He fairly put a shift in, didn’t he? He founded the Chieftains in 1962! I saw them twice, in 1972 in Belfast and 2005 at Merlefest in North Carolina. I saw the news of his demise on WeBanjo3’s Facebook page and […]

On my 60th birthday I split my role, got a new guy in to work full time, and cut my hours to 3 days a week. I enjoyed that enormously but within 2 years it became apparent that due to Company expansion my role […]

All sounds good. My mates who went to Shrewsbury were very taken with Band of Burns. Did you see them?

Tom T. Hall has checked out aged 85. He was a prolific Country songwriter Biggest hit Harper Valley PTA. My favourite of his is That’s How I Got To Memphis often performed by Buddy Miller

I started University in 1973. The College bar sold bitter at 13p and Mild at 11p. What marvellous times they were

I remember the occasion, probably 1979, when my older Brother took the train up to Newcastle. I […]

Mrs B and I spent our first night away from home since Allen Valleys Folk Fest in late Sept 2019 when we attended the As You Like It festival in the last week of July. As it happens I got an email on the last […]

I’d have put money on minellials being Liza Minelli fans

HEARD:
Last months Bandcamp Friday offerings were a great success. I spent a significant proportion of my undistinguished career in tunnelling and was intrigued to discover the the British Tunnelling Society had […]

It has come to my attention that some people do not know why we call an egg roll an ‘egg banjo’.
Let me educate you.
You’re welcome. x pic.twitter.com/d7pMJkAYy6

— Nigel Price (@Nigethejazzer) April 21, 2021

The Free piano parts were played by Andy Fraser, were they not? He certainly performed at the piano when they played My Brother Jake on TOTP, without a bass player

and very late 😉 He died in November 2020

That Shadows & Light gig is wonderful. Hattie Whitehead really impressive in the Joni role

Joe’s 1976 album Stingray is one of my all time faves of all time mate! The band is great – Steve Gadd, Gordon Edwards, Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale and Richard Tee, but Joe’s singing is absolutely fantastic. […]

Folk At The Barlow. Based in Edgworth, formerly known as Bromley Cross Folk Club. I volunteered to be the Booker for 2021, had the whole thing wrapped by the end of Jan 2020. Didn’t work out so well! Luckily we’ve […]

I watched the Delfest stream last year which was mostly highlights of previous years. Leftover Salmon, who I’ve never previously encountered, performed Neil Young’s Harvest album in sequence. I thought it was […]

I’m not overly bothered at the imminent 2-shows a night, cabaret seating gigs. As it happens I booked Belshazzar’s Feast to appear at our Folk club in September so don’t need to rush to see them at the Met. I have […]

Plodding along in semi-rural Lancs, staying close to home. Over lockdown my walking & running mileage has been more than half of my car mileage. We both got our 2nd vaccination last week which feels good. Looking […]

I didn’t explain my thinking very well earlier. I’m not expecting an election, and was using the post-war election as an example of how, once the prevailing hardship eases, the public stop giving the […]

From today’s UK newspaper headlines I’m really starting to think his number is up. Now the vaccine rollout is taking hold and the cautious roadmap is playing out nicely people might be wondering what do we need […]

Sorry I just noticed Vincent posted about Ralph Shuckett’s demise 3 days before me

2 very talented guys, stalwarts ofthe 70s west coast scene. Ralph Shuckett who played on Carole King’s Tapestry (Smackwater Jack) and later was a member of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia has died in the last few days, […]