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.
PETE is a passionate, intense performer with a driving guitar style & a great stage presence who, for the last couple of decades, has been busy putting back the 'F' in Folk. Carrying on the true tradition of an urban songwriter, he is always 'on the road' and has delivered a wealth of great songs that are an unruly mix of humour, politics, love and social comment. A Ram favourite, Pete sings from the heart and his song 'Another Train' is popular with choirs and artists around the world and has brought hope and encouragement to countless listeners over the years. Check it out on the Ram's YouTube! Tonight Pete will be performing songs from his latest album 'Economy'. 'Pete may just have made the best album of his life', said Properganda mag.
http://www.petemorton.com£8 members/£9 non-members
Scotland's foremost troubadour, ARCHIE is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, horseman, radio host and 'Keeper of the Tradition'. The classic songs he has written, like Bill Hosie, The Final Trawl, Ettrick, Lindsay, Men o' Worth and Dark Eyed Molly to name but a few are sung all over. He continues to write and tour, delivering songs old and new as well as a few choice covers with a low voice as rich and aromatic as the finest Single Malt. Awarded an MBE for services to Folk music and an inductee in the Scottish Traditional Hall of Fame, he's a legend! His new album 'Windward Away' is a haunting collection of introspective ballads that evoke the wild & rough beauty of the Scottish Borders.
http://www.redhouserecords.com£10 members/£11 non-members
A truly stunning young band - both musically and visually! The Outside Track's marriage of Canadian, Scottish and Irish music and song has been rapturously received around the world. Hailing from Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton and Vancouver, its five members are united by a love of traditional music and a commitment to nurturing it into the 21st century. Winners of the Live Ireland "Group of the Year" 2012 they combine virtuoso fiddle, accordion, harp, guitar, flute with great songs and glorious step-dancing interludes. MAIRI RANKIN, AILIE ROBERTSON, FIONA BLACK, CILLIAN O'DALAIGH and TERESA HORGAN are masters of their instruments and perform with boundless energy and joie de vivre. Between them they've stacked up an impressive horde of awards and are a group at the very top of their game. Special!
http://www.theoutsidetrack.com£10 members/£12 non-members
...are HELEN HOCKENHULL, MAGGIE BOYLE and LYNDA HARDCASTLE. All three are wonderful singers (Maggie has played the club numerous times with Steve Tilston and The Expatriate Game), with voices which are so very different in character yet so highly complementary. 'Harmony heaven', with a fabulous choice of mostly contemporary songs performed a cappella or embellished tastefully with keyboard and flute. They gave us a really nice night in 2011, and once again they'll be singing songs from their Fellside CDs including their new 20th anniversary 'Best Of', which is full of choice material by the likes of the aforementioned Steve Tilston, Archie Fisher, Richard Shindell, Loudon Wainwright III, trad and lots more favourites.
http://www.maggieboyle.co.uk£9 members/£10 non-members