Please allow me to introduce Salut! readers to what is happening at the folk/folk-rock offshoot Salut! Live.In the summer of 2011 I ran a series called Song of the Day, which presented video clips of the various British, Irish, French, American and Canadian folkies whose music has given me such pleasure over the years.
Before the series petered out, having exhausted its compiler, the list of artists featured was a long one (see the footnote) of which I was rather proud. But there was one comedy interlude, a delicious slice of northern humour from the late Tony Capstick.
I am repeating, with embellishment, that series just now.
To see what I wrote about Capstick, and his life and work, you will need to visit Salut! Live tomorrow, Tuesday Dec 2. But listen to the YouTube clip above if you'd like to get an idea of whether our senses of humour coincide.
When I introduced the clip back in 2011, I described Tony, who died in 2003, as "a man with a magical sense of humour, a heart of gold, a great fund of songs and wonderful stagecraft". Enjoy!
*The artists who appeared in the original series were (in bold type if already been repeated in Song of the Day Revisited): ...
Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, Albion Band, Dave Swarbrick, Dervish, Damien Dempsey, Eliza Carthy, Tony Capstick, High Level Ranters, Doonan Family Band, Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies, Republica, Capercaillie, Show of Hands, Jackson C Frank, Simon Mayor and Hilary James, Martin Simpson, David Campbell, Tom Paxton, Paul Brady, Sharon Shannon/Kirsty MacColl, Danu, Tommy Sands, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, The Cottars, Flossie Malavialle, De Dannan with Dolores Keane, Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman, Vin Garbutt, Joan Osborne, Touchstone, Bothy Band, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bob Dylan, Linda Thompson, Oysterband, Altan, Mary Black, Nic Jones, Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, Françoise Hardy, Richard Thompson, June Tabor, Kate Rusby, The Watersons, Bob Fox & Stu Luckley, Del Shannon, Christy Moore, Eric Clapton, Sharon Shannon/Dessie O'Halloran, Joan Baez, Luke Kelly and The Dubliners, Steeleye Span, The Unthanks .... Clips from Bellowhead and Jim Causley, not included first time around, have been added.
Capstick Comes Home appears on a compilation album, Nowt So Funny As Folk, and can be purchased at the Salut! Live Amazon link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000E1O4S/salusund-21. Tony Capstick's own album, Punch & Judy Man, shows his versatility and can be found at http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006FQ5XU/salusund-21.
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