Almost on us... Pete Morton at the Organ Grinder, Loughborough, Friday November 22nd, 2013...

Almost there - Pete Morton with support from Tom Patterson and Dave Morton (no relation!) - next Friday night (22nd) at the Organ Grinder, doors 8 p.m. admission £9...












A taster:
   

Pete Morton at the Organ Grinder, Friday, 22 November, 2013...

Only a few weeks away now... Some info about the support:

Tom Patterson and Dave Morton have been playing together for some years.  Tom is a prolific songwriter who is a many times winner of the Morpeth Gathering songwriting competition.  Recently he won awards at the Darlington Folk Festival songwriting competition 2013 and the Durham Traditional songwriting competition at the Sedgefield Folk Festival, 2012.  His passionate vocals and guitar are backed by Dave Morton's fluid guitar lines.

Autumn approaches - but the good news is: Pete Morton at the Organ Grinder, Loughborough, November 22nd, 2013...

By the time autumn has come down on us, no doubt spirits will need lifting.  Here's the perfect hit to achieve such transcendence: Pete Morton, live at the Organ Grinder, Loughborough, with support from songwriter Tom Patterson and his long term sidekick Dave Morton (guitar, juggling etc).  A certain amount of nostalgia involved as well: the OG was formerly known as the Pack Horse and housed a folk club where Pete played regular gigs for many years so a return to an old haunt that has been successfully relaunched after falling on hard times.  The battered upstairs room has also been refurbished and offers a somewhat more comfortable listening experience... date for your diaries: Friday 22nd November, doors 8 pm.  Come early - Pete always attracts a crowd... a mere £9...

A taster:  Pete at full tilt, colliding the old into the new:

Pete Morton Redux... Organ Grinder/November 22, 2013...

A heads up for a future gig - Pete Morton will be playing in the autumn on Friday 22nd November at
The Organ Grinder, Woodgate, Loughborough.  A new venue?  Not exactly... more a return to an old venue under a new name.  Early in his career Pete played many gigs upstairs at the folk club of the Old Pack Horse pub and continued to do so down the years.  Unfortunately the pub deteriorated badly, locked in a downward spiral until it finally collapsed and died.  Enter Blue Monkey Brewery in 2012 who did a superb job on renovating this venerable old boozer and taking it back to - and beyond even - its former glories under a new name: The Organ Grinder.   Please note: a folk club started up again recently for informal sessions once a month, second Friday.  Pete's gig, however,  is under the Tapped But Settling banner of Mr Frank Marmion as a concert booking with support tba....