Club review

Hiya gang, what an excellent night, given the musicians I knew were coming and the ones who arrived I knew we were in for a good night. There were a couple who were unable to make it because of the weather etc or in the case of Roydan Styles who had a battle between an onion and a knife . . . his thumb lost as you can see on facebook! Ian got the night off to a good start as usual followed by our Scottish Jack McCully who returned triumphant after his little war of the words last week with Paddy's Lament (Barrel of Bricks song). It was around about this time I suggested to Steve, he explain that he and Stuart were Guest Hosts and it wasn't a Folk Club coup lol!


We then had the great pleasure of Terry Kliszcz and Ray Greenwood better known to people as Jangles. Ray played Guitar and Terry Concertina they were brilliant with songs like 'Rochdale Mashers' to their version of 'Sally's Garden' (with some in between). Ray lives in Cambridge now so he and Terry don't get to play together as much, I'll keep you updated when I know they are coming to the club. Ray wants to join our facebook page, to keep in contact, two really lovely men. Then we had another one of our Scotts (Well it was the day before burns night) Gordon, Gordon sang songs he had written . Our hosts then took over playing well known songs that everyone could join in with, including one of my favourites 'Barefoot daze', after they had finished singing we had a short break.


Ian opened the second half followed by another one of our regulars, the superb Accordion player, Steven Ireland. Our next Musician came to our club a few club nights ago, he had never played in any club, in fact, he'd never played to an audience, I told him not to worry as we were a nice crowd lol! His name . . . Johnny Rep, when he got up to play he was really good and as the weeks are going by he's becoming more and more confident, keep an eye out for him, what a really nice guy and great Musician. We were then treated to a bit of Folk Rock by Dave Alcock, who was joined by Steve on Guitar and Stuart on Mandolin , Then Steve asked Ian to sing with him, they sang 'Mon like thee'.


There were many known songs played throughout the night, 'Molly Malone' dedicated to Molly a well known Rochdale character and singer/songwriter who sadly passed away recently. Steve and Stuart finished the night with 'Goodnight and God bless' which I thought was nice, on the whole a really great night, lots of lovely people, great Music and warm atmosphere, what more could I ask for. A big thank you to Guest Hosts, Steve and Stuart, who did a great job xx. Next club night is 7th of February, which is a singers night, we'd love to see you there, take care until then, luv Lxx