Friday May 9th 2025
A sunny weekend found us with several regulars on holiday, taking advantage of pensioner friendly rates. This was a shame as they missed a treat as we had Andy Connally as our guest from over the Mersey.
Fred managed to give all the floor spots 2 each as foreplay to the main event (even himself and the missus!)
I’m not going through all the floor spots, but I must mention Mike, who’s set of “Last of the Widows” and “Aragon Mill” were simply outstanding.
We’ve seen Andy several times with his band “Wet The Tea”, but it was a different experience hearing him solo.
The best thing we have done for a long while at the club was ditching the PA. Andy’s songs are very personal, and the intimate atmosphere without microphones etc enhanced the sentiments immeasurably.
Andy played flute, whistle and mandola (? -I’m not big on 8 string stuff). Surely a sign of a misspent youth; he’d be inside practising on instruments when he should have been outside with his mates getting pissed on cheap cider, nicking cars and joyriding.
If you missed him, you get a second chance as he’s at Warbie’s on June 10th. He finished the night with “Every step to Clare Island”. When I got up this morning and checked the news to see if Trump was dead yet, the song was still rolling round my brain. I bet I’ve just implanted it in yours now – it’ll be with you all day.
Thanks to Andy for such a memorable evening – I’m sure we’ll be seeing him again.
Singers’ night next week, 7.30. The week after (23rd), we have Brian and Sue Race down from Co. Durham who will be doing about half an hour for us.
Rhyl Folk Club 
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