Performances: 2009
Monday 5th January - Comedy Night at Warwick Folk Club
Saturday 31st January 2009 Private function
Tuesday 21st April 2009 The Merchants, Rugby- Beer Festival see www.merchantsinn.co.uk/
Wednesday 27th May 8.30pm Bedworth Folk Club - Rugby Club, Smart’s Road, Bedworth
Monday 8th June. Warwick Folk Club - support slot.
Sunday 28th June. 8.00pm “Concert for Judith” at The Maudslay in Coventry.
Sunday 19th July. Newbold Rugby Club, Rugby.
Friday 25th September. BPS return to the Blue Pig in Wolvey.
We aim to start playing around 9.00pm
Thursday 1st October. The Tump Folk Club, Brinklow
No further performances are planned at the moment.
The Albion Magazine Online" 2009 Summer edition. A Review by James Turner.
Black Parrot Seaside
Ain't it Grand?
Spindrift Records Spin118
Originally formed in
the mid-seventies at the tail-end of the electric folk revival, Black Parrot Seaside
always kept things light' parody, satire, humour and a great tune were their trade
marks. They eventually folded in 1982, but in 2006 they re-formed for a charity
gig and enjoyed it so much that three years later, they are still together. On their
latest release, the quartet of Geoff Veasey (vocals, tambourine, and swanee whistle),
Mick Harris (mandolin, banjo, and accordion), Eddie Jones (fiddle, accordion, and
pub piano) and Arnold Chave (acoustic and electric guitar) turn their humorous gaze
on all sorts of subjects. They cover DIY on the opening track (with which I identify
so much….I'll tell the story of the foot through the kitchen ceiling another time),
nostalgically look back to the old days of the cinema (Odeon) and the steam locomotive
(Requiem for Steam), and take the mickey out of the current trend for Mockney accents
on the brilliant Cockney Power, with a brief medley of London songs. This amusing
and affectionate look at the world today is an album well worth listening to.
