There is a law of Irish Sessions, called Mulligan's Uncertainty Principle which states that you can know how to play a tune or know the name of the tune but not both together. Well it certainly seems that way sometimes and I truly envy those who know the name, the tune and the key of every tune.
Last night - the last-Sunday-of-the-month session which is supposed to be a regular booking at the Anchor in Faversham could have been a complete washout as the pub had unkindly booked a local amplified outfit who were doing bad covers when we turned up. Somewhat bedraggled, the small posse met up with Paul Lucas and Sue, visiting from afar and set about finding an alternative venue at very short notice - like 5 minutes. Then we tried to let everyone know. Apparently we hadn't confirmed that we would be going so they got someone else in. Harumph.
Anyway - decamp to the spiritual home of traditional music in Faversham which is the Bear who kindly let us play there. Just one poor barmaid on duty hoping for a quiet night and then we turned up. As someone put it (thanks anonymous) - "the lowest ceilinged, smokiest pub in the whole of christendom" - well, 1st of July will do little for ceiling height, but will have a big impact on the smoke.
The back room filled with musicians by some magical force and the music was glorious. As well as the regulars and Paul, some of the Broadstairs & Ramsgate contingent came as well. So that was Tim Edey and his father; Lucy with the Bodhran; Aaron from the morris; a couple I'd seen before but don't know (box and flute) and a chap with a whistle. All in all it was we agreed a very good and enjoyable session.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment