20 April 2024
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With The Plough Inn being closed for the time being, the fortnightly singaround session had its first session in the church hall of All Saints Thorpe Acre with Dishley, which is just round the corner on Thorpe Acre Road. It … Continue reading
6 April 2024
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Today was the sing-around’s last session at The Plough Inn, for the time being at least. Sadly the pub is shutting its doors as the present proprietors move on and the future of the location is unclear. They have had … Continue reading
23 March 2024
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Today’s sing-around might have been the last one at The Plough Inn for a while, depending on when it actually shuts its doors. I decided to take my six string Sei Flamboyant bass for a number of reasons: I don’t … Continue reading
9 March 2024
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There was another sing-around at The Plough Inn this afternoon and I contributed a couple of songs (on banjo). First off, pocket… sorry, Rocket Man. I popped to the local supermarket this morning but, as I approached the tills, thought … Continue reading
27 January 2024
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Just two songs led by me today (on ukulele) – I Can See Clearly Now the Rain Has Gone and Jolene. The first was an example of a mondegreen, in that I used to imagine it was about a woman … Continue reading
13 January 2024
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I took the banjo down to today’s singaround at The Plough Inn and led three songs – Bad Moon Rising, Valerie and (for a simple finisher – one chord and one rhythmic riff) – Mona.
30 December 2023
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In a short break from the series of posts on the church sound desk, I wanted to make a note of the tunes I contributed to today’s sing around session at The Plough Inn in Thorpe Acre. We are still … Continue reading
16 December 2023
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Three songs for me at the Christmas sing around at The Plough Inn. I opened with While Shepherds Watched, to the original Cranbrook tune, on mandolin. That was an opportunity to get some extra practise in for leading the same … Continue reading
2 December 2023
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I did three songs at today’s sing around session at The Plough Inn in Thorpe Acre, all on double bass. I started with Will the Circle Be Unbroken, which I announced as being in G and then proceeded to sing … Continue reading
18 November 2023
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I had to skip off early from today’s singaround session at The Plough Inn in Loughborough today as I had an extra rehearsal at church from tomorrow’s service. However, since I needed my electric guitar for that, I decided to … Continue reading