Solo

Busker in Oxford (Photo: Simon Meeds)

Colin was ploughing a lonely furrow at last week's Dragon Folk Club session. While we may ask "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" we should probably trust that Colin did indeed sing some songs and he says he may sing some of the same ones this Friday when he hopes there will be someone to hear them.

In fact he did pretty well to sing a total of eleven songs before calling it a night - and presumably draining his glass. I clearly wasn't there, so I may have incorrectly guessed some of the songs he sang, but here goes nothing:

• Caledonia (Dougie MacLean)
• Sinner Man (African traditional)
• Aragon mill (Si Kahn)
• Somebody's grandmother / The Kugelsburg bank (Charlie King, Lu Mitchell)
• The South Medomsley Strike (Tommy Armstrong)
• Preab San Ól (Riocard Bairéad)
• Bucketful of mountain dew (roud 938)
  
• The gaol song (roud 1077)
• The dancing / It's Saturday night at the Adam Smith hall (Andy Shanks, Jim Russell)
• Bruton town (roud 18, laws M32)
• Goldwatch blues (Mick Softley)

Now listen to a selection of songs sung during this session.

(Number of people present - 1 of whom 1 performed)

The need for speed

Fiat S76, The Beast of Turin (Photo: Simon Meeds)

Last week was the final theme-less session until we are well into November. This week's theme is Halloween. The theme is optional but songs, tunes, stories and poems of ghosts and ghouls, witches and wizards, and of course All Saints will be very welcome along with any other tenuous links you can come up with.

So back to last Friday; Colin was MC and started the evening with If It Wasn't For The 'Ouses In Between (Edgar Bateman, George Le Brunn - Roud V35719).