Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April

Subject: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 04:21 AM

Friday 2nd April

the St Albans 'Windward' Folk-song club

will have as its main guest


Tommy Sands, composer of 'There were Roses' as sung by Cara Dillon and featured on Billy Connolly's Irish leg of his round Britain tour

at the Duke of Marlborough,
Holywell Hill
St Albans
herts

doors open 7.43 start 8.14 -ish

Your support will include

George Papavgeris and Chris Flegg

pm for reservations

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri2nd April
From: Rasener
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 03:49 AM

Breezy can you pm me with contact tel no

Cheers

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 04:11 AM

didnt I just

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 31 Mar 04 - 03:10 AM

reservations now being taken

has anyone been to one of Tommy's gigs?

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri2nd April
From: The Stage Manager
Date: 31 Mar 04 - 01:04 PM

I'll be there Friday......Duke of M?

SM

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 31 Mar 04 - 03:35 PM

Good to hear from you SM

Welcome back

Missed you

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri2nd April
From: The Stage Manager
Date: 31 Mar 04 - 04:01 PM

Breezy, You smooth talking, smarmy git you.

I know your game. You're just wanting to extract more raffle money out of me.

I'm not surprised you wanted to unload that CD I 'won' the other week.

If I agreed to buy another ticket will you agree to take the bloody thing back?   

SM

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 03:45 AM

I'll swap it for you, you know I want everyone to be happy.

But I wont stand in the way of you buying another r t

btw I won the raffle on Monday at Waltham Abbey, do you think they;ll give me a refill if I take the bottle back?
and Christine did too.

I've told Avril she cant sing.

or drink at our club

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: The Stage Manager
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 01:20 PM

Refill?    Might do if you wear your grandad's army shorts again.


SM

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 01:37 PM

and its not free

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: My guru always said
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 05:13 PM

Well - how did it go?

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 06:34 PM

Some of the best floorspots of the season, Fleggy excelled yet once more, the Ref delighted us with "Under English skies" and "Mountains of Morne", Tom and Nigel did very well indeed, Mike Sparks raised Tommy's interest with "13 florins". I did "Circles", "Flowers" and "Emptyhanded" and Breezy finished the spots with a brilliant rendition of Marcus Turner's "The boys are on parade".

As for Tommy Sands - not a dry eye in the house, but there was plenty of laughter too (my personal favorite is his expression about the teeth of a wild dog: "Like the Ten Commandments - mostly broken").

An excellent end to the club's season. Roll on the 27th April (Tuesday), when we have one of my favorite siongwriters: Dan McKinnon.

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 06:53 PM

sign writer or songwriter or a hybrid?

yeah did O k, but I aint going to do it again as it hurts me head as and as knackering as 'Doin' the Manch'

tomorrow the legion for some songs then Sunday for Snodon

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 04:32 AM

Hello everyone, who is on on Sunday?

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: Rasener
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 04:36 AM

Glad it went well.

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: The Stage Manager
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 06:36 AM

My last two outings were El Greco's launch and last night. Don't want to cause any offence to anyone, but frankly I don't see it getting any better.

I can't let Breezy's "The boys are on parade" pass without comment. I agree with El Greco, it was brilliant. However, I think we we all knew it was lurking in there somewhere. It may do his head in, and it may knacker the poor old sod, but I, for one, think he should let that clown mask slip a little bit more often. Last night, for the first time this season, we got a glimpse of the one hell of a folk singer that's lurking beneath.

It couldn't have happened in better company.

SM

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: The Stage Manager
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 06:40 AM

.........And congratulations George for putting the little scrote on the spot so he couldn't wriggle out of it. A brilliant pice of MC ing......

SM

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 06:43 AM

Yeah but, who is playing on Sunday???

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 06:55 AM

Keith Snodon from Hitchin

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 08:16 AM

and 'the little scrote'




Thanks SM

that'll cost you extra raffle tickets.


oo I dont know what to say, then again,


be back on Friday 7th May for more hem at the Duke in St Albns


This morning Tommy came out into town and nicked me pitch, played 3 songs inc M M Shore, a tune, and a new song, which it was my privilege to hear.
It tackles the very delicate subject of accepting foreigners into your community, the reverse of emigration, from an anti-racsist standpoint.
He also played with a Fred Kelly speedipick and seemed O K with it.
He's O K as a busker!
Last seen heading off to Manchester, via Gloucester to talk to a dear old woman about celtic feet!

He is another of the folk world's gentlemen, God speed Tommy.

You who knew of him before know waht I mean.

if you see him, say 'Hello' from St Albans

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 04 Apr 04 - 03:41 AM

Why was Tommy going to visit Celtic's chiropodist? Elucidate please, Breezy.

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 04 Apr 04 - 04:12 AM

Bunions mate, bunions, apparently celtic feet differ in shape from saxon feet, hence advantage for elevation in dance.
Its in the length of the 3rd toe
Have you seen your feet lately????

You'll need to talk to Tommy, I'll get you his No later tonight at the 'Spotlight' folk-song club in
St Albans
at the Royal british Legion , Verulam Road
in the upstairs room

Floor spots availble but advised to get there early, by 8
£3

the main spotter is Keith Snodon

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: GUEST,St.Albans
Date: 19 Apr 04 - 05:36 PM

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 06:10 AM

sorry Guest, didnt hear what you said.

Steve sang one of Tommy's songs last night at Barton ,and did it really well

I've requested that he perform it again this coming Sunday at the Spotlight folk club at the Legion.

Verulam Road St Albans 7.45


main guest is Les Sullivan plus

El gerkino with undrpants

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: Ross
Date: 21 Apr 04 - 03:49 AM

What colour underpants and will they be worn over the trousers?

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 21 Apr 04 - 04:48 AM

your thinking about overpants

This Sunday coming

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: Ross
Date: 21 Apr 04 - 08:19 AM

I was thinking more of Superman - wouldn't George look good in a cape?

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 21 Apr 04 - 02:50 PM

that was Dennis Roosos

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: GUEST, Hamish
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 02:58 AM

...or Demis Themenis?

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: Ross
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 03:36 AM

Yeah - there was was that Greek supergroup with dennis & vangelis & nana

Did'nt they make a cult album called 666 (evidently Dennis's waste size)

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands St Albans Fri 2nd April
From: breezy
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 05:24 AM

Tommy's Brother, Collum is at the Islington Folk club tonight and at the Redbourn club next Thursday.

Be early on Sunday if you can please, as we have a bumper crowd rushing to grab floor spots, so with any luck I wont have to perform and remember its Les Sullivan as the main guest, and another of whose songs should be in every self-respecting folk singers repertoire. As Moses sings 4 of his already I'm already in the that elite bracket.

Have anice day.

btw 13th July, plan/book your visit to Sharps, the singing will be awesome that night.