There was yet another
astonishing sell-out concert at the Crabshell
Inn, Kingsbridge Sunday 17 February 2008. Kate
Lissauer, from Maryland via Frome, along with
West Virginians Dave and Tim Bing, and Jim
Martin too (on double-bass fiddle and
double-bass vocals), played and sang for us just
as good as it can get. We're still revelling,
here, in their music, their company, their fun,
ayend that acciyent, even though they've now
moved on ... for now ... We think and hope
they'll be back! We are proud and privileged to
have exceptional musicians of this stature come
to us, so far off the usual beaten track.
Grateful appreciation too to so many of you
players who travelled far to turn up in the bar
beforehand to commit American old-time music,
whether you'd remembered to book for the concert
or not (and mostly not, you dozey crew!). You
certainly bemused and amused the regulars and
droppers-in who had just popped in for a quiet
Sunday drink! Thanks too to Richard Spilsbury,
of nearby Chillington, for lending and delivering
his big double-bass fiddle. Such an item is hard
to bring on the plane from West Virginia. Jim
Martin declared it the best he'd been loaned to
play on the whole UK tour. We had a substantial
list of people waiting and hoping to pick up
cancelled tickets after our habitual advance sell
out. It helps a lot if you can let us know as
soon as possible if you (or others in your party)
can't show up. Most of you telephone or email to
let us know (thank you) but some don't. We'd far
rather trust to "book, pick up and pay at
the door" than switch to "payment in
advance (and forfeit if you don't
show)" like many others seem to do. MORE
TOP TRADITIONAL AMERICAN MUSIC coming up later
this year at the CRABSHELL
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