Show for George Drever

I've been away on holiday so was unable to post the playlist for the 22nd July but it's up on Mixcloud. I've recorded a show for this coming Monday which is dedicated to a friend of mine who died last month.

His name was George Drever and I first met him in 1982 when we both worked in a Civil Service office in Edinburgh. Although he was just over 10 years older than me we struck up a friendship as we found we shared a love of music. We went to quite a few gigs together over the years ranging from Runrig and Oysterband to James, Asian Dub Foundation, Smashing Pumpkins, Ian McNabb and a memorable gig at the Assembly Rooms seeing reggae band Misty in Roots. The only time we really disagreed over music was one occasion when I mentioned Crosby, Stills & Nash. George had been into the psychedelic rock bands of the late 60s and early 70s like Pink Fairies, Hawkwind and The Pretty Things. CSN summed up everything he disliked about the hippie dippy scene of the time. But that was the only time I saw him getting worked up about music. Mostly we shared whatever music we were listening to and I have a number of mixtapes which are a tangible reminder of our friendship.

So this Monday's show will feature some folk and acoustic artists who we were both fans of. There will be tracks by Edinburgh singers Dick Gaughan and Bert Jansch though neither, like George, were born in Scotland's capital city but they spent most of their lives there. From America I have selected tracks by Rosanne Cash, Michelle Shocked and Ted Hawkins and from England, The Levellers, Fairport Convention and Richard Thompson.

You can listen to the show here - http://www.mixcloud.com/cmbertram/the-folk-and-acoustic-music-show-41/

Here's a track by Ed Sanders of The Fugs who was one of the many less well known artists whose music George introduced me to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2gQfgPfkvo