Sound Clips

Sound Clips

This page contains sound clips from recent club nights. Arthur Wakefield sounds can now be found in the Arthur Wakefield page

If we have put anyone's sound clip on this page and they wish it to be removed just let us know. 

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05/10/2025

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 5/10/2025. The nmbers were slightly down but there was plenty of quality starting with an Uncle Pleb work song followed by an instrumental written by James. Tony estimated the width of a river before an instrumental on concertina by Stephen. Phil had some insightful words regarding Brian Patten followed by first timer at the club, Ben, with a rare Ewan MacColl song. As his guitar was so tasteful, we also have his selection of tunes. Andy pines after Bridgit before harking back to classic sitcom days to finish the selection.

21/9/2025

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 21/9/2025. Another well attended evening although James was all alone so he began with his meeting with Nigel on Nab Head, Lucy and Rob return with a Boo Hewerdine song followed by one from Joni Mitchell. Victoria sang of wild geese to the tune of Planxty Irwin which Dave reprised after the applause. Carl and Helen remembered steam trains and then sang a song by Allen Ogg (who we had the pleasure of meeting at the Timperley folk club a few weeks back). First timer Liz had her poem about North Wales, Ralph played about windmills, Tony sang of fishermen and Phil spoke of love. Steve played one of his tunes and Rich had a Charles Causeley poem set to music by Leon Rosselson. Pieter sang of his town,  Andy sang Pieter's song about his soul and we finish with Andy walking off well before midnight.

7/9/2025

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 7/9/2025. This week the club was honoured to get a visit from a living folk legend along with his family and friends. So we start with a song that has been performed many times at the club but for the first time we hear it sung by its author, Hughie Jones of the Spinners (89 years young according to Mr Google). Uncle Pleb keep the folk theme with another classic trad song followed by Steves homage to the fallen in World War One. Steven has another concertina tune, Victoria contemplates her mortality, Ralph has an O'Carolan tune, and Les and Rik tell of a well travelled road. Hughie's son, Danny, gave us an old Liverpool favourite, Hughie's wife, Chris, chose a good old fashioned murder ballad, Bob an American friend who had a penchant for boats told of one dear to his family. So Andy and Dave told of a boat made famous by Stan Rogers and then to make Hughie feel at home, sang an old Liverpool folk song (all Beatle songs are folk songs aren't they?) which leaves us one more chance to hear Hughie mustering up a chorus from the rest of the room.

17/8/2025

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 17/8/2025. Uncle Pleb has solo spots this week so we start with James reminding us of an Oldham Tinkers song that also used to be done by another former host, Pete Wood, followed by Steve and an Eric Taylor song. Steven Davies gave us his own tune with no name, Victoria was jolly in the morning and Tony was in Ireland. We'll have to wait for another time to hear the ending of the Humber Bridge song but that meant we heard again John Denvers Box of War warning. We had two visitors from Frodsham with Veronica celebrating narrow boats on Midlands canals and Chris with his shaggy dog story. Another former host, Mike Rotheram, channelled his inner George Formby to bless everybody, Andy and Dave saluted another former host with an Arthur Wakefield favourite and finished with a reminder, if we ever needed it, of the recent heatwaves! 

3/8/2025

A much quieter turnout than we had last week so no audio clips this week.

20/7/2025

Here are the audio clips from the Guest Night with Lee Bardsley and India Shan 20/7/2025. What a pleasure to have the room full to bursting again and quite rightly so with Lee Bardsley and India Shan as the first guests for the club run by Uncle Pleb. The boys started off with a local tale about the canal bursting its banks followed by the other support act, Andy and Dave, who kept the theme local with Arthur Wakefield's Cheshire Lullaby. That left the stage for the main guests with Lee's powerful voice and guitar expertly accompanied by India on violin. 'Dont Run for The Hills' Lee described as a sort of protest song about not avoiding issues, 'Meet My Maker Clean' is about living a good life, Mistral is an atmospheric journey making great use of the instruments to paint a picture and they finished the evening with a new song called 'The Land' which sent everyone on their way after hopefully the first of many such successful guest nights at the club.   

6/7/2025

Here are the audio clips from the Singers Night on 6/7/2025. What a bumper night it was so let's start with our hosts, Uncle Pleb, as usual but seeing as they chose to give a World Premier for three new songs it is only fair that we hear them again. Bethan told a Yorkshire tale followed by her daughter Layan who told a fable, newcomer Alex gave a new twist to an old club favourite and then we had a couple of larks, one waited for by Victoria and then another in the air from Tony. Tony appeared with the courtesy of a new hip followed by Phil who coincidentally had had a similar replacement but whose thoughts were more about Wimbledon. Ralph was off to the Isle of Man, Richard was ona promise, Pieter was looking for a perfect world but Les and John warned about some bad weather which then turned into a river. Andy was in tears but found solace on a bus. Ding Ding.