The fab four are back in town...

Driftwood is back to full strength this week after half of the band went on a raid to Norway.

They will be getting down to Deal Folk Club on friday to do a quick number while listening to Deal's power trio of Carey, Rathbone & Bell who are headlining. Starts at 8pm at the RMA club on the strand Walmer (next to the fish&chip shop)

Driftwood are back in action on Saturday 5th December when they are playing the Craft Fair at St Leonards in Upper Deal (about 10am, I think).

Alas the Roadie will not be there as he charging around the Gower Peninsula  in Wales doing a Trail Marathon (basically hills&mud and more hills)

Birthday party marathon

Well done to Sue & Rose! At Doug's birthday bash on Saturday evening they did an amazing 24 songs not including 'Happy Birthday'. By my reckoning if the whole band was there it would be pushing 48 songs. Now that is what I call value for money!

Mystery instrument revealed

The mystery instrument appearing on Friday' Deal Folk Club has been revealed as a Cajun Drum.

The Drum appeared with Sue & Rose from Driftwood on their rendition of  'Answer Me'.  The duo also played one of the Roadie's fav's ' Shady Grove'

Also at the session was Alchemy - a tuneful vocal trio from Sussex which brings together Mike Nicholson & Capella - with their beautiful version of  'the water is wide', a favourite of the band.

Join the Magnificent Revolution!

Just come accross an organisation - Magnificent Revolution - which brings together my love of music, bicycles and all things green.
They are a collective of artists, musicans, engineers, designers and eco-builders who come up with some simple but brilliant ideas - The one that got my attention was their bicycle generators for the PA for Deal's very own Cocos Lovers at a gig in the Secret Garden Festival.

Cocos Lovers - Howling Wind
(Generated by Bicycles + all Seven of them in a Van!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmrouE4y-PM 

Check out Magnificent Revolution's site at http://www.magnificentrevolution.org/ as they have got some fanastic ideas!

Midwinter Folk Festival - Ash 2nd Jan 2010

East Kent's master songmiester and teller of tall tales, Adrian O, is organising another of his successful mini-folk fests at the Chequer Inn at Ash (between Canterbury & Sandwich) on Saturday 2nd January 2010 - 11am to 11pm.

The guest list is starting to emerge - as well as Driftwood (who will be on about 3pm) - it looks like an impressive one: Bob Kenward, Redeye, Deal Hoodeners, Mac&Clive John Barden, Steve O'Kane, No Worries, Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou, True Colours, Loose Change, Not that John & Paul, Rambling Boys, Sue Watson, Knyghtriders Ceili Band and MC Adrian O.... more to follow

There will be food and I suspect some drink all day. More details will be posted here!

News: Mystery instrument to appear at Deal Folk Club!

A mystery instrument will have its world premire at Deal's Friday Folk Club on the 27th Nov.

The instrument who wishes to remain nameless at this point will be appearing wth the half of Driftwood (Rose and Sue) which is not touring the land of northern lights.

The Roadie will award one coconut to the first person to identify our mystery friend.... its that thing on the table (Hint).

Yet another thing for the poor Roadie to carry!

Show of Hands - AIG Video

As you know the band are a great fan of Show of Hands and especially their new album 'AIG'
Video of title track now on YouTube and in our favourites! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u2ill7yOZo

Driftwood 'Lite' playing at Blean Barn dance

Driftwood was playing support for the Deal Hoodeners at the Blean Barn dance on Sat 14th Nov in aid of the village's project to build a new Village Hall. The band were down a man (literally) as Dave had been kidnapped by those desperate men in Bottles... We want him back in the same condition, please !

Adrian O was also providing some light relief and joined the band for a rendition of  'This Land, is Your land'.

All this was happening between energy boosted sets of the Deal Hoodeners and caller Bill that had the dancers begging for a rest.

A great time was had by all.

Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed - Show of Hands

 We bought this today (in Deal's Indie record shop SoundHouse)  totally brilliant. A real anthem for a doomed banker...

You can listen online at http://www.myspace.com/showofhandsuk

Why are most folk songs so miserable?

The body count was running,particularly high at the Deal Friday Folk Club last night (6th Nov).

We had the slaughter of the Rochdale pals on the Somme, the massacre of an entire extended Yorkshire victorian family on the moors (except the dog), the sinking of the titanic, death of 14yr old troopers, the death of 20 cornish tin miners ... it was relentless ... did I mention the poor polar bears?


Not that it was bad music; just the opposite it was great evening jam packed with performers enjoying every minute and a vocal & engaged audience. This is not an argument for more songs about kittens - (although I note that Adrian O's songs on a truculent donkey and pathological goat both went down very well) - I liked Sue Watson's darkish 'Vampire Rag'. More of Les's demonic accordian on  Leaving Liverpool please....

By the way if you got an answer please tell me.
All IMHO - Roadie
http://www.dealfolkclub.co.uk/

Cocos Lovers - 'Father' great new video+song

Great new video + song from Deal's most soulful neo-Indie-folk group - Roadie five stars rating; most good (IMHO)

Cocos Lovers: http://cocoslovers.co.uk/ + http://www.myspace.com/cocoslovers





Link if you cannot see the embedded video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTo5XFdECBk