AndyRob
Valentines Park
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I posted to flickr.com
Valentines Park
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/4478437131/
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March 31 2010, 8:19am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
Valentines Park
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/4478435059/
AndyRob
Valentines Park
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March 31 2010, 8:18am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
Chicago Theatre Breaks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/4478432231/
AndyRob
Chicago Theatre Breaks
March 31 2010, 8:17am | Comments »
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I posted to andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com
Truro Agricultural Show
http://andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/03/truro-agricultural-show.html
My version of "The Truro Agricultural Show", a traditional Cornish folk song, with a knocked about archtop guitar at Havering Folk Club last night, Wednesday 24th March 2010. Interestingly four seperate people made enquiries to me about the origins of the song, having some sort of Cornish connections.The lyrics are published earlier on the Andy Roberts music blog somewhere down there...
March 25 2010, 8:11am | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Why Are We Sleeping - Andy Roberts - Kevin Ayres - Soft Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKZxTN3u6cI&feature=youtube_gdata
March 25 2010, 7:00am | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
truroagriculturalshow andyroberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YttcdNpwU2E&feature=youtube_gdata
March 25 2010, 5:52am | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Mondura Dam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBSCm83f_ow&feature=youtube_gdata
March 24 2010, 5:30am | Comments »
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I posted to andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com
The Last Nail - Andy Roberts boatbuilding folk song
http://andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/03/last-nail-andy-roberts-boatbuilding.html
The Last Nail by Andy RobertsRecorded live at Havering Folk Club
March 23 2010, 7:26am | Comments »
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I posted to stormcock.net
The Last Nail
http://www.stormcock.net/node/630
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March 22 2010, 10:43am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
Bath Spider
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/4447156171/
AndyRob
Cropped from http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/3863824845
March 20 2010, 8:44am | Comments »
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I posted to andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com
The Last Nail
http://andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/03/last-nail.html
The Last Nail is the title of my latest new Andy Roberts song, it's a folk song ballad sea shanty whatever that laments the closing of a boatyard inspired by the story of St Monan's in Fife, Scotland where I spent some time recently. Hers is the video of the first live performance of The Last Nail at Havering Folk Club on Wednesday March 17th, St Patrick's Day as it happens. These are the Lyrics to The Last Nail:Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hillThat's where they built the boatyard, and the structure stands there still.Not much boat building happens now, just repairs and fitting outbut when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can hear the old boatbulders shout: Will you pass the last nail over and I'll knock it into place,Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race.Our grandfathers put up the boatyard, to build the fishing fleet, more than fifty boats in the harbour, and shops all down the main streetthen the steam age brought in the drifters, boat builders became engineersNow the wind blows straight through the boatyard, there'll be no more boat building hereWill you pass the last nail over and I'll knock it into place,Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race.With a keen eye for staying in business, they switched over to build leisure craft And the weekend yachtsmen snapped them up, no expense spared fore or aftThen wooden hulls went out of fashion, the order book emptied last yearSo the bankers foreclosed on the boatyard,and there'll be no more boatbuilding hereWill you pass the last nail over and I'll knock it into place,Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race.Now the Vikings invented the clinker for both strength and shallow seasand the herring boats followed the coastline, until the canning ships found the keyThere's a regatta here every August, and the whole village turns out againBut the Sea Queen's no real competition, and it's guaranteed to rainWill you pass the last nail over and I'll knock it into place,Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race.Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hillthat's where they built the boatyard, and the skeleton stands there still.No more boat building happens now, not even fitting outbut when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can still hear the old boys shout:Will you pass the last nail over, we'll knock it into place,Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race.
March 19 2010, 7:22am | Comments »
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I posted to andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com
Why are we sleeping
http://andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-are-we-sleeping.html
Why are we sleeping - Kevin Ayres Soft MachineIt begins with a blessing, it ends with a curseMaking life easy by making it worse"My mask is my master", the trumpeter weepsBut his voice is so weak, as he speaks from his sleepSaying: "Why, why, why... Why are we sleeping?"People are watching, people who stareWaiting for something that's already there"Tomorrow I'll find it", the trumpeter screamsAnd remembers he's hungry, and drowns in his dreamsSaying: "Why, why, why... Why are we sleeping?"My head is a nightclub with glasses and wineThe customers dancing or just making timeWhile Daevid is cursing, the customers screamNow everyone's shouting, "Get out of my dream!"
March 19 2010, 6:56am | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
The Last Nail - Andy Roberts boatbuilding folk song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ZJ7mlBQC0&feature=youtube_gdata
March 18 2010, 7:11pm | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Norwegian Wood - Havering folk club - Andy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj4J0WLshcQ&feature=youtube_gdata
March 18 2010, 2:39pm | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
IMG_4391
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/4442624125/
AndyRob
March 18 2010, 9:44am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
IMG_4390
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/4443399876/
AndyRob
March 18 2010, 9:43am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
IMG_4387
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/4443397662/
AndyRob
March 18 2010, 9:42am | Comments »
