Sunday, July 29, 2007

What The Folk!


Bill Whall is a Waiheke Island folk muso. On Saturday 28 July he popped in to Island Life to have a chat about a monthly Waiheke Folk Club jam night he's starting up. Club night is the first Wednesday of each month, starting August 1. The jam will be held at the Sports Club, down on the Causeway, staring at 7pm. Bill explained that the format of the evening will be open mic from 7pm through to about 8.30 - 9.00. After that there will be a feature act, this coming month it's a bluegass outfit called Shotgun from the Titirangi Folk Club featuring former islander, Alan Lewis. The evening will finish with a jam. Whether you want to play, or just listen, all are welcome for a modest charge ($4 for members, $6 for non-members). The bar and kitchen will be open and the music will be great.

Bill brought in his banjo and played a couple of numbers. He picked up quite an audience from those passing through the artworks courtyard. Take a listen on the player below or visit the Internet Archive for downloads.

5 comments:

Eric said...

Nice Song ... I love it ...!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on being featured! You have a great blog, keep it up!

Anonymous said...

Great song I love that kind of music here's some German music I found at http://www.oekoadressen.de

Gina said...

That's nice. You're a great banjo player. Can you play "Rocky Top"?

Anonymous said...

On behalf of the Titirangi Folk Music Club, I have never heard of the Shotgun group or Alan Lewis . .ask Bill about that one!

Cheers, Sieffe