Sets for August…Hare and Hounds Vids…FAB Concert

Hi everyone, Beth and I are on holiday/working sporadically over the next few weeks so I have got the sets ready for August early!

Here they are –

August 13th – Every Breath You Take, I Feel Good, I Got My Mind Set On You, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, I Say A Little Prayer, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, I’ll Fly Away, Jailhouse Rock, Jambalaya, The Joker, Jonny Be Goode, Karma Chameleon, Lay Down Sally, Let’s Stick Together, Lipstick On You Collar, Make You Feel My Love, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

August 27th – Mad World, Mr Blue Sky, Mr Tambourine Man, Mull Of Kintyre, Nine To Five, Non Je Ne Regrette Rien, One Love, Ooh La La, Paint It Black, People Are Strange, Proud Mary, Psycho Killer, Return To Sender, Revolution, Ring Of Fire, River Deep Mountain High, Rock Around The Clock

Here are some videos kindly supplied by Farroakh from the recent concert at the Hare and Hounds. Good work everybody!

We are confirmed for another Fight Against Blindness evening. The audience will simply come to our session on the 22nd of October – they all pay a tenner and we donate the session fees (less room hire). So we now have concerts in September and October!

Set for 30/7/24, dates for your diary

Hi everyone, here is the set for next week

New ones – Ring of Fire, Every Breath You Take

See You Later Alligator, She’s Not There, Somewhere Only We Know, Stupid Cupid, These Boots Are Made For Walking, Top of the World, Ukulele Lady, Walk Like A Man, Uptown Girl, Waterloo, Whole Lotta Shakin/Chantilly Lace, Wonderful Tonight, You Really Got A Hold On Me, You Wear It Well

New singers, guitarists and ukulele players are always welcome, either just turn up or drop me a line if you have any questions.

We are confirmed to play a 30 min set at The Surbiton Festival on Sat 28th September at 1 45 (Claremont Gardens)

I am in the process of booking fortnightly Tuesday sessions up to Christmas including August –

13, 27 Aug – 10,24 Sept – 8,22 Oct – 5,19 Nov – 3,17 Dec

Set for the 16/7/24

Hi everyone, well done to everyone who played on Sunday. The weather was a bit against us but I thought it went fantastically well! Looking forward to the next gig on the 28th September, keep it in your diaries!

Here is the set for next Tuesday –

Always in My Mind, Autumn Leaves, And Then I Kissed Her, Be-Bop-A-Lula, Blowing in the Wind, Don’t Get Me Wrong, End of the Line, Honky Tonk Women, Hound Dog, I Walk The Line, I’m Into Something Good, I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die, I Only Want To Be WIth You, Obladi Oblada, *Uptown Girl*

Singers, ukists, and guitarists are all welcome, tell your friends!

Set for the 7th

Hi everyone,

As promised here is the set for Sunday – Sit Down, Blue Suede Shoes, Leaving On a Jet Plane, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Delilah, I Don’t Want to Talk About It, Wild Rover, My Way, Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

Beth and I will probably get there at around 5ish. There is plenty of parking at the pub or in the surrounding area. Feel free to come and join in even if you missed the rehearsal.

Click on this link for details about where to find The Hare and Hounds.

See you there!

Set for 2/7/24 and gig 7/7

Hi everyone,

I have a long list of songs to choose from for the gig, please bring all of these on Tuesday and we will whittle it down to the best ones….

Always Look On The Bright Side, Blues Suede Shoes, Can’t Take My Eyes Of You, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Delilah, I Can see Clearly Now, I Don’t Want To Talk About It, I Saw Her Standing There, Leaving On A Jet Plane, Make You Feel My Love, My Way, Rhinestone Cowboy, Sit Down, Wild Rover, Your Cheating Heart

Please remember – if you can’t make the rehearsal I still want you to play at the gig if possible! And if you can’t make the gig come along to the session, it won’t be that different to usual…

Set for the 18/6/24 and gig news….

Hi everyone, we are going to play at the Hare and Hounds in Claygate at 5 30 on Sunday the 7th of July, so please put that in your diaries! We will play through some easy familiar numbers on the 2nd of July to prepare for this.

The set for this Tuesday has two new ones and is as follows……

*Always on my Mind*, Ballad of John and Yoko, Big Yellow Taxi, *I Can See Clearly Now*, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, I’m a Believer, In the Summertime, Minnie The Moocher, Road To Nowhere, Should I Stay Or Should I Go, That’ll Be The Day, We Have All the Time In the World, What A Wonderful World (SAM COOKE), Yellow, Your Cheatin’ Heart

Looking forward to it!

Set for 4/6/24

Hi everyone, here is the set for Tuesday. It’s had various changes because of the gig cancellation and I haven’t had a chance yet to add a new tune as yet…..

Brown Eyed Girl, Calender Girl, Crocodile Rock, Cupid, Delilah, Handbags and Gladrags, Hotel California, Maggie May, Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps, Space Oddity, Spirit in the Sky, Teenage Kicks, This Train is Bound For Glory, With a Little Help From My Friends, We Have All The Time In The World

Set for the 21/5/24

Hi everyone, here is the set for next Tuesday with one new tune…..

*We Have All the Time in the World*, Cecilia, C’est La Vie, Beach Boys Medley, Can’t Help Falling In Love, Don’t Stop, Ghost Riders in the Sky, She, Sixteen Tons, Sound of SIlence, Three Little Birds, Under the Boardwalk, Valerie, Venus, Walk Like an Egyptian

Should be good fun. New members of any standard are welcome, if you don’t play a instrument you are still welcome to come and sing a long!

One last thing – a link to some pics and vids from the Sardine Festival

Gig info and set news for 7/5/24

Hi everyone,

First up here is the info regarding the Seething Sardine Festival this coming Sunday 5/5. I’m hoping to see lots of you there! It will be great fun, and the more of us the better, so even if you weren’t at the rehearsal last week come anyway. It would be great to have a nice big troupe of ukeists, guitarists and singers!

We are on stage at 12pm, so please aim to get there by 11.45 (Beth and I will be aiming for 11 30). Have the set ready in this order – Proud Mary, Country Roads, Dirty Old Town, The Irish Rover, It Must Be Love, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Sunny Afternoon, Sloop John B, and then if we need an encore Hi Ho Silver Lining.

Then hopefully lots of you will stick around to sing the two shanty songs by the river at 2 20 to 2 30 after a procession to get down there. I think there will a few bits and bobs going on to keep us entertained in between.

It is in a little park called Claremont Gardens (not St Andrews Square as I previously thought!) This is in Surbiton town centre, next to the Waitrose. Watch out if you are putting it into a sat nav, there is a road nearby called Claremont Gardens!

I doubt if there will be chairs there so stand if you can or bring a seat! Because we are playing outside I would suggest pegs for the music. And maybe bring a brolly just in case but lets hope it stays dry! We will try to have as few stands up as possible so pick a stand buddy.

As for parking, you could try the Waitrose car park or the Sainsbury’s car park in the town, and there is a small car park on St Phillips Road. Most of the residential roads require permits in the week but I get the impression from the Kingston Council Website they mostly don’t apply on Sundays.

I think that is everything but feel free to send me any questions. Keep an eye on your email on the day just in case!

And then we are onto the session on the 7th – here is the set

*Wild Rover (I thought we could do the proper version)*, *Sixteen Tons*, I Don’t Want to Talk About It, I Fought the Law, I Heard it Through the Grapevine, I Wanna be Like You, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, The Joker, Jolene, Let’s Stick Together, Little Richard Medley, Love Potion No 9, Revolution, Rock and Roll Music, You’ve Got a Friend

Should be good fun! See you there……

Set for the 23/4/24 and the Sunday 5th

Hi everyone

I haven’t managed to get a lot of info for you as yet regarding the gig on the 5th, but hopefully by Tuesday things will be clearer! Essentially we will be turning up in Surbiton in the daytime on the 5th and knocking out some of the following classics….. You may notice a few with river/sea references, plus I’ve tried to cover all bases for potential weather scenarios. Aside from that there are some easy sing-a-long numbers.

Country Roads, Daydream Believer, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Dirty Old Town, The Irish Rover, Help, Hi Ho Silver Lining, It Must be Love, Proud Mary, Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head, River Deep Mountain High, Sloop John B, Sunny Afternoon.

Please remember if you can’t come on Tuesday I’d still love you to come and play at the gig. And if you can’t come to the gig you are still very welcome to come on Tuesday.