John Tams & Barry Coope - Biddulph Town Hall 6th October 2007 John Tams is a bit of a cultural polymath - not only is he one of the most revered English folk singers - although he sees himself as a pretender, but he was well known for playing Hagman in the Sharpe series, has been heavily involved in the revived BBC Radio Ballads and was playing this gig inbetween work at the National Theatre in London. He and keyboardist Barry Coope (Best known on the folk circuit for his work with Coope, Boyes and Simpson) from first appearance to the end of the night are eminently charming and affable, yet Tams has a roguish edge that saves him from falling over the cliff into musically and anecdotally saccharine clichés. Like Mr. Fulks, Tams covers many bases in his set - there's the traditional, the love song, the protest and cheeky re-invention (A Derbyshire version of Dylan's "Don't think twice"). Interspersing enthralling chatter between the songs, Tams proves himself to be a folk raconteur par-excellence - and just a general all round good bloke.
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gigs contributed by 'nick'
Amy Rigby - The Maze at Cabaret, Nottingham - 08 December 2005
Carrie Rodriguez - Biddulph Town Hall - 11 May 2006
Freakwater - The Musician, Leicester - 14 January 2006
Green on Red - The Astoria, London - 10 January 2006
The Dale Watson Trio / Claude Diamond - The Musician Pub, Leicester - 21 October 2007
John Tams & Barry Coope - Biddulph Town Hall - 06 October 2007
The Decemberists / Lavender Diamond - Manchester University - 05 February 2007
The Oysterband - Biddulph Town Hall - 09 March 2007
The National/Dakota - Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent - 10 July 2007
From The Jam - Manchester Academy - 05 December 2007
Amy MacDonald / Scott Ashley / Rachel Rimmer - Sugarmill, Stoke - 31 July 2007
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Lucy Diamond / - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall - 02 August 2007
Truckstop Honeymoon - The Springhead, somewhere near Hull - 31 August 2006
Punch Brothers / The Bills - Glasgow Old Fruitmarket - 18 January 2008
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys - Guildhall, Lichfield - 01 February 2003
Richard Thompson - Sheffield Lyceum - 02 March 2003
The Bangles - Manchester University - 19 March 2003
Morrissey / Franz Ferdinand / Damien Dempsey - Manchester Evening News Arena - 22 May 2004
Kate Rusby - Buxton Opera House - 23 March 2008
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Manchester Apollo - 07 May 2008
Tommy Allsup & Kevin Montgomery - the Musician, Leicester, UK - 03 June 2008
Hot Club of Cowtown - Malt Cross, Nottingham - 20 September 2008
The Sadies - - 31 October 2008
