John MacRae was a regular at the club until he moved, but he still visits from time to time. Please visit the wovenwheatwhispers website where John has 2 albums, see url in the list below. For the extremely cleap price of £4 each you can download his albums. The proceeds from Over the Hills and Over the Main go to BLESMA a national charity for limbless people and ex-service personnel. The proceeds from Tracks go to the Primary Billary Cirrhosis (PBC) foundation, a charity that researches non-alcoholic immune related liver illness.
The wovenwheatwhispers website makes great listening as well as providing a means of distribution for folk artists, why not visit it here or try here
Influences
Previous Guests at Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club and Wycombe Folk Club include:
Helen Akitt & Kitty Vernon
Artisan
Chris Arscot
Malcolm Austin with Terry Silver (fantastic, hilarious guest night!)
Badger's Set
Beggar's velvet
Bishopswyc
Geoff & Barbara Boughton
Derek Brimstone
Tom & Barbara Brown
Alan Burton & Steve Hunt
Damian Clarke and George Whitfield (half of Pressgang)
Pete Coe
Johnny Collins
Johnny Collins with Tom Lewis (a fantastic night!)
Cris Conway, France Ellul and Martin Herbert
Sara Daniels and Frank Doherty
Amanda Diamond & Eddie Richards
Dave Ellis and Boo Howard
Bob Franke
Dick Frost
Vin Garbutt
Derek Gifford
Ian Giles and Graham Metcalf
Richard Grainger
Heartwood
Geoff Higginbottom
Andy Hodge and Richard Lloyd
Robb Johnson
Keith Kendrick & Lynn Heraud
Tom Lewis
Liberty String Band
Colm McCabe (find him on the woven wheat website)
John MacRae. See here for John's 2 albums, the proceeds of which go to charity
Bill McKinnon
Oige
Tony O'Neil
Denise Orchard & Pete Smith
Mick Pearce and Kitty Vernon
Brian Peters
Port and Brandy (Moira Craig and Pearl O'Neil)
Carolyn Robson
Anna Ryder
Elaine Samuels
The Shanty Crew
Les Sullivan
Cyril Tawney
Jeremy Taylor
Bob Templeman and Kay Tilly
Jake Thackray
Steve Tilston
Three Pressed Men
Top Shelf (Moira Craig, Ian Giles, Graham Metcalf and Tony & Pearl O'Neil)
Sorry - but we don't book guests. But you're welcome to turn up and play!
You-tube link to video with song Follow the Heron Home, filmed at the club and in Scotland - kindly provided by John MacRae:
You Tube link to Dick Frost and Smon Stephenson in a joint rendition of Limehouse Lass, performed at Tudor Folk Club in August 2008:
Everyone gets the opportunity to sing or play if they want to (but you don't have to, you can just listen or join in with the choruses) - we just go round the room and sing or play from our seats - no going up the front. This enables us to get more songs and tunes into the evening and makes for a very friendly, relaxed and informal atmosphere.
We welcome all acoustic styles and standards. We typically have unaccompanied traditional singers, singer/songwriters with their own material, rock, country, blues and a fair sprinkling of comedy. Take a look at the blog for details of some recent sessions. Some regulars have been doing this for decades, others sang in public for the first time with us. Ages range from teens to sixties.
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Just read the blog about last Wednesday - I agree it was a really good evening. Great mix and excellent standard. Thanks again for the friendly welcome. See you all before too long, I hope! Robin & the mandolin
Hi there it's me on my own popping in to say thanks for your help. Looking forward to Bedworth Folk Fest. Wanting to pop in for a day or so. See you there.
Hi! Thanks for the add and for getting in touch. Pressgang are playing regularly again, always up for a festival event. And I'd love to come along to your new club with my new instruments; hurdy gurdy and dulcimer...examples on the myspace page. All the best Damian from Pressgang
Just popping in to say Hellooooooo!! thanks for a lovely evening and sorry we couldn't stay all night. Hi to everyone. Would love to come as a trio and entertain you sometime.
Thanks very much for the lovely comments from one of the best clubs in this country. If you could save me one of Dicks recordings that would be great, i'll pop down one wednesday and pay you for it, if not give me you're address and i'll send money in the post.
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