Friday July19th 2024
Andrew was meant to be back this week, but while most seemed to be struggling to keep cool, he was at home shivering. Probably malaria. Hope you’re on the mend today.
A couple of Davy Steele songs tonight, one from me and one from Mike.
Sam sang “The road to hell”; not the M25 as many think, but the A55 on a Friday in summer. Two in Cymraeg from Rhodri along with another misguided attempt to slag off the English; this time it was their rugby supporters. The club can do without this, thank you.
The Warbies came a few minutes late to avoid my slot. Predictably good sets from the pair, following their sell out tour of Kernow and Ynys Mon. Full marks to thier son Keith for his teapot poem.
Nice to see Rick back, and with a 12 stringer. He had a song called “Stella Blue”, about a guitar much favoured by blues players.
Which brings me to :-
The Blues (part 5)
You can believably sing the blues if you are old and dishevelled, blind, on the run from the police or a mean woman or you shot a man down South. The more of these the better.
You are not convincing if you have all your own teeth, wear a suit and tie (unless that’s all you own), have ISAs and a pension fund or the man you shot down South survived. Colour is irrelevant; Vaughan Gething couldn’t sing the blues, Mike Tyson could.
Annette! How we’ve missed your soft Irish tones. Don’t leave it so long before you visit us again. Last turn of the night was Alun; “Lisa Lan” – you didn’t need to understand the words to know this was a sad, sad song.
Before “South Australia” finale, Alun gave us a sneak preview of what’s to come next week, with Terry Hiscock’s song “Where are you now, sweet Marie”. He made a cracking good job of it – El Tel would have been proud. But you can see and hear the man himself next week, 7.30, only £5 on the door. We’ve booked Terry 3 years consecutively now, and for good reason (no, not that he comes at “mates rates”), simply too good to miss.
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