The lonely singer

(Photo: Simon Meeds)

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

Last week's session was unfortunate in two ways. First and most importantly Jan N, an excellent performer, singer and guitarist, turned up slightly early to The Bridge Inn and because of a misunderstanding was turned away by the landlady. We have been trying to get Jan to come down to the Dragon Folk Club for several years and for this to happen is awful. There is a lesson to be learnt. We must tell newcomers, if it isn't obvious how to find us in the pool room, or if we aren't there yet, please tell the staff you are there for the Dragon Folk Club.

That unfortunate incident led to the second... Simon, who was due to be MC for the evening, was on his own. He sang some songs to himself before calling it a night at about 10pm. This leads to the philosophical quote above. Did he really sing? Trust me, he did, and he sang some songs he hadn't previous sung in public... errr, well he still hasn't really, so you'll have to take my word for that as well. Let's call it a practise session.

All of the songs he sang are in the linked playlist (see "a selection" below) except one. It was written about Simon by our friend Richard Gillion - The dodgy Doombar.

Let's hope for more people next week. In theory there should be at least three of us. We'll be able to raise the roof anyway, so why not come along to sing, play, recite or even just to listen (I'm sure we'll get you singing along to choruses) and we can absolutely smash those roof tiles.

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

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