29-Sep-09 The Plough Sessions, Staining

Our friends Penny Black run the evening which generally follows the usual singaround format of the hosts starting things off, then, going around the room in turn, everyone gets the opportunity to play and/or sing... and then around, and again until time runs out. There was a good mix of humour, classics and self-penned with guitars (7 Taylors this evening... 4 of them ours), banjo, bass, drums and whistles. Our new 12-string (Chalise) got a lot of attention and positive comments!

For our first spot we played Allan Taylor's 'Back Home To You' and our own 'Different Dreams'... for our second we did 'An Acquaintance Of Mine' (Anthony John Clarke) and 'When' (jiva)... there was a short break before the third round which gave Val the opportunity to change guitars so we could switch to the two 6-string format... we played 'Love At The Five & Dime' (Nanci Griffith) and 'Two Old Friends' (Chris Simpson)... at the end of the night Penny Black kindly asked us to do another one to finish the night, so we obliged with 'Louise' by Paul Siebel...

The wind is blowing cold tonight
Goodnight, Louise... goodnight

A grand night all round with everyone chipping in to the collection box for Arthritis Research - good music, good friends, good craic, and a good cause too... Goodnight, Louise... goodnight.

Links
jiva website
jiva MySpace
Plough MySpace