On Friday 14th March, Potteries Folk presents a rare reunion of legendary Staffordshire folk band, the Deacons. Steve Gullick, on the Stafford Folk Music and Dance site, reviewing The Deacons performance at The Unicorn Folk Club in December 2013: It is all too easy to take our home grown acts for granted when we see them in various guises throughout the year at sessions and singarounds, but when they get together, particularly as a full Deacon line up, they move into a different gear entirely. These four guys have been together for more than half their lives and you would expect that after this length of time for a certain amount of staleness or complacency to have crept in, or ill nursed grudges or just simple boredom.... but you would be wrong, you would be very wrong. The act is spontaneous, very professional (yes, it is guys) and fresh. It is a real pleasure to see them performing as they were meant to and you can see the enjoyment they get out of it themselves as much as the enjoyment they give to their audience Our venue is the Foxfield Railway, Caverswall Road, Blythe Bridge, ST11 9BG. Floor singers and musicians are welcome. Admission £10 (£9 concessions). We have plenty of free parking, and we are fully accessible to people with disabilities. We have a real ale bar, the One-Legged Shunter, which was CAMRA Pub of the Month in September 2013. Doors are open at 7.30 for a 7.45 start. We aim to finish at around 10.15, for those who have to catch buses home, but the bar is open to 11.00. We have been getting full houses recently, so be sure to get there in good time.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 16:17:48 +0000