One or two developments in Dick's November-December 2011 UK tour, and some other stuff, prompt this note.
For the Nov-Dec tour I need to connect gigs which are currently a bit isolated from each other (see tour itinerary below).
(A) north country gigs are needed to fill in the five days between Whitby (Sun 6 Nov) and Sheffield (Sat 12 Nov).
(B) gigs in the Midlands en route London would close down the gap from Sun 13 to Thu 17 Nov.
(C) gigs in Eastern England or perhaps Southern England would help in the gap Sat 19 to Thu 24 Nov plus Sat 26 Nov.
(D) gigs in Southern England en route the west country on Tue 29-Wed 30 Nov and Thu 1 Dec would work.
The Sheffield date may yet happen on Sun 4 Dec instead of Nov 12 in which case there's a very long gap to fill before The Ram FC on Fri 18 Nov. Gigs in that case could be just about anywhere east<>west, north>south from Whitby onwards including Wales as well as England.
NOVEMBER 2011
Sun 6 tbc --- Whitby Musicport
Mon 7 to Fri 11 available
Sat 12 tbc --- Sheffield, Greystone (see Dec 4 alt)
Sun 13 to Thu 17 available
Fri 18 London Ram FC
Sat 19 to Thu 24 available
Fri 25 Cambridge
Sat 26 available
Sun 27 London, Walthamstow Folk Club
Mon 28 tbc --- Nettlebed
Tue 29 and Wed 30 available
If the Sheffield date does end up on Nov 12 rather than Dec 4, then gigs in Wales or the English Midlands might be feasible between Wolverhampton and York. However if Sheffield does happen on Dec 4 then I think I'd just be after gigs simply travelling north to York after Wolverhampton.
DECEMBER 2011
Thu 1 available
Fri 2 Bath FC
Sat 3 Wolverhampton Newhampton FC
Sun 4 tbc --- Sheffield, Greystones (see Nov 12 alt)
Mon 5 to Wed 7 available
Thu 8 York, Black Swan FC (with a likely additional gig on either Dec 7 or 9; tbc)
Fri 9 available
Sat 10 Hebden Bridge Trades Club
/tour ends
In May 2011 Dick's got a few Scottish gigs before heading south to tour in June 2011
JUNE 2011
Tue 7 or Wed 8 available
Thu 9 Frome, Merlin Theatre & Arts Centre
Fri 10 Marlborough Folk-Roots
Sat 11 Bristol, Ash Keys Music
Sun 12 off
Mon 13 Farnham Maltings
Tue 14 Winchester Railway
Wed 15 off
Thu 16 St Albans, Redbourne FC
Fri 17 London, Goose Is Out
Sat 18 Barnt Green, Shining Friends
Sun 19 or Mon 20 available
Tue 21 Northampton FC
Wed 22 or Thu 23 available
Fri 24 Dentdale Music and Beer Festival
Sat 25 Glasgow/Milngavie
Wed 29 tbc --- Aboyne Arts Festival, Aberdeenshire
In July Dick heads off to Canada until possibly early August for festival gigs with the Jason Wilson Band (left) from Toronto with whom he appeared so successfully at Celtic Connections in Jan 2010.
After the band's new album ('The Lion Rampant') comes out over here in 2012 featuring Dick, Dave Swarbrick and The Bevvy Sisters we'll be fixing to tour this line-up here probably in the summer - this is just a bit special!
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSy1_wBdkiE for the band's take on "My Love is like a Red Red Rose (Burns) and "No Woman No Cry" (Bob Marley) - this segue really does work (inc. a neat fiddle solo from Dave Swarbrick) and after being broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland last autumn produced quite a flurry of interest.
| In fact, and following on from that, I've been told that United Airlines flights into British Columbia will be playing 'My Love is Like a Red Red Rose/No Woman, No Cry' in July in advance of the Vancouver festival. Can't be bad! :) |
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