Black Walnut Folk Club

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  • Folk Club on June 18 Featured Brad and Robert Nelson

    Brad and Robert Nelson started us off in fine style on Friday, June 18 with their feature set of Brad’s extremely Canadian original songs and a couple of fine covers. There was a strong showing of listeners and open stage performers at the Black Walnut Folk Club.  Brad has a long history of performing, which has taken on a new life with contribution of son, Robert’s voice, flute and guitar to reinforce Brad’s own masterful guitar and vocal styles.  We got to know Brad and Robert through the Old Chestnut Song Circle and recently saw them at Folk Night at the Registry which featured them as part of its January 30, 2010 concert.  That concert featured “Timmy’s Anthem” YouTube – NelsonFolk’s Channel .  At that link you will also find my favorite, “Pot On the Stove”. They were  followed by  16 acts for the open stage sets.

    On June 18 , the open stage Performers were:1) Barry Cull,  2) Dan Hergott, Ellen and Randy, 3) Jay Collins, 4) Jeremiah,  5) Terry Golletz, 6) Jakki Annerino,  7) Randy Ouillette,

    After the Break: 8)Polly Edwards & Richard Garvey, 9) John Stroud – New, 10) Roger Gilbert & Karl Fuss, 11)Ed Sonnenburg – new (accordian), with Randy,  12) Ruth Jenkins, 13) Karl Fuss,  14) Jim Galway,  Terry, & Al Pritchard 15) Wayne Cheater 16) Andrew Kerth

    Next two months. July and August there is no folk club.  We get to go to all of the music festivals where we can find our way through the gates. AND on July 10 there will be the 10th Annual, Black Walnut Folk Club Campfire,  If you don’t know about that send us a message or call.

  • May 21 Folk Club for the 2nd Homeless Was a Blast With Terry Golletz

    On Friday, May 21 a fine crowd of the 2nd homeless stayed away from cottage country in favour of the Black Walnut Folk Club.  Terry Golletz http://www.myspace.com/terrygolletz gave us a fine set of songs and poetry and some visual arts.   Terry’s  songs are mostly his own compositions and definitely unique to him.  We are always glad to welcome Terry who is a major player in the live acoustic music scene both open stages, including the one that he hosts each Tuesday evening in Fergus and the two bands in which he performs. Terry’s fine set was followed by  16 acts for the open stage sets.

    There’s a photo of Terry taken by Lynda Golletz on our Performers’ pictures Page.

    On May 21, the open stage Performers were:1) Meg Tennant – New,  2) Barry Cull, 3) Peter Mandic, 4) Lynn Kirby,  5) Dan Kearney, 6) Jakki Annerino,  7) Randy Ouillette,

    After the Break: 8)Wayne Cheater, 9)Roger Gilbert & Karl Fuss – New, 10) “Jericho” – Jeremiah & Eric Bower, 11)  Jack Guest, 12) Karl Fuss, 13)  Cam and Pat, 14) Ruth Jenkins – New, 15)Tom Molloy – New, 16) Ken & Ellen Hadley

    Next month. on June 18th, we will feature Brad Nelson with his son Robert as our featured performers.

  • Black Walnut on April 16 Featured Sylvia Chapman

    On Friday, April 16 Sylvia Chapman treated us to six of her adaptations which were definitely not “cover songs”.  She has an amazing voice and she sure does use it well.  Thanks to Sylvia and also to Dan Henshaw who added his fine mandolin and some vocals harmonies to Sylvia’s vocal and guitar. Then we were treated to 15 acts for the open stage sets.

    There’s a photo of Sylvia with Dan on our Performers’ pictures Page. Our recording of Sylvia’s set is ready now. The  download is found above their picture on the performer’s pictures page. To listen to the set, click on this player:


    On April 16, the open stage Performers were:

    1) Mr. Jack,  2) Dan Hergot with Randy, 3) Cambridge Guitar summit (4 piece with John & Jill Nelson +? +?), 4) Lynn Kirby,  5) John & Jill Nelson, 6) Jakki Annerino,  7) Randy Ouillette with Dan,

    After the Break: 8)Terry Golletz, 9) Wayne Cheater, 10) Jay Collins, 11)  Dave Maranta, 12) Dan Kearney, 13)  Cam and Pat, 14) Real Paquin, 15)Rapper Rhyme

  • Randy Ouillette Rocked Out The Folk Club On March 19

    Friday, March 19 was a great night for folkies who stayed close to home for the Spring Break.  Randy Ouillette on Guitar and vocals was backed up by Dan Hergott who added his guitar and vocals.    Their set was full of bright guitar picking and slide playing. Dan even sang a couple of the songs, which was not a surprise since Dan and Randy have been performing as a team for several months at the BWFC. Then we were treated to 12 acts for the open stage sets.

    The download links will go right over their picture on the performer’s pictures page. To listen to the set and the encore click these 2 players:

    Feature Set: 

    Encore: 

    Next month we will welcome Sylvia Chapman as our featured guest on April 16th.The open stage Performers were:

    1) Carol McMullin,  2) Mr. Jack, 3) Barry Cull, 4) Jakki Annerino, 5) Dan Kearney, 6) Wayne Cheater,

    After the Break: 7) Randy Ouillette and Dan Hergott (encore) 8)Terry Golletz, 9) Cam and Pat, 10) Jay Moore, 11) Mad Melly (new), 12) Rapper Rhyme (new)

  • Feb. 19 Was a Big Turnout for Jay Moore

    Friday, February 19 was big turnout for a big turn-on thanks to Jay Moore.  Jay treated us to a finely crafted  selection of original songs and old chestnuts.  Then we were treated to a full slate of 16 acts for the open stage sets.

    Here is a player that will allow you to listen to our recording of most of Jay’s set.

    To download the file click on this link:  Jay_Moore_Black_Walnut_19_Feb_2010_-_final-320kb

    Please let us know what you think of this and the other totally non-commercial recordings on our site by making a comment below. We mostly just need to know how you find the quality and convenience of the file postings.

    Thanks to Jay for a still photo from his video of the set which is now posted on the performer’s pictures page.

    Next month we will welcome Randy Ouilette as our featured guest on March 19.

    The open stage Performers were:

    1) Dan Hergott,  2) Wayne Cheater, Mike Henderson (new) & Brian Westwood 3) Terry Krentzkamp & son, 4) Barry Cull, 5) Jakki Annerino, 6) Jay Collins, 7) Randy Ouillette,

    After the Break: 8)Jim Galway & Bill Muir, 9) Jack Cole, 10) Dan Arnott (new) Polly Edwards (new) & Richard Garvey, 11) Dan Kearney (new), 12) David Maranta, 13) Jill (new) & John Neilson, 14) Mr. Jack, 15) Peter J. Slack (new) , 16) Cam and Pat

  • We Had a Big Night with Paul Schultz and Bob MacLean

    Well, lots of people were looking forward to seeing Paul Schultz and Bob MacLean perform. They turned out in great numbers to do that on January 15 and they really were not disappointed. Bob accompanied on 3 guitars that he selected from his collection and added some vocal harmonies as Paul sang and strummed his way through some of the greatest of roots standards.  Barb even completed the trio for one song.  Then we were treated to a full slate of 16 acts for the open stage sets.

    We posted our photo of Paul and Bob  on the performer’s pictures page.

    To listen to their set. click on the player, below:


    Next month we will welcome Jay  Moore as our featured guest on February 19.

    The open stage Performers were:

    1) Dan Hergott,  2) Sylvia Chapman – NEW 3) Richard Garvey , 4) Lynn Kirby, 5) Jakki Annerino, 6) David Maranta, 7) Randy Ouillette,

    After the Break: 8)Wayne Cheater, 9) Jay Moore, 10) ___, 11) Jeremiah, 12) Mr. Jack, 13) Ray Rivers – NEW, 14) Jim Galway, 15),  Cam and Pat, 16) Rosie

  • Final Black Walnut Folk Club for 2009 Featured Jack Cooper

    Jack Cooper heated up the hall on a cold night with original songs from his CD, entitled “Land of Plenty”, one cover song and some new original songs.  Jack is an accomplished singer-songwriter and one of the founding members of the Black Walnut Folk Club. He has released CDs of original songs and you can check out his varied activities , including music publishing at www.jack-cooper.com  We had a fine turnout for 1 weeek before Christmas.  The club celebrated with some door prizes and festive candy treats.

    We posted our photo of Jack Cooper on the performer’s pictures page.

    The open stage Performers were:

    1) Mr. Jack, 2) Dan Hergott, 3) Jim Rolston , 4) Jim Galway, 5) Jakki Annerino, 6) David Maranta, 7) Randy Ouillette,

    After the Break: 8)Wayne Cheater, 9) Barry Culb, 10) Cam & Pat, 11) Anonymous Performer, 12) Jay Linden

  • Acoustic Café Magazine

    AND: I have had this message from Annie M passed on:  “I was wondering if you would be able to have this link accessible on the Blackwalnut Folk Club Website…It’s a reprinted online version of the Acoustic Café Magazine from 1996-97. This is the hard copy publication that I used to managed all those years ago and just managed to access the files electronically. As Chloë and myself, were the editors of the magazine, sole copyright of the articles were held by the publisher, myself via purple paw publications.”

    I’m constantly adding more articles to the site…Hope you enjoy it….Sure does bring back alot of good memories.
    Here is the link:
    http://whzon.com/AcousticCafeMagazine

  • Jack Cole Opened a Big Night of Music and Sing-a-long Nov. 20

    The hall was just about full and Jack Cole led off the evening with his original “Canadian Tire Song” followed by a set of songs by Canadian singer-songwriters and lots of sing-a-long parts.  Jack’s set was followed by 13 acts for the open stage.
    Here’s two versions of a recording that Dan Hergott made of Jack Cole’s set. First: the pure board mix. Two things to note are that the first 49 sec. are silent and the guitar is in the right channel/speaker so you probably need to turn that speaker down or point it away from you while you are listening so that you can hear the vocal.

    Second: A mono remixed and edited down version for those who don’t want to wait to load the larger file or rebalance the two channels.

    We posted our photo of Jack  on the performer’s pictures page. Next month we will welcome back Jack Cooper as our featured guest.

    The open stage Performers were:

    1) Mr. Jack, 2) Dan Hergott, 3) Jay Linden, 4) Terry Golletz, 5) Jakki Annerino, 6) Gerard Dick, 7) Randy Ouillette,

    After the Break: 8)Bob MacLean, 9) Wayne Cheater, 10) Cam & Pat, 11) Jim Galway, 12) Rick McLaren, 13)  Rosie and Wally

  • Folk Club October 16 Featured Suzanne Doyle

    Suzanne Doyle led off the evening with a fine set of songs featuring her strong voice and her own very solid solid guitar accompaniment. Suzanne’s set was followed by 14 acts for the open stage.  We posted our photo of Suzanne  on the performer’s pictures page. Next month we will welcome back Jack Cole as our featured guest.

    We had to call on Irena and other regular helpers to help  Kate out with stocking and running the coffee bar.  Thanks ever so much.  We still are sending out a call for help for the coming months for anybody who can help out with the refreshments at folk club that could be either or all of shopping for supplies, stocking and setting up the serving area on club night, making and selling coffee and other treats and cleanup at the end of the evening.

    The open stage Performers were:

    1) Dave Webster (NEW!), 2) Jack Guest, 3) Terry Krentzkamp, 4) Jakki Annerino, 5) Randy Ouillette, 6) Dan Hergott

    After the Break: 7) Bob MacLean 8)Terry Golletz, 9) Cam & Pat, 10) David Maranta, 11) Jim Galway, 12) Jeremiah, 13)  Chris Lobsinger, 14) Wayne Cheater,