Children in Need 2022

The very first Pudsey bear and logo, used in 1985

It was good to have four singers at last week's Dragon Folk Club Session. Bob J and Sue once again joined us. It's good to see them becoming regulars and we hope you will join us. They are regulars at "Folk at Frampton Cotterell", which clashes with us on a Friday night, but is a monthly event, so they are still able to join us most weeks.

That makes us realise that there are three monthly folk-type events on Friday nights within a short distance of our venue at The Bridge Inn, Shortwood. We're not looking to poach their people, but if you attend any of them, please consider coming along on one of your free Fridays to see what we do. We don't bite and you might even enjoy yourself and become a regular while still attending your current venue just like Bob and Sue. The three monthly events in question are:

• Folk at Frampton Cotterell
• Downend Folk & Roots
• Pucklechurch Open Mic

It was Bob who started the ball rolling with John D Loudermilk's Angela Jones. Sue opened her account with a self-penned song called Recycled Teenager.

Simon pointed out that it was the evening of Children in Need, which Maggie S used to mark with a "children" themed session. He therefore made his first few songs somewhat child connected with: Morningtown ride (Malvina Reynolds), Bare necessities (Terry Gilkyson), Lily the Pink (John Gorman, Mike McGear, Roger McGough), amd When I'm five (David Bowie).

Colin's first song of the evening was Cyril Tawney's Grey Funnel Line.

Understandably not in the "a selection" playlist is Sue's own song, Ukulele, a version of Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah.

Colin asked me to check the origin of a song he sang: 2 day's Monday. It was indeed written by John Gorman, Mike McGear and Roger McGough and recorded by them as the band The Scaffold. You will note this was their second outing of the evening.

By now we were down to two in the session, but we sang on steadfastly.

Colin sang Ring of Fire, which we know from the singing of Johnny Cash. It was in fact written by his wife June Carter Cash together with Merle Kilgore and was first recorded by his sister-in-law Anita Carter. If you listen to the version linked here you will see there is quite a difference between their performances.

It also fell to Colin to close the evening which he did by singing No John No (roud 146).

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

(Number of people present - 4 of whom 4 performed)