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Post by geddarby on May 1, 2021 11:02:11 GMT
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Post by martinrowe on May 1, 2021 15:17:44 GMT
Thanks geddarby - nice high notes and runs, enjoyed that. I saw him at a folk club in Lewes about 25 years ago. It was a strange gig. (A few weeks later I saw Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick at the same place - it seemed to me that Dave Swarbrick spent the whole night chain smoking) I thought Tom Paley - Greenwich Village etc. He spent the whole night trying to get into tune and was never happy about it. I think it worried him more than it worried the audience. I came away mystified. I saw Martin Simpson about 10 years after and he said at the end of the gig 'I've been trying to get in tune all night'. That made me think of the Tom Daley gig. thanks
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Post by geddarby on May 1, 2021 19:46:37 GMT
martinrowe I saw him one evening in a small Robinsons pub in Stockport which has since been demolished, he spent a lot of time tuning but he gave a great performance.
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Post by martinrowe on May 1, 2021 22:30:17 GMT
geddarby Yes, it wasn't meant to be a criticism. Like I said, I was mystified.
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Post by geddarby on May 2, 2021 8:37:25 GMT
martinrowe I didn’t take your descriptions as a criticism, I was trying to demonstrate a similar experience as a member of the audience. In retrospect Paley’s stamina was probably on the wane and having a pause whilst tuning gave him a little rest and an opportunity for an anecdote. It’s sad that he’s no longer with us, and I’m glad to have been able to have seen him play as I’m sure that you are too.
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Post by martinrowe on May 2, 2021 11:16:27 GMT
Yes geddarby , same here. It felt like seeing a bit of early sixties Greenwich Village history.
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Post by Matt Milton on May 14, 2021 10:18:20 GMT
I saw Tom Paley many times over his last 10 years. He was a regular at several London folk clubs and the first time I saw him I was blown away. One of the nice things about traditional folk clubs is the egalitarianism; but also one of the bad things about traditional folk clubs is the egalitarianism. So every week Tom would be there, playing fantastic MJ Hurt/Libba Cotten style blues on the guitar and old-time songs on the banjo, and he'd get just as much time and appreciation as any old floorspot type who could barely strum a chord. That's the thing about trad folk clubs I guess, love em or hate em. So I was very pleased that someone from outside the trad folk scene was as equally mystified as me to stumble across Tom Paley on the London folk club circuit, who went on to put out two fantastic albums with Tom. tombenpaley.bandcamp.com/
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