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« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2006, 07:16:19 PM » |
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I think the worst mst have been Eugene Wallace (although i was not rude enough to boo him!!)
The best has got to br this years performance from Glenn Tillbrook - never seen him bfore and was totaly captivated!!!
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« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2006, 07:18:39 PM » |
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Hey me again
Just realised its all aobut the headliners!!!! but forgive me as I am NEW!!!
Eugene Wallce was not at all good though!!
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« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2006, 07:43:01 PM » |
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As for Y2K...the REAL stars of that lineup were Stackridge. Tell me I'm wrong.. Actually, on second thoughts.... Wouldn't disagree there. Good enough to get me to go and see them again at Cecil Sharp House (with a friend who lived next door to the Evans' whilst she was growing up and knew them all!). They took great umbrage at the noise limiter at the back of the hall .... and great pleasure at blowing it on the last chord of the night. |
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« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2006, 07:52:59 PM » |
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It's taken a while and a trawl through my old programmes.. but here is my offering...
Worst:
John Martyn 06
Country Joe 04
Musafir 01
Priory of Brion 00 (with copious apologies to Sandy!)
Otway & Barrett 97
Lenningrad Cowboys 93
Best (not counting Fairport, RT or SofH):
10CC 06 (Oh YES!!)
Lazarus 06
Lindisfarne 03
Blue Tapesrty 03
The Dubliners 02
Lonnie Donnegan 01
Joe Brown 96
Lindisfarne 94
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« Reply #25 on: November 13, 2006, 08:04:43 PM » |
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hi Amethyst i liked the Priory of Brion - does that make me very stange or just strange?  Must agree with you over Lazarus though -fantastic!! |
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« Reply #26 on: November 13, 2006, 08:12:37 PM » |
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Worst for me =Jethro Tull -----dissapointed -expected better . Best = Country Joe McDonald Band----totally blew me away un-expectedly . In fact I have`nt got back yet from being blown away .Oh how I wish I could have been at Woodstock . GIMME AN F  |
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« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2006, 08:24:59 PM » |
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hi Amethyst i liked the Priory of Brion - does that make me very stange or just strange? One of the best singers in the world singing some of the best material ever written? Why on earth would you want to like that, Mistress Strange of Strangeville, Strange County?  |
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« Reply #28 on: November 13, 2006, 08:27:42 PM » |
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Eugene Wallce was not at all good though!! What year was he on? |
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« Reply #29 on: November 13, 2006, 08:34:10 PM » |
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It's taken a while and a trawl through my old programmes.. but here is my offering...
If you have to look it up, it wasn't memorable enough Best - Edward The Second and The Red Hot Polkas, Barrage and The Dubliners Worst - umm...hang on, I'll have to go and look it up, I may have been in The Red Lion at the time.... |
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« Reply #30 on: November 14, 2006, 08:28:16 AM » |
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Looked up to get the correct year Skirky Thanks.. I forgot the great Edward 2nd.. 98.. |
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« Reply #31 on: November 14, 2006, 08:46:14 AM » |
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Eugene Wallce was not at all good though!! What year was he on? 1991, Friday afternoon. Never heard of him before nor since, but I do recall him using foul language from the stage not at all in keeping with the Cropredy ethic. For the rest, I'd second Amethyst with the exception of 10cc (sorry Amy!), with Lonnie Donegan top of the list. If it hadn't been for him, however you define it, folk-rock music as we now know it would never have got going iMHO. |
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« Reply #32 on: November 14, 2006, 08:47:50 AM » |
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« Reply #33 on: November 14, 2006, 09:01:28 AM » |
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1991, Friday afternoon. Never heard of him before nor since, but I do recall him using foul language from the stage not at all in keeping with the Cropredy ethic. Indeed he was, having reminded myself by looking at the programme.....Google produces one reference, on Chris Spedding's site. |
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« Reply #34 on: November 14, 2006, 09:06:04 AM » |
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The Dubliners let me down. Not the same band since Ronnie left.
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« Reply #35 on: November 14, 2006, 09:13:57 AM » |
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For me, there are too many contenders for the best headliner (although the last two Lindisfarne appearances would take some beating) but one really does stand head and shoulders above the rest as the worst. In over 30 years of concert going, I've only ever left once in the middle of a set and it was....The Bootleg Beatles I'm afraid. I left the field feeling sad that any tribute band should take themselves so seriously.
At the risk of causing much controversy, I did really enjoy the ISB. They thrived in their day by playing to small audiences with concerts being more like a get together of a few friends and I guess it's not the sort of thing that translates well to a field of 15,000 people, many of whom, in fairness, wouldn't have had a clue who they were. I was a couple of rows back from the front where I'm sure the atmosphere was much different from that further up the field. I'd seen them a few weeks before at the much smaller Bloomsbury Theatre (with Robert Plant and Roy Harper sitting right behind me - unsubtle name-dropping but true!) where the atmosphere was ideal and the performance excellent.
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« Reply #36 on: November 14, 2006, 10:11:19 AM » |
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For me, there are too many contenders for the best headliner (although the last two Lindisfarne appearances would take some beating) but one really does stand head and shoulders above the rest as the worst. In over 30 years of concert going, I've only ever left once in the middle of a set and it was....The Bootleg Beatles I'm afraid. I left the field feeling sad that any tribute band should take themselves so seriously.
At the risk of causing much controversy, I did really enjoy the ISB. They thrived in their day by playing to small audiences with concerts being more like a get together of a few friends and I guess it's not the sort of thing that translates well to a field of 15,000 people, many of whom, in fairness, wouldn't have had a clue who they were. I was a couple of rows back from the front where I'm sure the atmosphere was much different from that further up the field. I'd seen them a few weeks before at the much smaller Bloomsbury Theatre (with Robert Plant and Roy Harper sitting right behind me - unsubtle name-dropping but true!) where the atmosphere was ideal and the performance excellent.
I knew who they were - the previous worst gig I have ever seen was (you've guessed it) ISB in the early 70's, when they had a silly man who looked liked Tiny Tim and 2 strange women. Absolutely appalling. |
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« Reply #37 on: November 14, 2006, 10:12:10 AM » |
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Interesting that the ISB are (rightly) slated, when one of the best acts over the years for me was when Robin Williamson did a solo slot a few years ago - totally magical.
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« Reply #38 on: November 14, 2006, 10:24:42 AM » |
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Robin Williamson solo is still an excellent performer.
I was a great ISB fan which was why their Cropredy performance was such a disappointment.
Nick, are you talking about the dancemeister, Malcolm Lemaistre (sp?)?
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« Reply #39 on: November 14, 2006, 10:26:56 AM » |
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Robin Williamson solo is still an excellent performer.
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