For our 30th birthday on 21st October 2013 we updated our 'Compleat History of the Ram Club' booklet (PDF format, 10Mb). Click to view or download - it's a 'must read', with a list of all the guests we have ever had plus some stories and pictures!
Below is a list of the past guests from September 2006.
BRIAN is an innovative melodeon & concertina player & guitarist, while GORDON is a brilliant and original guitarist in the NIC JONES mould, as well as a flute player par excellence. Both are great singers too, and have been to the club many times in different guises. Drawing from a huge repertoire of traditional & original songs, instrumentals and some startling classic covers, they are typical of the hard-working, talented roving band of minstrels without whom the Folk scene wouldn't be.
An amazing man who managed to combine an academic career (Dean of Faculty at Sheffield Polytechnic) with the equally full life of a Folk singer. A regular winner of Melody Maker awards (remember them?), early on he collaborated with LEON ROSSELSON and MARTIN CARTHY. In 2003 he toured with TONY BENN (no, he didn't sing!), picking up a BBC Radio 2 Folk award for best live act. You may not agree with his viewpoints but there is no denying the sheer power and passion of his singing, his songs and words, his warmth and humour, his commitment to social justice and opposition of oppression wherever it may be.
And finally, something to finish you off for the season.... A chance to socialise, relax, nibble, gently binge of the mulled wine, hear a few wistful or uplifting Yuletide melodies and, most importantly, reflect on all that is good and pleasant in this life (or at least aim to forget all those damn things that aren't)! The 'Office Party for those without one' (& everyone else) it's the usual form: No stress, no dress code, no excuses, no snow & No Charge!
And so it remains for us to wish you a pleasant and reviving festive season and to thank you for all your support.