Last updated 23/10/2007
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Well here we are back again after a long time away.....Sadly I had a disaster with a hard drive and lost all record of how to access the web site!!! So after many months away this site is now live!! I will endevour to keep the site updated with as much information as is possible. Contact me at lacnick@tiscali.co.uk
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The Club meets each Thursday
The format of the club consists of Open Mike and when we have a guest spot they take to the stage at 10pm.
The Club now boasts a new PA system:-
Yamaha EMX 312SC mixer/amp. This is a very flexible unit comprising 2 separate 200w amps which can be configured as stereo to the main speakers, or as two mono amps with one driving the main speakers and the other driving the monitors.
Yamaha AX12 speakers. they're 8ohm with speakon connectors, 150 watts per cab.
Mics ....3 Shure PG58's
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18th Oct.... Open Mike
25th Oct.... Open Mic - Elvis Presley theme night!
1st Nov.... Open Mic + John Montague with The High Sierras
Americana, EasyFeeling, Roots n Blues
8th Nov.... Open Mike
15th Nov.... Open Mike
22nd Nov.... Open Mike
29th Nov.... Open Mic + Sensible Shoes
Sensible Shoes are a trio of girls who present traditional tunes, humour and story-telling. Voices to die for!! We hosted Sensible Shoes in the clubs
infancy and are very pleased to see their return.
6th Dec.... Open Mike
20th Dec.... Open Mic + Roger and Frank (RAF) + Nigel Beck
Roger and Frank, AKA RAF, have been stalwarts of the club for many years. They blend a mix of popular covers with their own self penned songs.
Roger is a singer with a powerful voice and a stage presence that has been well honed over some five years or so and since he partnered
up with Frank, a guitarist with stunning fretboard skills, they have both produced a unique sound.
Watch out for the song "Eddie Stobart"....
for my money this should have been adopted by the well known transport company long ago!
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Nigel Beck is a Leicestershire based 6 & 12 string fingerstyle acoustic guitar player. His main influences are Leo Kottke,
Pierre Bensusan, Antonio Forcione and Eric Roche. He has a love for the propulsive flowing nature of Leo kottke's playing and Pierre Bensusan's beautifully
crafted music with its classical/jazz/celtic feel are a delight. Antonio Forcione and Eric Roche also inspire him with their imagination and flair
for composition and style. These are but a few of the many players Nigel admires and learns from.
The last 12 months have seen Nigel return to performing
in acoustic clubs - in fact anywhere where they'll have him and thus hoping this year to put himself on the acoustic map. A CD is in the pipeline but
being a perfectionist takes time!!
Nigel says "If you're ever at any of my performances please come & say
hello!"
3rd Jan 2008.... Open Mike
10th Jan.... Open Mike
17th Jan.... Open Mike
24th Jan.... Open Mic + Sally Barker
Sally Barker (born September 19, 1959 in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England) is an English folk singer and songwriter known for her solo work
and as a founding member of The Poozies. Barker began writing songs and performing music at age 10, after being inspired by seeing English folk-pop
singer Mary Hopkin on television. Her influences are varied, and include Bessie Smith, Bonnie Raitt, John Martyn and Aretha Franklin. Barker worked
initially as half of a duo called Sally And Chris with bass player Chris Watson, performing folk and blues in pubs and clubs in the English midlands.
Later the duo went on to support Steeleye Span and Gordon Giltrap.
After winning the Kendal Songsearch Competition in 1986, Barker began touring in a support capacity to acts such as Fairport Convention, Taj Mahal,
Richard Thompson, and Roy Harper. Her self-titled first album “Sally Barker” was well received and contained cover versions of songs previously featured
in her live act. Her second release, "This Rhythm Is Mine", showed the ongoing development of her maturing musical potential, and in 1990, she opened for
both Bob Dylan and Robert Plant in Germany. The album also receivied a U.S. release on Ryko's Hannibal label.
In 1990 Barker helped formed a group called The Poozies, playing a mixture of cajun, folk, blues, country and rock. The line-up featured harpist Mary
McMaster and Patsy Seddon from Sileas, and Karen Tweed (accordion) who Sally Barker met at a folk festival in Hong Kong. The Poozies have been described
as the "UK's finest all-female outfit" and "Britain’s premiere Celtic roots all-woman supergroup". Barker played with The Poozies until 1996, when she
left to concentrate on family concerns (she has two sons) and solo recordings. Kate Rusby took Sally Barker's place. At one point Sally Barker was unable
to sing for a year due to throat problems, which were eventually solved by the removal of her tonsils. Her 2003 album "Maid in England", which had been in
the making for six years, was muted by the death of her husband through a recurrence of cancer in August of that year.
Sally Baker also appeared on the Show of Hands album Live at the Royal Albert Hall. In 1994 she recorded the song "I Misunderstood" for the CD "The World
Is A Wonderful Place: The Songs Of Richard Thompson". Barker also provided vocals for the 1997 Pete Morton CD "Courage, Love and Grace" and the 1998 Janet
Russell CD "Gathering the Fragments".
In the fall of 2006 Barker reunited with The Poozies for a series of shows, replacing Eilidh Shaw, who celebrated the birth of a daughter in August, 2006.
Sally Barker rejoined The Poozies
after having so much fun touring with the band in autumn last year. The Poozies decided to go for it as a 5 piece band again bringing back memories of the
original line up, as per the BBC
‘The Shetland Sessions”.
The Poozies now have the luscious singing of Sally Barker & the glorious fiddle of Eilidh Shaw at the same time.
Onwards and upwards!
31st Jan.... Open Mike
7th Feb.... Open Mike
14th Feb.... Open Mike
21st Feb.... Dan Britton
Dan Britton is a dynamic singer-songwriter with an amazing power in live performance.
He blends US West Coast, hints of celtic and country, roots and rock into his own unique style. Go and see Dan perform solo, with his band,
in duo with Chris Conway or with the traditional Irish band Govannen, you'll come out a fan.
He has played guitar for Jackie Leven, Bob Cheevers and Cathy Lesurf ('The best guitarist I've worked with since Simon Nicol.') He has
released several nationally acclaimed albums.
A passionate performer, his powerful voice and stage presence immediately attracts attention.
28th Feb.... Open Mike
