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philreckless
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 Re:Flavour of the month - 2006/12/21 19:15 oh and I can send the tune as an audio or midi file too!

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Slybynight
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 Re:Flavour of the month - 2007/01/29 12:11 Hi all

I have always wanted to have the guts to perform, but so far its only unfortunate friends who have had the pleasure of my versions of the great mans songs! I am determined to give it a go, so I am studying in earnest (lucky chap). I therefore have no idea about "bagsying" of even what the 20 or so are that Malcy is talking about.

I play: Billy's Ballad, La-di-dah, Bethlehem, Castleford LMC, Grandad, and Bantham Cock.

It sounds like most of those are common choices, so I guess I'd be pretty near the bottom of the bagsy pile.

What do all you guys play?

Which are the most popular?

Has anyone had a crack at tabbing out some of the more complex picking, eg bethlehem - I've worked out the first bit, but I just revert to standard up and down picking after that. They said the thing just couldn\'t be done
And so I set right to it
I tackled the thing that couldn\'t be done
And found I couldn\'t do it
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aliasmacalias
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 Re:Flavour of the month - 2007/01/30 07:23 Hi Slybynight

Every year or so a 'Jakefest' is organised somewhere in the country at which -as a rule- allcomers volunteer to get on the stage and perform a Jakesong or two. There are a number of problems with this, one of which is the large number of people we now have who want to do this. Baggsying is the semi-controlled free-for-all which happens before a Jakefest when people are invited to scramble to be assigned songs which they know. This happens because there is a hard core of Jakes "big" songs which most people know but we can't stage a show in which twenty people come on and sing Sister Josephine.

People submit in advance the songs which they want to do and other which they can do and someone - usually Malcy - tries to organise it all into a running order which ensures that no song is duplicated and everyone is more or less content with the song(s) which they are asked to do.

I don't know when the next Jakefest is but when one is due a note will be posted on this site inviting performers - either existing or aspiring - to submit their preferences.

welcome along

Ian I got boogie, boogie, in my socks
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aliasmacalias
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 Re:Flavour of the month - 2007/01/30 07:29 Oh, and I should have added: you undoubtedly have a higher chance of performing the songs which you want if you explore the hinterland of Jake's lesser known songs but a lot depends on who else is baggsying and the mix of songs on their lists. At the last Jakefest in Scarborough, which ran over two nights, upwards of fifty of Jake's songs were performed.

There aren't many which have never been performed but there remain a few.

As regards picking - we have a mix of performing styles - some sticking closer to Jake's guitar style than others. None of us are Jake impersonators: the idea is to keep the songs alive and breathing.

Post edited by: aliasmacalias, at: 2007/01/30 07:32 I got boogie, boogie, in my socks
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Malcy
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 Re:Flavour of the month - 2007/01/31 15:43 Hiya Slybynight !

Pausing briefly to echo what Ian's said, I see that you've quoted Mr Garbutt at the end of your letter ! If you've managed to play whistle half as well as Vin, then you'll easily manage Jake's "tricky bits !" ;o) Eranu !
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