Wine and Alchemy for ONE WEEKEND only!

[Sir LJ]

WAIT!

WAIT!

THERE IS A NEW PUB!?!!@#@!$#!@?

I asked the same thing myself. i am thankful to Tin for pointing out that The Queen's Pub had been moved inside. Need a place to rest prior to Queen's Tea.

By the way Your Majesty, thank you to and all the court for the special B-Day wish at tea!

[LadyElizabeth]

Wine and Alchemy is one of my favorite bands!!!  Their sound is beautiful and unique and their members are super cute and extremely nice!  I wish I could attend this festival just to see them again before the fall... but I'm afriad it's much too far to travel!

[Chris B]

Elizabeth,

You're going to Scarby right?  They are playing there all 8 weekends so you can catch them there.  I thought you were on the list.

[LadyElizabeth]

Wow, I had no idea.  I didn't know they'd be there this year, how very exciting!!  Thanks for the news.

[Welsh Wench]

I was promised Kashmir next weekend but I have to say I think Matty Groves has become my favorite!

[Chris B]

I was promised Kashmir next weekend but I have to say I think Matty Groves has become my favorite!

Yeah, I have Kashmir now, but do not get your hopes up for a Jenny or Corrin level performance yet.  I am scrambling to get all these songs memorized and to a polished level.  I have learned over an hour and a half worth of W&A music in less than a month and a half while working full time and managing a family of seven.  I am about to pass out at this point, but I will try not to dissapoint you all. 

[Count Adolfo]

OK, so this thread has eluded me until now...
Chris, I'll see you upon arrival... will seek you out and will make sure to catch a performance!!!

Huzzah to your foray to Fittleworth

[Anna Iram]

I picked up the CD this past weekend and love it! Agreed WW, Matty Groves is a favorite for sure, but I really am fond of the Love Song. It's listed as Chanson la Amour I think.

Looking forward to hearing you play this weekend Chris.

[Welsh Wench]

FYI--

The earliest published version of Matty Groves appeared in 1658.

Adultery being the underlying theme but the ending has varied from time to time. The husband gets executed, Lord Donald's wife kills him and escapes....

The song has had a few variations of the names too but the lesson is the same--

Don't dig in another man's garden lest ye become fertilizer.

[Caligo]

The song has had a few variations of the names too but the lesson is the same--

Don't dig in another man's garden lest ye become fertilizer.

I always thought the lesson was to sleep lightly and know where your clothes are in the dark?

[Welsh Wench]

LOL--ranks right up with the three words women HATE to hear while making love--

'Honey? I'm home!'

But I digress--
Sorry that this is Wine and Alchemy's last weekend. But it was nice to renew friendships.
And share a laugh over a long-forgotten story that made it to Texas.....

[Chris B]

I picked up the CD this past weekend and love it! Agreed WW, Matty Groves is a favorite for sure, but I really am fond of the Love Song. It's listed as Chanson la Amour I think.

Looking forward to hearing you play this weekend Chris.

Thanks for all of you being supportive.  Less than 36 hours till I leave Houston.  I look forward to meeting you all on Saturday so stop by and say hello.  One last night of practice.

[Anna Iram]

Okay, I tok a look at the cd cover..TOTALLY butchered the title of that song. My french grandmother would not be proud...*sigh*,

It's Le Chanson d' Amour...The Love Song..and written by Marc. Beautiful.  I was driving along listening to it this morning and seriously about swooned.

[Lady Nicolette]

Here's a link to the first version I ever heard of this song...It's audio only, but does have the incomparable Sandy Denny singing lead vocals...Incidentally, she is the only female singer ever to have recorded with Led Zeppelin, she adds her voice to "The Battle of Evermore."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3F93v1Tdc

[Lady Nicolette]

I wish I'd been able to see more of them while I was at BARF so briefly two weekends ago, but the little bit I did see of them proved how much tighter they've become...I'm hoping that they can squeeze in a weekend or two up here in TN this May again, like they did last year!