Jim Herd at St Andrews Folk Club 19-10-75 (artiste only) скачать в хорошем качестве

Jim Herd at St Andrews Folk Club 19-10-75 (artiste only)

In the latter half of the last decade Fife was home to many of the reknowned folksingers and songwriters of the period – Barbara Dickson, Archie Fisher, Rab Noakes, Jean Redpath, Matt Armour and John Watt to name but a few. Jim Herd lived, worked and performed amongst them. A mainstay of the acclaimed Kirkcaldy Folk Club held in the “Elbow Room” Kirkcaldy – Jim was for some time both it’s compère and resident singer. Jim was also a talented songwriter and always popular with audiences for his performance of his own material and that of others ranging from traditional to that of American artistes such as Dave Loggins and Jackson C Frank. In addition to performing in his home town Jim would frequently be found simply dropping in and performing, without payment, as a “floorsinger” at other nearby clubs simply for the pleasure of listening to the booked guest artiste. For a while Jim also became a resident and compère at the St Andrews Folk Club travelling around 50 miles of a Sunday evening to ensure our audience enjoyed some of the finest folk music around. Sadly, for us, Jim’s professional career took him away to the other side of the globe to Guadalcanal, an island in the British protectorate and later independant Solomon Islands. This recording of Jim was made on a rare return visit to “Blighty” (a nickname given to Britain by soldiers in the two World Wars). Very little has been heard of Jim in recent years although it is believed he returned to UK following retirement. He is known to have appeared at a Hong Kong Folk Society Reunion in Somerset in 2014 (see    • 1796. Peggy Gordon (Jim Herd & Jim O'...  ) and at the Great Fife Road Show 50th Anniversary Concert in 2019. This recording is a reminder of just how fine a musician he is.