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Folk Bands in Gateshead

Find available folk bands in Gateshead on this web site of music groups

Filter Folk Bands in Gateshead using the drop down box

Some examples of our folk bands in England, Scotland and Wales are shown below. To find folk bands in Gateshead select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our folk bands who are within a reasonable distance of your venue.

Quotation and Booking for folk bands in Gateshead

Interested in our folk bands? Send an email for a prompt, no obligation quotation. Want to discuss the musical options and alternatives for your special day? Phone or email us at Midsummer Music. We are here to help. To book us, email or phone, it's that simple.

History is reflected in the words of folk songs sung by some of our folk bands

Yo Ho Ho - - Fifteen men on a dead man's chest - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum - Drink and the devil had done for the rest - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. - The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike - The bosun brained with a marlinspike - And cookey's throat was marked belike - It had been gripped by fingers ten; - And there they lay, all good dead men - Like break o'day in a boozing ken - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. - 2. Fifteen men of the whole ship's list - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! - Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist! - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! - - - he skipper lay with his nob in gore - Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore - And the scullion he was stabbed times four - And there they lay, and the soggy skies - Dripped down in up-staring eyes - In murk sunset and foul sunrise - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. - - 3. Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! - Ten of the crew had the murder mark! - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! - Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead - Or a yawing hole in a battered head - And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red - And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes - Looking up at paradise - All souls bound just contrawise - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

What has been said about Folk Bands.

Much has been written about folk music and folk bands. Here are some quotations:-

There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. ~ Samuel Butler

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Gateshead

Weddings - Our folk bands are experienced in setting just the right atmosphere for an evening to remember

Hear online music from our folk bands

Parties & Corporate events - a Barn Dance Band will get everyone up and enjoying the evening

Folk Bands can have some of the craziest of names

Whapweasel ; Wheelwright's Bane ; The Whole Caboodle Band. ; Windy Mills ; The Woodpecker Band ; Workhouse ; Five Minutes To Midnight ; Glorishears ; Great White Steamchicken ; Magic Rantabout ; Peeping Tom ; Petronella ; The Arrdvark Ceilidh Band ; OCCASIONAL PUB BAND; CAFE SOL;