I'm setting up an early evening commuter-friendly singaround/acoustic
thing starting at 6.15pm so we commuters can have a couple of hours
and still be home at not-too-late-o'clock.
I've booked the perfect venue: quiet upstairs bar, not too big, not
too small. It's at the north end of Waterloo Bridge so ideal for those
commuting into Waterloo and Charing Cross. Handy for tube lines to
everywhere else. End of The Strand adjacent to Covent Garden/Aldwych.
Bombardier and London Pride on tap. The Pride is excellent.
I will bring a "house" guitar. It's a Yamaha dreadnought - an FG430.
Pretty decent.
It is on Monday 30th November and perhaps more in the new year if
there's enough interest.
Your constructive thoughts more than welcome. But, more than that,
your strong commitment to support it would be excellent!
The Savoy Tup, 2 Strand Street, The Strand WC2R 0BA
Cheers!
Hamish
~8^)
The Savoy Tup, 2 Savoy Street, The Strand WC2R 0BA
~8^/
Wish I could make it. :)
-Raf
--
Misifus-
Rafael Seibert
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafiii
home: http://www.rafandsioux.com
>Hamish wrote:
>> Oops! I did of course mean:
>>
>> The Savoy Tup, 2 Savoy Street, The Strand WC2R 0BA
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>> ~8^/
>
>
>Wish I could make it. :)
>
> -Raf
If you *can* make it, David's pub in Mayfair has a room upstairs we
can borrow anytime..
Pete
Great! and you're handling the airfare, right?
> Wish I could make it. :)
Me too, but that's a killer drive from Nebraska.
---
Peter Jorgensen
pejorg2000[at]yahoo.com
You can hear some of my music at
http://www.soundclick.com/pejorg2000
- IF YOU DARE!
I remember reading -- not that long ago, I think (but my memory isn't
to be trusted) -- about plans to build a transAtlantic tunnel. Can't
recall if it was going to be for trains only, or if one would be able
to drive a car.
Of course, I get nervous (if I allow myself to think about it) when I
drive through tunnels under smallish rivers like the St. Lawrence or
the Fraser. I'm not sure I'd be able to maintain control over my
thoughts if I were under the ocean for hours.
In any case, flying is generally cheaper -- if exponentially more
uncomfortable and inconvenient -- for those longish trips, unless
you've got several people sharing the cost of gas.
I wish I could make it too. I'm not sure whether Texas is closer than
London from where I am: both are far. I *may* try for an East Coast
gathering sometime though.
--
Darryl
You might find that the Pacific-Northwest gathering is a bit closer.
There's an old joke (Canadian) that goes something like this.
A father in London, England calls his brother in Vancouver, BC, and says:
"My daughter has applied to a university in Canada and she will be
flying into Montreal next week. If I give you the flight number, can
you pick her up at the airport?"
The Vancouver brother replied:
"You pick her up. You're closer."
I haven't actually measured the distances involved (or even looked
them up), but if London isn't closer to me than Washington and Oregon,
it sure isn't much farther away.
It takes me about 50 hours of driving to get to Vancouver, BC from my
house. I made it to Gulfport, MS in about 28 hours of driving a week
or so after Katrina, and Texas can't be *that* much farther down the road.
So East Coast is closest, then Texas, then either London or the
Pacific Northwest...
--
Darryl
Reminder: this coming Monday!!!
Unfortunately, Monday night is the only night i get out with the
guitar to The Waltzing Weasel, Hayfield.
( Who'll come a Waltzing Weasel with me ? )
Hate to think of you sat there on your own Hamish, but it really is
too far from Manchester, even on the lovely french owned Virgin
Pendelino.
cliff
Isn't waltzing your weasel a euphemism for....
John
Dunno, but I lost my virginity to a girl from Hayfield...
This is what we need - more music from Brits about places. The
Americans have a long history of writing songs about moments in time,
and a lot of them are centred on places. We don't seem to do that.
Pete
That's why Thomo wrote Vincent Black Lightnin', to paint a
mythological landscape of a British Motorcycle riding up to Box Hill,
and Del McCoury, someone i happen to like a lot, had to go and ruin it
by changing Boxhill, ancient site of Arthurian legend,
to.....Knoxville.........duh!....
c.
That tune reminds me of an open mic we used to frequent when I lived in
Boulder. The guy who MC'd the event would always go first and would
always start out with Vincent Black Lightning. He couldn't play it
properly and pretty much made a travesty out of it. I wanted to tell him
to let me do the playing and he could do the singing, but that probably
would have hurt his feelings so I never said anything.
John
Until now.
--
ha
shut up and play your guitar
http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
http://hankalrich.com/
If you don't confront Suck when you find it, it tends to
remain in motion.
--
Les Cargill
> John Sorell <j.sorel...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Cliff <clif...@ntlworld.com> wrote in
>> news:105ee5db-2f7f-4ed9-8a68-a2072ae5aeb9
Wow. Sorry. You really should have learned the correct fingerpicking
rhythm. At least you didn't try to do Beeswing.
John
It's been a while, but we used to have Del's nephew hanging around here.
c.
Hmmm...reminds me of an interesting time at a company do involving a
broom cupboard and a girl from Knocksville...:-)
Pete
Knocksvillle? Was she named Ethyl?
--
Les Cargill
Did you take her by her golden curls and I drag her round and around,
Throwing her into the river that flows through Knocksville town ?
Cliff Louvin.
Well, that was fun. A very good evening. We'll be doing it again on
Monday 11th January, from 6.15 until as late (or not-late!) as you
like.
--
Hamish
Have you posted this up on ukmg? I reckon a couple of
acoustically-minded folk would be very interested.
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> >> The Savoy Tup, 2 Savoy Street, The Strand WC2R 0BA
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> >> Cheers!
>
> >> Hamish
>
> >> ~8^)
>
> > Well, that was fun. A very good evening. We'll be doing it again on
> > Monday 11th January, from 6.15 until as late (or not-late!) as you
> > like.
>
> > --
> > Hamish
>
> Have you posted this up on ukmg? I reckon a couple of
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Yes I have. There were no responses. Although we had a good turn-out,
I'm pretty sure none came via ukmg, rmmga or ukmf. Of course you'd be
more than welcome, Jon, should you manage to be this far south on the
11th... I'll even buy you a pint!
I only drink gallons.
Seriously, I'll be in Leeds on that day, but thanks for the invitation!
Refresh!!!
~8^)