Added: Mar 8, 2010
From: fRootsmag
Duration: 7:14
In 1982, the proto-fRoots team produced a 30 minute TV show on behalf of the EFDSS via the BBC's Community programmes unit, shown in the Open Door slot on BBC2. The brief was to give the general public an idea of some of the variety of music that they might hear in their local folk club, rather than the stereotyped and clichéd images which were being fed to them by the mainstream media at the time.The artists who took part were Martin Simpson, Pete & Chris Coe, Maggie Holland and Peta Webb & Webb's wonders, who did individual spots before coming together for an impromptu 'Open Door Dance Band' ceilidh set with caller Eddie Upton. Shackleford Folk Club provided the venue and MC Lawrence Heath, and fRoots editor (it was Southern Rag in those days) Ian Anderson introduced the programme as well as interviewing impassioned journalist Colin Irwin.An old VHS tape recently fell out of the fRoots loft: here it is digitised into 5 YouTube-friendly chunks.
Channel: Music
Tags: english folk folk club martin simpson pete & chris coe maggie holland peta webb english ceilidh efdss froots
Rating: 4.2' max='5' min='1' numRaters='5' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#overall ( ratings) Views: 2258 Comments: 1
janetteloiseau Says:
Mar 8, 2010 - great vid..remember Pete fro the fir tree Iffley road Oxford..also I came from Hebden Bridge---very near to Ripponden .where Pete lives....wonderful bit of footage..X