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STRAWBSWEBNEWS - SEPTEMBER 2011, PART 2
Sent by Dick Greener, 9 Sep 2011
Hi everyone
Some more Strawbswebnews - additional electric dates added, a couple of stray Acoustic gigs and a big pre-Christmas bash with Steeleye Span at the Barbican on 19 Dec.
DICK
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Contents
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* UK Dates Acoustic/Electric
* Acoustic
* Electric
* A Wassailing We Will Go - Barbican, Dec 19
Steeleye Span with Acoustic Strawbs/Martin Carthy
* 19 Rupert Street
* Drumming up support - Hud's gig list
* Additional date for Craig & Willoughby
* To the Manor Born
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UK DATES ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC
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Acoustic
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A couple of dates slotted in after the band's return from the month long US/Canada tour with the Zombies. Details, maps etc. to follow shortly.
Wed 19 Oct - The Jam House, Birmingham
Thu 20 Oct - The Pop Factory, Porth
Electric
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A few more dates added into the schedule for the electric band, including a quick jaunt out to Tel Aviv in the middle of the UK dates.
Wed 2 Nov - The Duchess, York
Thu 3 Nov - The Ferry, Glasgow,
Fri 4 Nov - Queens Hall, Edinburgh
Sat 5 Nov - Green Hotel, Kinross
NEW - Sun 6 Nov - Buck Hotel, Reeth
Wed 9 Nov - The Borderline, London
NEW - Thu 10 Nov - The Musician, Leicester
[CANCELLED] NEW - Fri 11 Nov - Jooks@Victoria Hotel, Worthing
[DG - this gig has been pulled; those with tickets held over from the previously cancelled Acoustic gig should keep their tickets and apply for a refund]
NEW - Tue 15 Nov - Reading 3 Club, Tel Aviv
Wed 23 Nov - The Brook, Southampton
Thu 24 Nov - Robin 2, Bilston
NEW - Fri 25 Nov - Quay Theatre, Sudbury
Details, maps etc page to follow shortly.
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A WASSAILING WE WILL GO - BARBICAN, DEC 19
STEELEYE SPAN WITH ACOUSTIC STRAWBS/MARTIN CARTHY
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Mon 19 Dec - The Barbican, London - with Steeleye Span
This promises to be a stellar gig - Steeleye, now a six piece band again with the addition of Pete Zorn and Julian Littman to replace the departing Ken Nicol, joining long-term Spanners Prior, Knight, Kemp and Genockey, to revisit their classic 1974 album Now We Are Six, with Acoustic Strawbs and Martin Carthy as the icing on the cake.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=12516
7.30 showtime.
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19 RUPERT STREET
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For Sandy Denny fans, this unique recording is released on 19 Sept - you can get it from www.witchwoodrecords.co.uk or good online/offline record stores everywhere.
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DRUMMING UP SUPPORT - HUD'S GIG LIST
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Here is Hud's up-to-date gig list with ** before the latest additions/amendments as usual.
SEPTEMBER
10th The Crown, Colham Green Rd, Hillingdon UB8 3QH
THE GOOD OLD BOYS
16th The Catherine of Aragon, 2 Station Road, West Byfleet KT14 6DR THE GOOD OLD BOYS
**18th The Red Lion, Isleworth. 92 94 Linkfield Rd. TW7 6QJ. 3pm start THE GOOD OLD BOYS
23rd General Elliot, St Johns Rd, Uxbridge UB8 2UR
THE GOOD OLD BOYS
24th Barnhall Soc Club, Alderney Gdns, Wickford SS11 7NL THE GOOD OLD BOYS
OCTOBER
29th The Sportsman, 2 Scots Hill, Croxley Green, WD3 3AD THE GOOD OLD BOYS
NOVEMBER
11th The Golden Lion, 111 High St, London Colney AL2 1RG. tel 01727 826596 THE ALI MAC BAND
18th Hayes Working Men's Club, Pump lane, Hayes UB3 3N
THE GOOD OLD BOYS
24th The Riverside Club, 6 Laleham Rd, Staines TW18 2DX
BEAKY'S BAND
25th General Elliot, St Johns Rd, Uxbridge UB8 2UR
BEAKY'S BAND
DECEMBER
**9th VENUE CHANGED - now at The Cathryn of Aragon,2 Station Rd, West Byfleet KT14 6DR THE GOOD OLD BOYS
**16th The General Elliot. Saint Johns Rd. Uxbridge UB8 2UR THE GOOD OLD BOYS
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ADDITIONAL DATE FOR CRAIG & WILLOUGHBY
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Nov.4th. DENHOLM FOLK FESTIVAL, BORDERS, TD9, SCOTLAND...01450 870664
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TO THE MANOR BORN
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For those with an interest in recording tech, there's a website devoted to classic studios:
http://www.philsbook.com/1.Buttons/studio-index.htm
For Strawbs fans, of interest particularly is Richard Branson's The Manor - where Two Weeks Last Summer, Deep Cuts and bits of Ghosts were recorded, as well as the King Earl Boogie Band album Trouble At t'Mill (featuring Lambert, produced by Cousins).
http://www.philsbook.com/manor.html
Also of interest:
Air Studios (From the Witchwood)
Morgan & Island (Grave New World)
Sarm Studios (rehearsal/audition for John Hawken)
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DICK GREENER
STRAWBSWEB- www.strawbsweb.co.uk
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