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Re: Re: more music biog
- Subject: Re: Re: more music biog
- From: philip_rush@ye...fsnet.co.uk
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:02:31 +0100 (CET)
Around that time I played fiddle with the Oyster Band - or most of them,I
don't
remember John Jones being there - who were very friendly chaps. This was
at a
New Year's Eve party in Rodborough. I got the impression that the whole
hit single
thing was rather an embarrassment, which, to be fair, the Oyster Band
weren't. They
were from Kent of course, well of course because of the oysters, and I
never really
knew why Ian Kearey gave it up and how he got to be a part of the Blue
Aeroplanes.
That's my story.
They made a great album called Twenty Tie Slackeners or something with
loads of
the tunes we all used to play around that time; very rough and effective,
with no
vocals, and I have no idea where my copy actually is.
Philip
Message date : Oct 31 2003, 07:42 PM
> From : Paul Vallis <paulvallis@ho...com>
> To : blueplanes@st...net
> Copy to :
> Subject : Re: [Blueplanes] more music biog
> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>
> <P>I think most, if not all of the Oyster Band, which Kearey was a
> member
of for a long time (and they are still going in his absence)
actually played
on it. If memory serves the singer was one Cathy LeSurf, who had
been in the
Albion Band for a while. I saw here appear as a guest at a
couple of&
nbsp;Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festivals back in the 80's, doing the
guest-
female-singer-to-sing-some-of-Sandy-Denny's-songs spot. Luckily for
me, and
probably everybody else there, they didn't play it.</P>
> <P>"Awful folk nonsense" is one of the kindest things I've ever heard
> said about
that record. It was truly dreadful, and probably ensured that the UK
would
probably have to wait another generation for a folk revival to
happen. Quite
how it actually got to number 3 in the charts, which is higher than
virtually any other
"folk" single I can bring to mind (unless you count Mull of Kintyre as a
folk song, oh,
and Ralph McTell's Streets of London, and Peter, Paul and Mary - actually
there are
a few, but I think that the argument still just about holds up!), is a
mystery we could
discuss for ages. But probably can't be ars*d.</P>
> <P>PV1<BR><BR></P></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>From: "Roger Morford" <R_MORFORD@HO...COM>
> <DIV></DIV>Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net
> <DIV></DIV>To: blueplanes@st...net
> <DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] more music biog
> <DIV></DIV>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:54:22 +0000
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>Back to the Blue Aeroplanes for a second.. just been reading
> an
interstic article on one-hit wonders in todays Guardian G2 section. anyone
remember
Fiddlers Dram who had a No1 hit with Day Trip to Bangor in 1979 (awful
folk
nonsence)? Well the bass player on that particular waxing was the BA's own
Ian
Kearey..
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>There you go fact fans...
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>Have a great weekend
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>Roj
> <DIV></DIV>>From: "Paul Vallis" <PAULVALLIS@HO...COM>
> <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net
> <DIV></DIV>>To: blueplanes@st...net
> <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] more music biog
> <DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:59:27 +0000
> <DIV></DIV>>
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