Our good friends Al and Sue Hewson, who run the Baldock and Letchwork Folk Club, very kindly invited us up to support James Hickman and Dan Cassidy.
With a number of future gigs relating to the Spanish Civil War coming up, this gave us the chance, in two sets, to perform and fine tune some new material - in particular, our rendition of Ewan McColl’s Jamie Foyers, and our songs, The Silver Duro and The English Penny.
We both enjoyed listening to James and Dan. They take great care over how they sound and this serves them very well. Great singing and guitar playing by James Hickman and wonderful fiddle playing from Dan Cassidy, all accompanied by wry humour and mutual teasing between these longstanding friends. These are two gentlemen musicians and we had a very nice conversation with them about instruments and clubs. It is nice to meet some headliners who show genuine interest in the clubs they visit and the acts they see there. We wish them all the very best.
Oh - and with apologies to all the Baldock and Letchwork Folk Club, I won the raffle ........again! Last time we’d been there, I had won the raffle and judiciously chose the box of chocolates over the wine. Showing immense self control, my wife and I had contained ourselves to a couple of treats a night until they were finally gone – so, what do I do but go and replenish the stocks of chocs! Will I ever be thin again?