And now for something completely different.Hot on the heels of the rock n roll stylings of Toxic Bob's show the previous week, Kent based folk act Pig's Ear trottered along(look, there may be a few of these porcine type puns in this review, I can only apologise) the A12 to the Angel.
A distinctly different musical propositon to the poisonous Roberts, Pig's Ear proceed to hog pretty much all of the main bar with their set up, which included musical instruments which numbered greater than the amount of chords that some regulars are able to manage on guitar alone. For those interested, the instruments observed in use included : guitar, fiddle, mandolin, various recorders, oboe, appalacian dulcimer, bongos, drums, bodran, washboard and of course, voice.
In a bacon hot Angel, the 'Ear produced a tight set high on musical ability, but with the emphasis firmly on cracking good songs that you could grunt along with. With Songs ranging from traditional songs(including originating-in-Suffolk tune 'The Crow'), the covers to a pleasing number of their own compositions, all with some high standard banter which at times sailed a little too close to the wind(the words 'free' and 'beer' were heard at one point) for Kevin's liking and when the band eventually decided to rind things up at around 1130, those attendant could consider themselves well entertained.
Cheers to Sue, Lyndsey, Keith and Grant for a great night and gammon back up to Suffolk soon.
Here's some pictorial evidence of the night.

Many folk songs tell of the Little People. Here they are.

A crasser person than me would probably have made some kind of humourous crcak about 'this young lady made herself very popular by virtue of her ability to blow anything'. But not me.

Pigs Ear, not performing 'Freebird'.

For those who were wondering, THIS is an appalacian dulcimer.

Packing up the gear took almost as much time as the show. Any rock band that moans about having a lot of kit to carry should have seen the amount of stuff the 'Ear brought with them.



















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