Rhyl Folk Club

A quiet night in terms of numbers, but plenty of entertainment – no Christmas songs, thankfully, as it’s far too early for stuff like that.

When we arrived, Fred said he’d been “humping tables”; he’s uploaded it to YouPorn if you’re interested in that sort of thing.

We had two cracking sets from Dave and Rose. After playing that banjo with the enormous neck, Dave can now scratch his left ankle without bending down.

Terence read Rachel Reeves budget in Gruffalo style, better than the leaked original. A couple of songs from me and the lovely “Hector the Hero” from Lesley, now back on 2 legs.

“Loch Tay Boat Song” from Geoff P and the best version of “Matt Hyland” that you’ll ever hear from Mike.

“Make or Break Harbour” is a Stan Rodgers song about the demise of the fishing industry in Canada, sadly a world wide phenomenon, made worse by the fact that it was written in 1976. Nicely sung and played by Geoff D.

For Lesley, Christmas begins when Alun sings “Bleak Midwinter. For me, it’s when I hurl a roll of Sellotape across the room and tell it to !*!* Off.

Kevin had obviously been listening to his Alarm LP this week, with a selection of their songs. Hopefully he’ll be back next week with “Fairytale in New York”

It’s our Festive bash next week with butties and some raffle prizes that you will be wanting to win. Not to be missed.

On a very sad note, I have to tell you that we lost Chas Jenkins this week, after a long drawn out illness. One of the loveliest human beings I’ve ever been privileged to meet. Chas and Jan had been club members for decades, but their Friday commitment to Rhyl Scouts made it difficult to actually get to the club nights. Thoughts are with Jan.

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