:55 pm
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... Give the sheepskin back to the sheep, you must mean an anorak, which is the natural coating of the geek. pb ... Not into footy, then, Paul? If you are,...
Raymond Greenoaken
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Mar 1, 2004 12:56 pm
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... I would amend that to The Glad Cadaver if I could. But hold hard youthful Raymond. Wasn't there a movement in pub chains a few years ago towards zany pub...
... Note that Davy Stewart was a Scottish street busker rather than a folk singer, and the McPeakes & S Ennis were Irish. Don't know Jane Turiff. This leaves...
... Was there any tradition of accompanied singing, ballads and the like, in Britain before the 1950s? Other than dance music, which I guess would often be...
... I'm rather partial to the 'All Too Much For Me / Taken Your Burden To The Lord / Let It Shine On' medley from the second addition of 'The Chelsea Sessions'...
... wrote: It also ... Ah but what of O second self O gate of the soft mystery I'll love you if you'll love me Guide me with the gold of Gabriel's wings -...
Yes! Nick was commenting on Mike's singing and I believe Mikes' singing on this version of Baby Goodnight is WONDERful. Diamonds- Shine On! ... Yes! Nick was...
Note that Davy Stewart was a Scottish street busker rather than a folk singer, and the McPeakes & S Ennis were Irish. Don't know Jane Turiff. This leaves the ...
Raymond Greenoaken
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Mar 1, 2004 2:18 pm
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But hold hard youthful Raymond. Wasn't there a movement in pub chains a few years ago towards zany pub names like these (Rat & Parrot, Slug & Lettuce) and...
Raymond Greenoaken
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Mar 1, 2004 3:21 pm
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Was there any tradition of accompanied singing, ballads and the like, in Britain before the 1950s? Other than dance music, which I guess would often be just...
Raymond Greenoaken
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Mar 1, 2004 3:21 pm
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... workplace was ... discovered ... Of ... century, ... Sheffield ... rendered ... Fennel, The ... Strange, ... Whoa Raymond! You are straying into Huge...
... singing together, that flesh-prickling, spine-shivering never-to-be- duplicated combination that is such a core experience of the String faith. The playout...
... that it was ... collective ... Roberts ... played ... but always ... I understand that Cecil Sharp when he was collecting songs in Somerset came across...
... Forgive me if this is a repeat message, but here are a few: The White Bird (good for an early pint) The Old Buccaneer The Flattened Hedgehog The...
Back in the early 70's I hatched a plan (not really a plan, more an obscure thought which refused to disappear) to have a theme pub, well before the advent of...
Jimmy, No doubt, you've already been told that was a CRAP idea. Surely Hard Rope & Silken Twine is a pub name. The Hangmans Beautiful Barmaid I Supped Up I'm...
LOL guys! If we had bars over here with names like those I might get out more. Pardon me we need a compilation of this music as many of us have never heard...
One of my local pubs is called Ye Cracke. Don't know why, did they have crack in olden times? It used to be called the Ruthin Castle. The Castle is about 50...
... I think this proves my point. folkobergruppenfuhrer pb __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. ...
Ok Mon Imagine your granny singing with an Aberdeenshire accent and a smoker's cough: that's Jane Turiff. Imagine a toothless Scots gadgee (old man) singing...
Raymond Greenoaken
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Mar 1, 2004 9:45 pm
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... If Mon or any other Stringfellow is keen on hearing this dismal old claptrap, I could lash together a c90 (not cd) which would be my selection from the 12 ...
