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 On Sunday last I went along to my first Bandstand Busking event, since I'd signed up to be kept informed a while ago. |
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One More Cup of Coffee ( Valley Below ) Bob Dylan cover by Andy Roberts on YoutubeI've always liked Bob Dylan's Desire album And once knew all the words to Hurricane...Isis too, but that was a long time ago. Then I learned a way of playing Mozambique on the guitar and passed it on. |
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The Rowan Tree is a new folk song written recently and first performed at one of the regular Tuesday Evening Andy Roberts Webcasts at 7.00pm weekly. |
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Live Internet Broadcasting - Andy Roberts, Tuesdays, 7.00pmStarting a few weeks ago, I finally launched my Andy Roberts Tuesday Night Show with live guitar playing, synchronous feedback and chatroom. Wahay. What?  |
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I've just noticed that the esteemed gathering of world finance ministers, a pow-wow to rescue the western world for finance capitalism, is taking place next month in my own London Borough of Newham. This means the world community of loosely aligned anti-capitalist protestors will be out to make themselves heard as well.
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I went to see Wizz Jones last night at Walthamstow Folk Club. Still going strong. He played Davey Graham's version of Anji as a tribute. |
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In my mellowing years I'm finding I play a lot more of the quieter more melodic songs, and less of the angst ridden miserable ones. But every now and again it seems necessary to blast something out with a bit more oomph to it. Highway Blues is just about the best song in this category, so powerful. Now I've changed the chords I use so it doesn't hurt my fingers any more, but I well remember bashing this out on an Eros 12string at Gare St Lazare every morning using all bar chords in the shape of E major. |
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I usually perform mostly my own Andy Roberts music but last night I felt like doing a short tribute to Roy Harper at the Havering folk club, where I do my thing on Wednesdays. "I'll see you again" went down well I think, but I was surprised that there was such little recognition of the name Roy Harper, even though this is an audience mostly of my own generation and slightly older. One person knew him well and asked me if I knew the one that goes &q |
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I've been toddling along to Havering Folk Club in Romford, Essex since July this year when I discovered the place upstairs in a 14th century pub right in the centre of Romford.
So now I have a date for my own 'featured members night' which will be on   |
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