. oh good thread :-))))
Discos until I was married. An early theatre concert seen together (our 2/3rd date? ) whilst at Further Ed College in 1970, with I think Deep Purple supporting Lindisfarne . B4 either became popular. Later we saw The Hollies, Lindisfarne several times (The Hollies are on their 60th Tour this year ;-) ). Tina Turner on her 1st come-back door, inside.
DH liked Steeleye Span: connected to Ashley Hutchins and Ralph McTell as well as local musicians. Albion Band, Simon Care, John Kirkpatrick .....
Then someone introduced us to Fairport Convention. Followed by every combination/which way as the various amalgamations left, met up, wrote more songs, left ...... There is a huge FC 'family tree' somewhere and we have seen them all; either inside or at festivals in the field.
Glastonbury would never be my choice but my sister and her husband have been involved with the totem pole - choosing the tree, transporting it to the site B4 carving it during the week - for many years.
Festivals are becoming pricey unless 1 is tolerant of the lesser bands offered to the public. MayB try a day out first?
The things to take to a festival are:
torches and warm clothes for night time; lots of sun cream; loo rolls; SheeWe;
plenty of small meals with drinks so that excitement doesn't deplete blood sugar levels (my problem
); we spent 1 weekend at Cropredy sitting in/under clear plastic bags, DH had a filing cabinet delivered to work and the plastic bag was really, really handy, as was the fishing umbrella.
. Plus blankets. We didn't stay over as we live close enough to be home in our bath and bed ;-).
My dog would sleep under the chair that I sat on. It was covered with a clear plastic bag over the whole chair so that she couldn't escape or be nicked from underneath! On a thick blanket she was fine.
MayB make a list of musical interests first then look at the bands' websites to see how local they might be? How big the Festival might be with regards attendees. If staying over, best to book really really early!
Lots of Festivals can be viewed on line via public photos or the bands' own videos or photos. on their websites. What does your patient fancy? Music unites. Music heals.
