Great Last Show Of The Year!

Wow! That was SO much fun. Lots of Phil Ochs fans out last night...including two adorable twenty-somethings sporting Ochs t-shirts. And there was even a personal friend of his from back in the day. He has fans that span all age groups and they were in fine voice. 

In honour of this wonderful songwriter, nine of Phil Och's songs were added to the evening's setlist: Love Me I’m A Liberal, There But For Fortune, Draft Dodger Rag, I Ain’t Marchin’, Heat Of The Summer, State Of Mississippi, Changes, Hazard Kentucky, and When I'm Gone. We were impressed at how many people in the audience actually knew all the lyrics. Ochs wrote long songs...great songs...but long songs!

It's about 7 weeks until we are back with our next regular Where Have All The Folk Songs Gone show (Wednesday, January 20th), but in the meantime, the gang has been invited to perform some songs at the Free Times Cafe 35th Anniversary show on Tuesday, December 15th. Check out their website for details on that event http://www.freetimescafe.com/

 

Uplifting Experience!

After a very trying week, feeling down about tragic events happening around the world, we were looking forward even more than usual to being in a room full of people singing together. And as expected it was the perfect pick-me-up!

There were moments, in songs like 'Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream', 'If I Had A Hammer' and 'Universal Soldier' where the words hit close to the bone and some of us fought back tears. But there were laugh out loud moments as well, with lyrics like these from the Kingston Trio hit song 'MTA'... 

Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square station 
Every day at quarter past two 
And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich 
As the train comes rumbling through 

The evening was a great reminder of the power of music and the camaraderie that comes from getting out of our homes and out into public places sharing positive experiences with like minded people. 

Thanks so much to everyone who joined us last night! 

Our next and final regular 'Where Have All The Folk Songs Gone' show of 2015 is on Thursday, December 3rd, 7:30pm at The Free Times Cafe. In celebration of what would have been Phil Och's 75th birthday the show will include a tribute to his music so you can expect to hear many of his songs that evening! Hope to see you there.