Dave Clark's 'programme'

Dave Clark's 'programme'

I thought I would have a pleasant few days thinking of a list and in the end it took about half an hour!

My criteria was to include either a folk song or artist that left a great impression me

They are roughly chronological

I wont bother with my teenage fixation on Dylan or Paul Simon or we’ll never get started

I start with the first time I realised that Pete Seeger was more than ‘Little Boxes’ and could do ferocious singing and banjo playing

Once I started to go to proper folk clubs in the early 70’s I found myself devouring Watersons but preferring Young Tradition

Then discovered what happens when you put 4 folk giants together

Always saw Dubliners as a pop folk band but then you listen to Luke Kelly on full throttle

Discovered this when looking for ideas on accompanying Andy on this

Richard Thompson is a legend for his guitar playing alone but his songs are always full of emotion

Never more so than writing this during his marriage break up

I wanted Andy to sing this song like this. He said ‘No’

PS the original Youtube clip was Sinead singing live but it has since been deleted so this is the next best thing with her miming to her studio recording.

I wanted Andy to sing this song like this. He said ‘Yes’ so we did - sort of ..

A couple of ‘encore ‘ songs

And always end with a smile

Cheers

Dave"