Last week's session had no theme and the contributions were quite varied as you will see from the usual "selection" link at the bottom of this post. MC, Colin started us off on a theme of leather on willow with The Cricketers Of Hambledon (Bruce Blunt, Peter Warlock).
Geoff followed on with Nowhere Man (Lennon-McCartney) making life very easy for this scribe to find a video. Slightly more difficult to find is Derek's Three Wee Glasgow Molls (Roud 6960). Colin was the only one this time to sing a song I couldn't trace at all which should probably be an embarrassment since Mike clearly knew it and I think Derek may have known it too.
Mike is still wading through his 1988 song list and having reached "I" he started off his contribution with Idlers And Skivers (Keith Marsden). Mike's other Is were I Loved A Lass (Roud 154) and I Can Hew Boys (Dave Dodds). He later went on to "J" with Jones's Ale (Roud 139) before ducking out for the evening.
Simon pointed out that Davey Dodds has recently set up a band called The Porbeagles, and a duo called The Smooth Hounds, both with Cliff Eastabrook, who happens to be a friend of friends of Simon. Davey left a band called Red Jasper in the 1990s and has since been a fly fishing guide and writer, only now returning to music.
There was discussion about traditional folk clubs of the past and the terms they used to describe different singers: are you a Contemptible (contemporary) singer or maybe an Unaccomplished (unaccompanied) one? Apparently contemporary was considered to include any songs written by living persons even if in a traditional style such the aforementioned I Can Hew Boys.
Simon was the first to contribute a Bob Dylan song (definitely contemptible) with Mighty Quinn but wasn't the last, an honour that went to Geoff with Positively 4th Street. In fact Geoff and Simon also matched each other in Paul Simon songs: Geoff with Slip-Slidin' Away and Simon with the topical I Am A Rock ("in a deep and dark December").
Colin harked back to our old friend Phil and one of his popular performances, Plastic Jesus (Ed Rush, George Cromarty). We haven't seen Phil for a while so Colin promised to enquire about him.
Derek amazed as usual. He started to sing Jamie Raeburn' Farewell. Having faltered after just two lines, he declared that the song wasn't in his repertoire and he had no idea why he'd tried to start it. Instead at that point he continued with Huntingtower (Roud 345, Laws O23). That would be quite routine but it didn't finish there. On the next rotation Derek returned to Jamie Raeburn's Farewell (Roud 600), singing it through without even a noticeable hesitation.
Colin finished the evening with a good sing-along: Drunken Sailor (Roud 322).
Here's a selection of songs sung during this session.
(Number of people present - 5, of whom 5 performed)
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