The New Fo'c's'le Music Club
meets 8 pm Fridays and is Non Smoking
contact:
Trevor Gilson and Jane Allison, 3
Manchester Rd. Netley Abbey, Southampton SO31 5DB, tel. (01703) 456337.
Fo'c'sle Programme September 1996
6 Si Kahn (USA)
Well respected singer/song-writer
and activist best known over here for
``Aragon Mill" often attributed to ``trad".
His songs are covered by many singers who
wish they had written them.
7 9.30am Saturday workshop with Si Kahn
and Leon Rosselson. Two brilliant songwriters with
very different styles of song share their
methods with you. Compare and contrast
their styles, get some help with developing
your own.
13 Anything Goes
Informal DIY music evening especially
for those who like to participate. Admission
free; optional collection and raffle.
20 Lee Collinson (right) Virtuoso guitarist wih
centuries-wide repertoire and vocals to match. Lee honed his technique
in the fire and flame of rock before realising that his inclinations and
his talents demanded a future in the folk scene with solo guitar and
vocals. His slide guitar in "Purple Pas de Deux" has thrilled audiences
and musicians alike, whilst his collaborations with artists such as
Richard Thompson testify to the regard in which he is held.
27 Anything Goes
Fo'c'sle Programme October 1996
4 Anything Goes: Theme of
food. Try to think of songs vaguely
related to food. If you can't, don't let the
theme limit you - we will come up with a
connection!
11 Jim Couza
Excellent hammer dulcimer player
18 Anything Goes
25 Brian Peters (right)
A multi-instrumentalist who has
distinguished himself playing melodian and
concertina in many styles, Brian accompanies
his own and traditional songs, some from his
native North-West England; his repertoire is
noted for its variety.
Fo'c'sle Programme November 1996
1 Anything Goes
8 Derek Brimstone (below right)
"An excellent all round performer, a great comedian, raconteur and
musician" (Sunday Times).
15 Anything Goes
22 Bing Lyle and Ben Paley
You may have heard Ben playing with Tom Paley last year when he left
fiddlers at the club shouting for more. Now hear him in this
well-matched duo doing much of Bing's own material.
29 Anything Goes
Fo'c'sle Programme December 1996
6 Songwriters' Concert at the Turner Sims The culmination of the
series of workshops held round the region during the autumn. A fantastic
line-up of talent - Ashley Hutchings, Barb Jungr, Roger Watson with
special guest Richard Thompson who will also perform a set of his
own compositions. Special discount price of £7.50 for Fo'c'sle members.
13 Anything in Party Frocks
Time to celebrate the closing of the year. Bring out those songs you
only sing once a year and some snack food or cakes for all to share.
20, 27 & 3 January: closed for the Holidays.
Fo'c'sle Programme January 1997
3 Closed
10 Opening Anything Goes 8pm at the Duke of Wellington, Bugle St.
Bugle St. runs from the back of the old St. Michael's church in the old town
down towards Mayflower Park. The Duke of Wellington is an historic pub about half-way
between the two. There are a number of car parks in the area,
together with on-street parking if any is left.
17 Midnight Flyers Local band destined for greater
things! American Roots (Cajun, Rock 'n' Roll, what-have-you) practically
unplugged.
24 Anything Burns (or otherwise Caledonian)
31 Hilary James & Beryl Marriott with Simon Mayer on Fiddle: tour
preview. One of Britain's finest voices meets the 'Jerry Lee Lewis of
folk music'. Hilary and Simon are half of the Mandolin All-Stars, while
Beryl is known from her tours with Dave Swarbrick and Fairport
Convention. Not one to miss.
Fo'c'sle Programme February 1997
7 Anything Goes
14 Anything Goes in and out of love - or just a song that you
love!
21 John Kirkpatrick Welcome return of ace box man, singer and
songwriter 'squeezing round the Fo'c'sle' by popular demand.
28 Roy Bailey Overdue return of the national folk hero. Roy has
kept his optimism and his now unusual political commitment through
thirty years of the folk revival. (Owing to a booking mix-up, Some
leaflets were distributed with Martin Carthy filling this slot).
Fo'c'sle Programme March 1997
7 Anything Goes
14 Henparty International women's festival concert; followed
by a
Saturday morning 15 March, 10.30am WOMENS WORKSHOP with
Henparty's Sara Morgan (right).
21 Anything Goes
28 Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin The "contemporary Old-Time"
duo who always fill the venue; Jody Plays several stringed instruments
while Kate plays and sings. They recreate the old Appalachian style in a
way that is fresh and always interesting.
Fo'c'sle Programme April 1997
4 Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle (below right)
Famous songwriter/guitarist and
flute/vocalist duo were Jim Lloyd's studio guests on BBC Radio Folk on
Two in January.
11 Anything Goes
18 Winchester Folk Festival
1997
25 Robb Johnson (below left)The Herald of Free Enterprise, Another
Cold Saturday in Hell; controversial but 'familiar, complex,
inventive and downright good' are some of the pimps and pomps thrown at
Robb. Come and hear the 'best played Dobro east of [the] Mississippi
Delta' and make up your own mind.
2 Tom Lewis
sub-mariner extraordinary (left), one of the original Portsmouth Shantymen (their current line-up is still going strong after 18 years) who moved to the States a while ago. Tom is revisiting his old haunts this spring, where he is still remembered by a lot of local people. He now performs a wide variety of material not forgetting the occasional shanty.
9 & 10 Bayou Seco
(right) in
concert Friday followed by Saturday repeat of last year's highly
successful barn dance including Dave Williams & Friends,
this year at Marchwood Village Hall (tickets £4.50 in
advance only - available at the Fo'c'sle on 25 April or ring
Judy Saxby on 01703 866610.
Bayou Seco (Jeannie McCleary and Ken Keppeler with Erik Hofmann) perform a wide range of old American music ranging in origin from Louisiana through Texas.
16 Anything Goes
23 David Jones
Another States-domiciled Britisher, this time from the East-End, with a wide variety of songs ranging from traditional British through Maine to contemporary.
30 Anything May Go
gathering knots. The challenge: sing a NEW song involving May.
Fo'c'sle
Programme
June 1997
6 Roger Watson & Peter Bolton
Roger is the leading light
of TAPS (Traditional Arts Project South)
and you may have heard him and Peter (our own Turner Sims
concert hall manager on folk clarinet) playing together at last December's
Songmakers Concert. Folk with a classical edge. Sample their
Audio clip (800kb; this is a level 2
mpeg file for which the only player available is the
xing for PC, also available from any other winsite mirror on
winsite/win3/sounds/mpgaudio.zip It may
however be decoded (slowly) to .snd using the public domain 'C' sources,
cf simtelnet/msdos/sound/ampeg43.zip).
13 Family Cidlinsky
direct from the Czech Republic (below right). The Cidlinsky parents run a music
school in the Czech Republic and frequently broadcast over there. They are
touring the UK as a family and sing a variety of folk based material
with accompaniments
including banjo and guitar. This is the way that popular music is developing
in the Czech Republic and the rest of Eastern Europe since the fall of
Communism; a meld of the highly rythmic European folk ballad with American and
other Western influences. The performers are highly charismatic and a live show
featuring them is something else.
20 Anything Goes
27 AGM and Anything Goes Farewell for the Summer
Come and voice your opinion about the running of the club and arrange
to see all your friends at the Summer Festivals.
The club is closed for July and August but will re-open
at The Duke of Wellington with an
Anything Goes to the Festivals on September 12 1997.
On September 19 we will meet for one night only at
3 Manchester Road, Netley Abbey while the Duke is swamped by the Boat Show.
There will also be several informal 'get togethers' at members' houses
during the summer - watch this space or inquire at the club
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Trevor Gilson 29 July 1996
Last updated 15 April 1997
Re-submitted in summary form October 1998