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willem
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sandysue
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Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:51 pm

Hi Willem.

I hear some pretty finger picking and chords. I’ve never heard this song before.


spinland
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Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:48 am

Cool stuff, and an artist I wasn't familiar with. Thanks for sharing! :side:


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TGNeil
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Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:11 am

Funny we should get on a Ralph McTell kick. In Amsterdam at IGC Tom treated us to Streets Of London, which reminded me of a song of Ralph's I used to play a lot, Grand Affaire. Coincidentally Dave Nach then played it at our California IGC.


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Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:42 pm

For Ralph McTell fans, I shared this video with Dave after he performed that song at IGC. it was making the rounds a while back. The "Trial of Ralph McTell". (Might actually belong in the thread named "Guitar Humor", but how often do you see a thread on Ralph McTell?)


[video type=youtube]QeIxJzdPD0A[/video]


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Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:59 pm

Ok, great now I'm going to have to find some used CDs. This is great stuff and totally new to me. Really Cool!!

Dean

I should have watched the last video before I posted.... :laugh:


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Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:21 am

Ralph's best song is still the traditional English ballad "Girl from the Hiring Fair" from 1986 which I tried to play at IGC 2 with only modest success. Of course, Streets of London remains his greatest hit but I love the melody (and lyrics) of Hiring Fair. Ralph McTell is a very under-rated musician who has had a significant influence on the British folk scene.


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Sat Sep 01, 2018 3:15 pm

Hi Doug

Thanks for sharing the video , I had completely forgotten about that classic sketch

Eric


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Sat Sep 01, 2018 3:43 pm

TomN

Sounds great you played Streets of London at the IGC 2018 Kudos to you.
I used to have the 45, great song.

Dermot

Here's a great link I came across recently of Ralph McTell.







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Sun Sep 02, 2018 6:08 pm

Hi Dermot, I was going to post this very video because it is so useful, but you beat me to it.
It’s a very good way to restring your guitar, which I am about to do.


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