Clutha Vaults Open Mic - Wednesday 18th April 2007

Sandy had to borrow Bob Leslie's Guitar this evening, as his Gibson Hummingbird was at Jimmy Moon the luthiers, getting the neck repaired! He looks good even with a tambourine though!!

He started the evening with a couple of quiet ballads including the beutiful 'Ebb and Flow' before getting Bob Leslie up to perform his composition 'It wasn't down in Texas'.

After Bob, Sandy got Elspeth Durkin up to sing 'Autumn Leaves' with Bob,
and then next up was Cally who gave us a gentle version of the Rolling Stone hit 'Honky Tonk Angels.'

Then Gavin blew in and sang about 'Four Strong Winds',

after which Sandy persuaded Big Ron Simpson,

our champion weightlifter, to get up and sing 'The Green Fields of France' about the men who died in the battles of the First World War.

This is always sentimental for me as one of my Great Aunts had a fiance who was killed in 'The Great War' and she never married, but always kept his photograph in her house.

Written on the back is the message
'Say not "goodnight" but in
some brighter clime
Bid me "Good Morning" written 1st May 1917
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ANYWAY, after big Ron came John who sang'What's a poor boygonna do?'

He was followed by George who gave us the Tennessee Ernie Williams song '16 tons'

Sandy got back up then and played 'Don't think twice'

then got Cally back up, when she gave us 'the Sally Gardens'

After Cally came Arthur singing a John Pride song -'Make me and Angel'. He was followed by his pal Stevie who accompanied by Bob Leslie, sang a blues song 'Headlights at my window'

Bob then gave us a spirited version [as always with Bob] of 'Who do you Love?' He was followed by newcomer Laura, who gave us an Elvis Presley medley which included bits of 'Blue Moon Kentucky' and 'Hound Dog'

After Laura,Gavin was back up with 'Here comes your Man' by the Pixies, followed by John with a steve earle song 'Poor Boy'

Then the grandaddy of the Clutha Joe Macatamy got up and gave us his renditions of 'Haul Away' and then 'Ride On'
Stevie got back up then and gave us a second version of 'The Green Fields of France' in a different style to big Ron.

Sandy then got Elspeth and Bob up and they sang scottish song 'The Wild Mountain Thyme' with some audience participation.

After them George got back up with a more modern scots song 'The Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice'

Jer McDade was next with a couple of his own compositions

[ you could say right-up-to-date scottish songs] 'Everything's going to be alright' and 'Victoria'

Ian Adie then performed his version of 'Stand by me' before allowing Stuart Workman ,

all the way from Edinburgh, to give us 'I lied' by Randy Newman and then 'Harvest Moon'.

Final act of the night was Joe Kidd who began with 'Red, Red wine' and finished the evening with his own song 'Good Day' [ or as the regulars sometimes refer to it - the ebay song!!

Another enjoyable evening showing off just a small amount of the talent in this country.