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of folk, roots and acoustic music every Wednesday, 8.30pm in the Miller's Bar, The Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Park, Banbury, Oxon |
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Welcome in the New Year with Time after Time (Kevin Crompton and Bill Bates) |
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CANCELLED DUE TO THE POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS To book a spot ring 01295 709881 |
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(A mixture of contemporary and trad with a lot of fun) |
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with a Haggis, Tatties & Neeps supper (£3 extra) |
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(Folk-rock duo with lots of pedigree) Tom and PJ will be supported by the popular local band One Night Stand, featuring Sheena and DaveyMcCormack and Sandra Shallis. One Night Stand appeared at Banbury Canal Day and at the Folk Festival in2009 and can often be found contributing to the sessions at the Bell at Adderbury. Admission £8/ Concessions £7 |
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(Playing his own material, a few old standards, blended with a bit of blues and jazz) Chris has played regularly at the club and at Banbury Folk Festival and everyone loves his smooth style and his repertoire of 30's and 40's music and classic all-time favourites. Chris was born into a musical family in Banbury in 1951. Chris remembers his youth with affection. "We made our own entertainment, as the saying goes, in those early days!" Most of the family played some sort of instrument. "Mum would start playing the piano, then perhaps my Uncle Cec’, would join in on accordion. And so it would go on. Friends and family would visit to keep the music flowing for a few hours." A cousin introduced Chris to the guitar when he was eleven and sparked an interest that would never fade. "My first guitar, a Selmer 222 acoustic, was borrowed from my cousin Stan. A couple of years later he said the guitar was mine and I cherished it for many years until it became un-playable!" Inevitably school groups were started and to Chris, nothing else really mattered! Chris’s musical interests were developed by studying the stacks of sheet music that was crammed into the old piano stool. After spending nearly 35 years in various pop, rock, dance bands, Chris has come full circle and returned to the 'old piano stool' and for the last ten years, with just Chris and his guitar, has delighted audiences with his interpretation of the songs that inspired him as a youngster. |
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(Comedy folk songs that are almost biographical and more!!) Bill Bates is a unique singer/song writer and a regular performer and MC at the Banbury Folk Club – if you haven’t seen him yet now is your chance! Bill performs comedy folk songs that are almost autobiographical. "I tend to add on bits when it suits the song" he explained, "but I definitely won't let the truth get in the way of a good rhyme or story". Bill has a definite unique and self desecrating style. "I tend to get the audience to laugh at me instead of with me. I think it is a gift" he explained. Bills songs are often about the ordinary things in his life, such as selling his children's toys at a car boot sale to pay his household bills or about disastrous holidays in his little family caravan. However, his most popular comedy song is called “The Mars Bar Party” which is well worth a listen (and perhaps the reason for free Mars Bars?). Bill’s more serious songs will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Last year Bill produced his “Bill Bates Live DVD” which is a great souvenir of Bill – you might even get a free Mars Bar if you ask him! |
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Featuring Sarah & Kathryn Tindall, Jossie Evans & Daniel Gascoigne (A wealth of young talent. Please support our young musicians) Sarah and Kathryn are the two very talented daughters of Paula and Stuart Tindall who collectively, as a family band, have hit the headlines at some of the country’s top folk festivals including Warwick and Banbury. Sarah plays bass guitar, keyboards & treble recorder, Kathryn plays flute, recorder, keyboards & rhythm guitar. They both have stunning voices with superb harmonies. Jossie is another superb guitarist and singer, who has performed at club youth nights in 2007/09 and at the John Dickie Memorial concerts, featuring youth, at the Banbury Canalside Folk Festival in the past few years. Her latest claim to fame was as a support to Fairport Convention at the Party in the Park Concert in Adderbury Church last year. Jossie is now writing her own material. Derek and Mary first spotted Dan in a music session at Bedworth Folk Festival and enjoyed his rendering of Dylan numbers. Dan has been playing guitar for about 4 years and uses a finger picking style on his acoustic Fender. He has played at open mic nights in the Coventry area and is starting to write his own material. All of these are very talented young performers. One can only describe them as absolutely stunning and a great pleasure to see and hear. Come along and support them – they’re the future of our music!” |
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