Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]

Subject: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 26 Jul 04 - 09:09 PM

Fiddle Player wanted, to join a band playing traditional folk music, they already have flute player, whistles player etc, but need a fiddler.
I don't have contact details, as i heard this request on Folkwaves, BBC Radio Lincolnshire last night, if your intrested, or know somebodt that is, then ring BBC Radio Lincolnshire, for the bands contact details.
I don't know which band it is, or exactly where they are based, you will have to ring the bbc lincs people to find out proper details.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rasener
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 04:10 AM

Sounds like a job for Oaklet the super fiddler :-)

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 04:35 AM

Oaklet is already playing for a first class Folk trio...."Cara". Doesn't he play well. Be Blessed.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 04:49 AM

For the second time today, I have just blushed.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rasener
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 05:16 AM

Ah such a nice lad :-)

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 06:37 AM

Only the second time, still in bed then Oakley

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rasener
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 07:03 AM

LMAO

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 07:24 AM

This has turned out to be a lovely, lovely thread with lots of me in it.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Noreen
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 07:26 AM

But there's only one of you...

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rasener
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 08:11 AM

Folkwaves comes from Radio Derbyshire. I rang them but they didn't have any info.
There is no point in anybody ringing until Folkwaves is on again next Monday when Kathryn is there.

You can e-mail Kathryn on [e-mail]

or ring Kathryn 01332 616161 live between 7:00pm to 9:00pm next Monday

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 08:37 AM

Thread drift, Villan. Stop it. Anyway - that's enough about me. What about you? What do you really think of me?

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,MR
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 08:37 AM

For Noreen's information:

There are several Oakleys

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rasener
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 08:59 AM

I think you are the best fiddler in the world.

However I have never seen or heard Rosie and Lucy Coggle play, but this Friday they are playing live at Market Rasen Folk Club at Walesby Village Hall, so I will have to reserve judgement :-)

MR has Oaklet got baby oakley welks around then :-)

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 09:16 AM

Then out of his knapsack, he took a fine fiddle
And he played her such a merry tune that the valleys did ring.
"Hark, hark!" cried the fair maid, "Hear the nightingale sing!"

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,MR
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 09:33 AM

Some numbers:

Oakley is 17 short of 1ooo postings to the Mudcat thing. The Cara website www.carasmusic.com is a small number sort of 50,000 hits since February 16th. We are very big in Mongolia, Akansas and Englund.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,scratchybow
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 09:44 AM

I don't know much about lincolnshire fiddle playing but it sounds interesting.

Oaklet have you got any music on line so we can hear you playing ?

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 09:47 AM

No he's not in frigging bed, Raggers, the faithless tart. Be Bopalula.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 09:50 AM

Oakley fanzine merchandise can be purchased from www.oakley.com

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 11:55 AM

Guest Scratchybow. If you go to www.carasmusic.com you can hear snatches of me ruining 4 perfectly lovely tracks of that lovely Ryan Feller and his guitarist - old whatisface. They are only brief vignettes because the full thing would have been far too much for sensitive people.

I wish you'd all stop going about me.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: rumanci
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 12:33 PM

Yes........all of you..........stop going about him
He's having enough trouble keeping clothes on in MC .......if his head gets any bigger there won't be a thing that fits !

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Hand-Pulled Boy
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 12:57 PM

It's not easy being a great bloke all of the time but Mr Oaklet must be doing a fine job. He gets my vote.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Leadfingers
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 01:04 PM

AND he buys lovely speakers

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 01:35 PM

That's why I keep finding orators all round the farm! Oakley, stop telling the nice people that's you on those sound samples, or do I have to mention Sooty's Magic Stylaphone secreted in that violin?

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,Scratchy Bow
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 02:14 PM

Thanks Oakley I enjoyed listening to the sound clips and I can see why you have a good loyal band of supporters.

Congratulations to who ever did your website design, it looks good and is easy to navigate.

Although I enjoyed the celtic music, do you play any Lincolnshire fiddle tunes ?

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 02:43 PM

Hello, oaklet just pm'd me about a good person for this band, he is going to tell them about it [the details etc].

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 02:44 PM

Thanks Scratchy, I must admit that apart from being a duffer at traditional repertoire, I simultaneously manage to combine this feat with being a complete duffer at Lincolnshire fiddle tunes. I'm sure I'd love them but have never encountered any that I know of. What's the best way to hear a selection performed? Are there performing Lincolnshire fiddlers who specialise in trad. Lincoln tunes; are there CDs, tapes or books?

BTW thanks for the comment on the site - I am particularly happy that you enjoyed listening to the short clips.

Are you a Lincolnshire-type performing person perchance?

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rozza
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 03:13 PM

Broadside and the Little Band have performed Lincolnshire tunes- mainly from the Gibbon Manuscript ( a village musician fronm Tealby in the early 19th century). The manuscript was edited and published by Pete Sumner. There are still copies around on festival bookstalls.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 03:20 PM

Oaklet, you only have to reach beyond the jelly to lay your hand on my copy of Gibbon's.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 03:52 PM

And the person who gave it me still resides close to my heart

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,Scratchy Bow
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 06:06 PM

Nope Oakley I reside in fair Cheshire where we have a reasonable amount of local fiddle tunes that are played in sessions hereabouts. I do enjoy english fiddle tunes and was interested to learn anything more about your region and local playing styles.

Thanks Rozza for the reference to the Gibbons Manuscript, which I have not heard of and I will make further investigations to see if I can track down a copy or even find an abc collection lurking somewhere on the superhighway.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 06:20 PM

I expect you can still get The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript from Peter Sumner, but I don't have contact details for him just now. The South Riding Folk Network has a few copies left for sale, I think. See

SRFN: publications

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,Scratchy Bow
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 06:50 PM

Thanks Malcolm. I see that Hobgoblin have it in stock @ £ 12.95.
Will try to get to see a copy before purchasing. I may already have quite a few of the melodies lurking in my abc collection.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 07:47 PM

Thanks for the info, Scratchy Bow and Mr Douglas. I'll try to get hold of a copy.

This is a really, really lovely thread.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 27 Jul 04 - 07:50 PM

Sorry - and Rozza. Thanks Rozza.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 04:35 AM

Oaklette has the loveliest whelks I ever did taste and he can fiddle in front of me any time.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rasener
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 04:54 AM

ROTFL

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: ossonflags
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 05:18 AM

This thread has put years on me.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 05:45 AM

There seemed to be enough fiddles for the Royal Philharmonic at the Friday night of the Eurogathering - they presumably all turned up so they could say that they'd played with (?) the aforementioned, brilliantly talented Oaklet. Surely there must be one or two of them available.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,Scratchy Bow
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 07:05 AM

Where is the Euro Gathering ? Is it some sort of a local session of folk musicians or have I got the wrong end of the stick. Please explain further Dave.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 07:11 AM

Scratch, we held the Eurogathering in Barrow on the wrong weekend in May this year, as it was the UK's turn to hold the presidency. Mooman is hosting next year's Eurogathering in that France on the first weekend in May, and plans are afoot for an expeditionary force to land in Normandy to attend. See the 2005 Eurogathering thread that is somewhere round here. I'll try and find it.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rozza
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 08:11 AM

Peter Sumner disappeared to California some years ago. You might like to look at the Village Music site if you're hunting regional tunes.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 01:00 PM

Scratch - it has to be said that is still some considerable debate raging about the location and the date of the 2005 Eurogathering. Popular opinion is evenly divided. In the one camp is Skipjack and in the other, everyone else.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,Scratchy Bow
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 05:27 PM

Well I think I am now a little nearer to understanding, having read some of the previous posts about this event. Appears to have been an almighty 'cock up' of majestic proportions, or am I wrong. Something to do with a clash of events taking place on the same weekend.

Next thing I learn is that Barrow is not the one in Cumbria but an altogether different place called Barrow Haven. Which I think might be on the Lincolnshire/Yorkshire border. But once again I could be wrong.

Finally, there is a little controversy about the location of Eurogathering 2005, could be in France, there again may not be.

I am right so far or just totally confused ?

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rasener
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 05:31 PM

I think Barrow is in Humberside. But in the old days it would have been Lincolnshire. What the hell. I have had some great artists from there that have played at my club, and have to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. :-)

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 07:05 PM

No Villan. Firmly now back in Lincolnshire after a brief sojourn in Humberside. Even if the Lincolnshire is now the North Lincolnshire unitary authority watered-down sort of Lincolnshire. But I dont't give a fig as I'm from Oldbury, Worcestershire. Or West Midlands as it now is.

Scratchy - I can't equate the Mudcat Eurogathering 2004 with the words Cock Up - instead words like Brilliant, Skipjack, Friends, Fond Memories, Great Events, Music and Responsible Drinking spring more readily to mind.

I highly recommend a trip to France or Upton on Severn next year for the 2005 edition in May or August.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rasener
Date: 29 Jul 04 - 05:08 AM

Oaklet

alroight loik akid.

yow dont tork loik a black cuntry git.

Me I was born in Brummegen and everybody thinks I talk black country.

Why do they do that?

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: GUEST,Scratchy Bow
Date: 29 Jul 04 - 05:10 AM

Do you have any details or a website address that lists what is happening, when and where etc ?

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 30 Jul 04 - 04:54 AM

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 30 Jul 04 - 06:30 AM

Scratch, if you join up as a Mudcat member, and send a Personal Message to mooman, he will tell you all about Euro 2005, which is being held near Niort, half way down the left hand side of France, over the first weekend in May next year.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 30 Jul 04 - 06:36 AM

France?
They use foreign money, eat foreign food and they all drive on the wrong side of the road!

[they all talk in foreign as well]

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 31 Jul 04 - 06:45 AM

Regarding Rosie and Lucy Coggle mentioned on this thread. Watched them perform at Market Rasen Folk Club(Walesby) last evening and have to say they are brilliant. Rosie on the fiddle(if you pardon the expression) Lucy on the Bohdran and Double Bass(or cello..I don't know the difference)...Not long left school but talented and confident. I have a feeling we will be hearing more of them.
Best wishes.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Oaklet
Date: 31 Jul 04 - 07:14 AM

GS - the 'cello or violincello to give it its anotomical name is the wooden instrument that you clench between your thighs. In the sessions around Barton sans Hyphens, 'cellos are often filled with lentils and shaken loudly, despite the effort involved, particularly during contemplative and sensitive songs. Only once have I heard the double bass (the larger version that you can hide behind) filled with golf balls to acheive a slightly more robust timbre than the shakey 'cello. On that particular evening, the operator was hospitalised for two weeks for heat exhaustion.

The bodrahahahan on the other hand, is a round drummy thing that you thrash with a stick.

I hope that clears it up.

Subject: RE: Fiddle Player wanted [Lincolnshire UK]
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 02:40 PM

program is on now, you could ring them up, its a good programe anyway so listen to it, 94.9 fm, or you can hear it on the tinternet, through the interweb.