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This evening we went to see Digby Fairweather talking with Acker Bilk at the Methodist Church in Loughton. This was organised by David Nathan who runs the National Jazz Archive based at Loughton Library.Acker was the first British artist to have a No.1 hit in England and America with the lovely tune "Jenny" a.k.a "Stranger on the Shore" - it was great to hear his reminiscences and stories.
Another great tune to check out is his version of "Burgundy Street Blues"
Unfortunately Acker had a chest cold and had travelled over 3 hours from Somerset so he was a bit croaky.
THEN . . . suddenly halfway through the second half the old lady sitting in front of us suddenly had some kind of fit or seizure and I had to try and help her husband and others to drag her out of the hall. Then he wouldn't let us call an ambulance !
It was a strange and upsetting end to an interesting evening
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2 comments:
Happy St. Katherine's Day! She is the patron saint of woodworkers, but also spinners, knitters, lacemakers, and other things--just thought it would be interesting to know:)
Good job someone's watching over us Rika !
I just saw the guy who organised the Acker Bilk event recently and thankfully the lady was OK aftwerwards.
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