It is always a pleasure to play at the Watford Folk Club. The organisers are so welcoming and friendly, there is so much talent amongst the floor singers , and they are listeners - the ideal audience for our music. It had been some 18 months since we and, as such, we very much looked forward to the relatively short trip across the M25 to get there. We were not disappointed.
Floor singers all performed to the highest quality. They performed both unaccompanied and armed with guitars, dulcimers, steel guitars, proved very entertaining, and with songs drawn from across the British Isles and North America, as well as one excellent song sung in Spanish. It was lovely to see organiser Helen Chinn now accompanying her wonderful folk voice with nice guitar work as well.
Despite a headcold which increased the chances of my turning into anything from Sam the yodelling cowboy to Barry White dramatically over the course of the evening, apart from a few rusty moments in the first couple of songs, my voice settled down and didn’t appear cause too many issues. We had the chance to play songs like The Silver Duro, The English Penny and Avery and the Merchants of Bristol for the first time at the club and they seemed to go down very well. Very kindly, we were asked to do an encore at the end of the night and finished with Tri martolod/Three matelots.
We wish all at the Watford Folk Club well. They have an excellent venue with easy parking, the organisers are very friendly, and they have some great talent in the club. If you are in the Watford area and you like folk music, get along to this lovely club!