Folk Music at The Count House

SIDE ONE:
1.Mel & Miles - The Tarriers
2. John & Tel - Down in the Mine
3. Mel & Miles - Brady Brady

SIDE TWO:
1. John & Tel - Fly Away
2. Mel & Miles - Henry
3. Mel & Miles - Nightingale

Recorded at The Count House 31.10.64
Played at 45rpm

MEL & MILES
JOHN & TEL
The Count House at Botallack is perched dramatically on the cliffs about 7 miles from Land's End. It once formed part of the famous Botallack Tin Mine which was worked from 1721 to 1914. In June 1964 John Wood and Ian Todd opened the Folk Music club in an adjoining building which once was used as the mine workshop. Folk music appeals to people of all ages from all over the country and, in fact, the world. Despite, therefore, Its almost inaccessible locality the club was soon attracting nearly 100 folk music lovers at each session. The club is unique in mans' ways. It is one of the few folk music clubs which does not serve alcohol but never the less it is so successful that during the summer it opens every night except Sunday which no other club in this country is known to do. John is a fisherman and Tel is a builder and they have appeared since the club's inception. They play and sing songs from all parts of the world but tend to favour those which possess an American influence, despite the fact that most of these originated in England. Mel and Miles come from London and spend all summer at the club in addition to frequent visits during the winter when they can spare the time from their newly opened Folk West Four Club at The Emperor in Chiswick. Miles sings and plays the guitar whilst Mel goons and sings his way through the numbers. Mel's dramatic (?) rendering of 'Henry' is one example of their humourous songs whilst their 'Nightingale' shows that they can be serious on infrequent occasions.

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