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on: Today at 09:36:22 PM
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| Started by JJ (Joanna) - Last post by Martin F | ||
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Has Pastie defected? To Northern Kin (I think it was), which is the same weekend this year. yes Northern kin moved from May BH to same weekend as Cropredy due to weather issues and waterlogged ground. As it stands Trev is attending Northern kin.............. In the process it caused another festival to cancel for the year though.  |
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on: Today at 08:32:31 PM
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| Started by bassline (Mike) - Last post by JJ (Joanna) | ||
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I got bored with FC themselves who didn't seem to be putting much effort into the Cropredy sets for the last few years. It started the year they ran out of material with about 15 minutes to go. The Saturday sets became the winter tour with a guest or two thrown in and not a lot of spontenaity.. The other thing is due to my feet and knees I can't do standing gigs, never mind 3 days in a field in all weathers, anymore. I miss seeing the friends but, at 71, not the pain. Festivals carried on happily without me before I went to Cropredy for the first time in 1997, I hope it managed to carry on, probably changed somewhat without me. Jim you've said it word for word for me. Haven't been now for 10 years, the line up just doesn't appeal, it's such a lot of money we can have a weeks holiday for that! I love and cherish the good times and line ups we enjoyed as a family. |
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on: Today at 06:14:00 PM
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| Started by Alan2 - Last post by PaulT | ||
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"Coral Island" by The Coral.
A strange way to approach this one... a few months ago, I spotted 2 Coral CDs ("Mare Di Specchi" and "Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show") going cheap in HMV, so bought them both. I subsequently read that these were a natural progression from the original 2CD release, so I purposely haven't listened to either of them. It took a while, but I finally tracked down a copy for sale at a decent price. I've just started listening to CD1, and I'm enjoying it. Very melodic. I have to admit I don't remember much about The Coral at Cropredy in 2011 - either I missed them or I was "ver' ver' drunk at the time"... |
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on: Today at 06:05:50 PM
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| Started by Will S - Last post by PaulT | ||
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Dimming of the Day is one of my all-time favourite songs.
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on: Today at 04:47:12 PM
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| Started by Will S - Last post by Lubiloo (Lorna) | ||
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We saw RT too, last week…agree with what people have said/linked to. Loved hearing RT doing Beeswing and Dimming of the Day by himself. Zac was fantastic, ably taking on some of the big solos…good to hear the legacy being passed on.
Also, I would add, we liked the way the show alternated between old and new,interweaving the tracks… giving enough of a taster for the new work and plenty of classics. (Strange choice of song, we thought, to commemorate fifty years of ‘Bright lights tonight’…..’Withered and died’!). The support guy, Jim Moray, has a fantastic voice, but for me he did too many narrative/story songs and I can only take so many. |
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on: Today at 04:38:59 PM
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| Started by bassline (Mike) - Last post by Amethyst (Jenny) | ||
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PLEASE EVERYONE …
Buy your tix this year so that we can all be there again next year! The thought of losing Cropredy is horrifying!! 😥😥😥 |
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on: Today at 04:26:20 PM
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| Started by PaulT - Last post by John From Austin | ||
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Ticket price inflation is noticeable at every venue I frequent now. Even legacy artists are charging $150-$200 for nosebleed seats at large venues. Seats near the stage retail for $500, and you can't get them at that price because they're already gone when the general onsale begins. This is becoming an expensive hobby.
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on: Today at 04:15:14 PM
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| Started by Alan2 - Last post by PaulT | ||
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The sleeve, with scrawl...
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on: Today at 04:04:21 PM
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| Started by bassline (Mike) - Last post by Dubai Danny | ||
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I hate to say it, but even if it could be guaranteed that the Cropredy weekend would have fantastic weather, the lineup doesn't make the considerable expense worth it for us.
And if, as appears to be the case, tickets just aren't selling in the numbers needed, a decent weather forecast might just make the difference in terms of last-minute ditherers/walk-ups. On a wider note, it's been stated before that Cropredy is the engine of the band, providing the financial backing that supports them through the rest of the year. If it turns out that the festival just can't continue, what happens to FC? |
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on: Today at 03:57:05 PM
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| Started by Will S - Last post by David V B | ||
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Meant to say, Jim Moray did a very fine set supporting RT. He is really is a fine guitarist, always good to hear him playing Lord Douglas.
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