NEWS January 2005
Little brother's had another baby (well, actually, it's his wife Lisa). Called Jessica Claire she was born around 5pm on Wednesday 29th December weighing 7lbs something or other. I've only seen photos so for, but she looks pretty baby-like.
One result of this, is that Paul is 'grounded' until April, so we've borrowed Peter Rophone from Roger the Badger to stand in on bass for us. Peter has already played one show with us (when Paul was off at ante-natal classes), and is also playing in the new Chris & Sue band. Peter is also a great singer & guitar player, so we'll be featuring some of his songs in the Chris & Sue band.
Played some great show towards the end of last year. On Friday 29th & Sunday 31st October we were at the Sheffield Folk Festival. On Friday we played:-
Believe
Wilderness of Eden
Highwayman's Hollow
Danny's Jig
Star of The County Down
Russian Medley
Ace of Spades
Then on Sunday Paul Chisnell got his drum kit out & we were joined by very special guests Ceri Ashton (from Derwenna) on flute & Sue Cain on vocals
Train
Three McMahon's (with Ceri)
Who Knows Where The Time Goes (with Sue)
A Firkin of Mead (with Ceri)
Crazy Man Michael (with Sue & Ceri)
Dusty Hoyland (aka Farwell to Ireland/Dusty Windowsills) (with Ceri)
Devil went down to Georgia
Stirrings Folk magazine made particular mention of Sue's 'outstanding' vocals on the Sandy Denny songs.
Sue & I also hosted the welcome session at the Kelham Island Tavern on Friday early evening. Overall the festival was a great success & we hope to be appearing at the next one, the same time this year!
Then in December, we were asked to appear at the Wombwell Christmas Gala, which involved playing an afternoon show in Wombwell High Street on Saturday 18th December, then supporting Colvin Quarmby in St Michaels' Hall in the evening. Boggarts Breakfast were also appearing in the afternoon, and once again we invited Ceri & Sue to join us.
The afternoon set comprised:-
Fishermans Blues
Losing My Religion
Xmas Drowsy Sleepy Maggie (with Ceri)
Sell Out (with Ceri)
Whole of The Moon
Make Me Smile
Devil Went Down to Georgia
Dusty Hoyland (with Ceri)
A Spaceman Came Traveling
A Fairytale of New York (with Ceri & Sue)
I Believe in Father Christmas
Photos on Chris Treebeard's Flickr site
And in the evening we played:-
Believe
Wilderness of Eden
Highwayman's Hollow
3 McMahons (with Ceri)
Train (with Ceri)
Dun Ringill (with Ceri)
Star of the County Down (with Ceri)
A Firkin of Mead (with Ceri)
Russian Medley (with Ceri on viola)
Fairytale of New York (with Ceri & Sue)
and encored with Devil Went Down to Georgia.
We finished the weekend off with a Sunday night show at the Classic Rock Bar, comprising:-
Fisherman's Blues
Wilderness of Eden
3 McMahons (with Ceri)
Train (with Ceri)
A Firkin of Mead (with Ceri)
Nights in White Satin (with Ceri)
Star of the County Down (with Ceri)
Crazy Man Michael (with Ceri & Sue)
Who Knows Where The Time Goes (with Sue)
Dusty Hoyland (with Ceri)
Believe
Ace of Spades
Russian Medley (with Ceri on viola)
Dun Ringill (with Ceri)
Tam Lin/Sleep Soundly (with Ceri)
Sell Out (with Ceri)
Xmas Drowsy Sleepy Maggie (with Ceri)
Fairytale of New York (with Ceri & Sue)
and encored with I Believe in Father Christmas.
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