THE ROYAL OAK
3 STATION STREET
LEWES
EAST SUSSEX
ENGLAND
BN7 2DA
Since the "MySpace Music" panel above does not allow space for the full details of all the tracks on the Royal Oak's site, we will give them here:-
The Magnolia Sisters - "Honky Tonk Boogie" - (July 16th)
Ralph Bodington - "Gypsy Davy" - (July 23rd) - [with Jerry Epstein]
Jerry Epstein - "Pretty Sally" - (July 23rd) - [with Ralph Bodington]
The Copper Family - "Claudy Banks" (September 3rd)
Pete Coe - "The Fireman's Song" (September 10th)
Shepheard, Spiers & Watson - "Jock Hawk's Adventures in Glasgow" - (September 17th)
Michael Marra - "Hermless" - (September 24th)
Beverley Smith & Carl Jones - "Carter's Blues" - (October 1st)
Jeff Wesley - "Young and Growing" - (October 8th)
Dave Ruch - "Cabbage Head" - (October 22nd)
(After each gig the tracks will drop off to be replaced with another by an upcoming guest.)
Here are photos of all the performers who are coming to THE ROYAL OAK. Click on each photo to see the names and dates
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VIDEOS OF COMING PERFORMERS
THE MAGNOLIA SISTERS July 16th
The very talented cajun quartet with Ann Savoy on accordian perform at the Festival Acadiens in Lafayette, Louisiana in 2008 :-
THE COPPER FAMILY September 3rd
Britain's leading traditional singing family perform at this year's Jack-In-The-Green in Hastings:-
PETE COE September 10th
Pete Coe performing Don Bilston's "The Fireman's Song" at the Winchester Mayfest and dancing to his own playing:-
MICHAEL MARRA September 24th
The wonderful Scots singer/songwriter/pianist/guitarist tells the tale of "General Grant's Visit To Dundee :-
BEVERLY SMITH & CARL JONES October 1st
We are delighted to have these visiting Americans back for their third tour visit. Here they sing The Sunny Side at a Fiddle Tunes 2008 concert. :-
DAVE RUCH October 22nd
On his first, short visit to England, Dave from upper New York state will bring us his fine singing and multi-instrumental talents :-
LEN GRAHAM October 29th
One of Ireland's absolutely best singers, we are delighted to welcome Len back to the Royal Oak. Here he is performing last November at one of Dublin's top venues, The Cobblestone :-
DICK GAUGHAN November 19th
At The Brampton Live Festical in 2007, Dick performs "Both Sides Of The Tweed" and "Freedom Come-All-Ye":-
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Here is a photo montage of some of the best nights at the Royal Oak during 2007
The music to accompany the video is:-
1] The High Low Schottishe / Untitled Schottishe
2] The Bird on Nellie's Hat / Hopscotch Schottishe
It was played by Will Duke, one of the resident performers at the Royal Oak, and taken from his 2008 album “Out of the Box ” available from Will by emailing him. click here to do so.
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And this is a photo montage of some of the best nights at the Royal Oak between 2002 and 2006
The music to accompany the video is:-
1] Foul Weather Call/From Night Till Morn
2] Monkey Hornpipe/Stepdance
3] Hunt The Squirrel/Four Hand Reel
It was played by Dan Quinn & Will Duke, two of the resident performers at the Royal Oak, and taken from their album “Wild Boys” available from:-
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rebe.cleveland/hebeweb.htm
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The events that take place every Thursday in the well-appointed upstairs room at the Royal Oak in Station Street, Lewes, East Sussex are intended to encourage the performance of traditional music and song. We operate throughout the year apart from August.
This is not a club as such; there is no membership, rather a number of like minds who come together to celebrate and enjoy a range of musical traditions in a convivial, socially conducive atmosphere. We believe that we try to make all newcomers feel welcome.
Guest artists are booked to appear virtually every week; we do have a very few 'Open Nights' during the year. Within our limited financial resources, we try to present artists from a range of musical backgrounds and experiences who are talented and display a love of their chosen music or styles. When we have guest artists, there is a cover charge on the door that reflects the status and fees of the artists. However, we do try to run our non-guest nights on a "Free Admission" basis. All the money that we take is used to book the best variety of guest artists that we can afford. We are not subsidised in any way by commercial sponsorship, arts organisation or local council grant The organisers bear the running costs of the venture themselves in the belief that they get more out of it than they put in.
For visitors to the town, we are easily found. From the train station, turn right out of the main exit from the station and go up Station Street. The main crossroads in the town is where Station Street crosses the High Street where buses arrive. The large train station car park is free after 7.30pm.
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Many years ago I seem to remember coming to the first two shows ever at the Royal Oak, I believe Wilbury jam was the guest band, and I met a gorgeous young Lady whilst there, fond memories of an otherwise interesting holiday with parents, must be about 1979 !!
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This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing.
Many thanks for our evening at the Royal Oak this week !! We both enjoyed ourselves immensely, and it was a privilege to have the chance of performing our show for Royal Oak attendees. Regards, Irene
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Just a quick update for you on the goings on of the Mostly Toast world..
The studio in The Northern Quarter is now fully up and running. We are going to open the studio up to singer songwriters every Saturday for what we are calling our "fastrack" service. It's like a drop in centre for musicians to get a song recorded, all for just £20!! Check the blog for more details....
The Mostly Acoustic gigs down at Nexus and the monthly Mostly Toast nights at The Green Windmill are going really well. We've had some amazing musicians playing some great music.
Box Kid (http://www. myspace. com/boxkidband) are still in the studio but the recordings are sounding great and we're really looking forward to getting them mixed, mastered and released!!
To Sophia ( http://www. myspace. com/tosophia ) have already finished their recordings and have an album launch night sometime soon!! They will also be launching a new website in the very near future too!!
We have also embarked on a new project called The Mostly Toast Musicians Co-Operative. Members will receive a range of benefits including 10% discount on all studio bookings, help finding gigs and monthly workshops on a variety of different topics from guest speakers. For more info go to: http://www. myspace. com/mtmusicianscooperative .
