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Jon Wilks & The Grizzly Folk - Aye For Saturday Night (Roud 5701) & My Bloke's a Peaky (Roud 24185)

from Midlife by Jon Wilks

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Aye For Saturday Night (My Bloke’s a Peaky)
(Roud 5701 and 24185)

Both of these pieces were collected from the legendary Digbeth singer, Cecilia Costello, in 1967. The first is a rambunctious song full of drink and innuendo, which reminds me of my teenage years drinking in the same area. The second is slightly more interesting, from a historical perspective. Costello’s version was a fragment with no tune, describing the Peaky Blinders street gang, now famous worldwide thanks to the BBC. Costello could recall seeing them as they roamed the streets, and the only verse she could recall from a local folk poem demonstrated their style and their menace. I’ve added a tune so that they can be remembered in song.

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from Midlife, released November 1, 2018
Traditional songs, with melody to 'My Bloke's A Peaky' by Jon Wilks. Arranged, produced and performed by Jon Wilks. Additional piano by Jon Nice.

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Jon Wilks Whitchurch, UK

'The sort of performer folk circles mean when they talk of the living tradition' - Mike Davies, Folking.com

“One of the best of the New Wave of Folk Blokes. As a guitar player and arranger of traditional songs, Jon Wilks already deserves speaking of in the same breath as your Simpsons and your Morays.” – Ian A. Anderson, fRoots Mag
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