From: Rick Townend [rick.townend_at_gmail_dot_com]

Sent: 20 May 2017 19:46

Subject: Bluegrass & Old Time Music - EXTRA

Message from Ed Gallagher:

BlueGrassStaines have changed venue 

New Venue:-

East and West Molesey Conservative Club

96 Walton Rd, Molesey, East Molesey

London, United Kingdom

Same frequency of events - Last Friday of the Month, picking session 7.30 then 2 live acts.

This month support is from 'The Buddells' and Headline is from 'The Extraordinaires'

Free entry and tips jar for the band as usual

Lots for free parking

https://www.facebook.com/BlueGrassStaines/

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Message from Vic & Tina Smith:

New series of occasional concerts in Lewes - the first being:

Thursday 27th July at 8pm at THE WESTGATE CHAPEL
                    92a High Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1XH
                    
On Tour from Silver City, New Mexico -
 
***BAYOU SECO***
 
with support from
 
THE HOTFOOT BAND
 
                    Bayou Seco are Jeannie McLerie (fiddle, guitar, vocals) and Ken Keppeler (accordion, banjo, fiddle, guitar) and they are both fine singers.
 
 "The ongoing music education of Bayou Seco has afforded them a unique insight into the traditional folk music of many of the cultures scattered about the Southwestern United States, in turn allowing them to enrich the lives of others through a rich repertoire of song and dance. While it is convenient to call BAYOU SECO a Cajun band, anyone who has experienced their live sets or recordings know there's much more to it than that. Their music is an amalgam of strikingly different styles that coalesces into a musical blend for which there is neither name nor substitute. In unison, they inspire childlike magic and curiosity with music that can, in many cases, be traced several generations into the past. But regardless of whether you're four or 84, Bayou Seco always manage to have something up their collective sleeve for you. Their music is exceedingly joyous, dance inspiring and a respectful preservation of tradition."
 
Their website is at www.bayouseco.com
 
The Hotfoot Band are Kirsten Hammond: fiddle, Dan Stewart: guitar, banjo and Chris Murphy: Cajun accordion, banjo. This very talented Sussex band play Old Time string band music from the Appalachian mountain region of America, and traditional Cajun music from the swamps of Louisiana.
 
http://www.danstewartmusic.co.uk/hotfoot-band/