The little room in the Belvedere is becoming cosier an cosier as the following grows and the potential is becoming apparent.
There were thirteen singers yesterday --Valentines day , and Mathew gave a song about a bunch of Valentine flowers which were ill received , never heard it before and it was sooo funny in both content and delivery, Yvonne's song about a sheep rustler of yore was a great number which I would love to learn! Perhaps she would let me have the lyrics if i'm nice to her??
Liverpool organic brewery's delicious "Stygian" was for me , beer of the day and I had a few.
Colin gave us the " Errant apprentice" a rhyme/song which is liberally larded with clever and hilarious word play and unlikely pairings about a jealous suitor's fight with a usurping Turkish gentleman. We all have experience of that condition!!?
I tried a song lurking in the one of the murkier cupboards of my memory and with the help of the gathered congregation managed to stumble through it with clouds of dust flying about my ears!
Danny gave a couple of shanties and a Liverpool special set great singalong stuff. and John did "Here's to you my rambling boy" Very evocative!
We are going to do a little rehearsal with guitar , mandolin and whistle next week to see what breaks cover! I'm looking forward to that , I hate playing alone on the Mandy , it seems so hollow when you could have the guitar to bounce off and vice versa. Most of the stuff will probably be in 'G or 'D no surprises there Eh??
See you next week??
Hi Mike, I thought the session was one of the very best yet with a fantastic set of songs and tunes. There really is such a good atmosphere which seems to encourage people to pull out all the stops - even the casual visitors were inspired to sing something which made it just such a nice and serendipitous event.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to sing Brian O'Rourke's "Banks of the Rhine" to such an appreciative audience, and it was lovely to feel how that inspired Fred and others to come up with more songs.
Yvonne would love to share the words of her song with you but doesn't know how to send them to you.
I really enjoyed your own songs and tunes too - keep them coming!
Matthew
Thanks Matthew. If its doing this well in the winter think how it will go during the summer? We might have to " take this outside" a few tables and umbrellas . A spot in the Hope street festival with a little stage and an open mike is a natural follow on --- A Belvedere beer festival would bring a lot more interest and a lot of cash as well as the opportunity to sing and play??? (Getting carried away now) Ha! Mummers plays? morris dancers?? The mind boggles;-))
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