ANGIE OWEN

Angie is married to John and they are jointly responsible for organising the HUNGRY HORSE ACOUSTIC. She has been involved in folk music for over twenty years mostly as a member of the audience at folk clubs and festivals. Recently however she joined VOCAL POINT as their bodhran player. Her claim to fame is that she was 'trained' on the bodhran by Stefan Hannigan and Dougie Maclean 'accompanied' her in a music session at his pub in Dunkeld, Scotland. It was probably more memorable for Angie rather than Dougie!

JOHN OWEN

John stumbled into folk music by accident in 1986 after attending a TOM TOPPING BAND concert. Stage experience with the Wirral Theatre Company was the stepping stone from musical theatre on to folk club stage when, in 1996, he joined BRASS TACKS. After seven years as a resident at Parkgate Folk Club this arrangement was terminated in early 2006. Since then John has been singing with the quartet VOCAL POINT. He also performs at fund-raising events with the sextet ALLEGRO. For many years, John has been the Secretary of the North West Federation of Folk Clubs and the prestigious FOLK NORTH WEST magazine. John has his own column in the magazine and contributes greatly to its successful publication. In October 2006, when the opportunity came along to be a folk club organiser in his own right John jumped at the chance of initiating a new club at the Hungry Horse Acoustic. He is presently co-ordinating the forthcoming WIRRAL FOLK ON THE COAST festival no.3 in conjunction with the local authority.

VOCAL POINT

Vocal Point's love of singing and harmonising is apparent in their performances and their relaxed style ranges from ballad and wistful lullaby to an injection of contemporary and traditional folk songs. They are equally at home singing a cappella. Vocal Point consists of John Owen - vocals/guitar, Patricia Ward - vocals/guitar; Sue Farley - vocals/guitar; also Angie Owen - Bodhran.

IAN DAWSON

Ian Dawson has been playing guitar for over 25 years. He has run folk clubs on the Wirral (Merseyside) - on and off - for a few years. In collaboration with Denis Candlish and Graham Humphries, he formed The Mersey Delta Hobos with Ian playing guitar and mandolin. They were eventually joined by other friends who played for about 10 years as the cajun band Sack the Fiddler. These days Ian sings the odd solo and plays occasionally with The Bayou Rhythms.

ALISON PARKER

Alison is a very experienced singer with a strong voice which lends itself to a variety of flavours, celtic airs, pub Irish, blues, gospel whatever. She has been singing since the age of nine and playing guitar since she was eleven and the bodhran for fifteen years. She has been in a number of bands and has organised folk clubs over a number of years. Currently she runs a very successful open music and song session in the FARMERS ARMS every Monday.

JIM GALLACHER

Jim has performed in the area for about fifteen years with HOME BREWERS and FICKLEFINGER and as a duo with Alison Parker playing a wide variety of traditional and more modern folk songs and instrumentals. He also likes to dabble with jazz standards. He is a melodic and dynamic guitar player and a lovely singer too. In addition to being a HUNGRY HORSE resident, look out for Jim most weeks at the FARMERS ARMS sessions at Frankby.

PAT KERR

Pat is an active member of the team and is a regular helper at the Hungry Horse. Pat loves music of all types particularly well performed traditional and contemporary folk music. She was a strong supporter of the Cajun Band "Sack the Fiddler" not too long ago until its break up and includes also in her music locker the likes of Steve Earle, together with other country, bluegrass and classical music.

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