Podcast #51 comprises of the first half of set two, after the break, so here are the shownotes, the setlist:

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Andy Roberts Podcast #51 Shownotes

Show Notes for Podcast 51

1. Back In The Field
2. Cormorants Underneath London Bridge
3. Yellow Boat
4. The Rowan Tree
5. The Last Nail

Videos for Podcast 51, from Haverfolk 3

Four Seasons Folk Club, Polska YMCA, 20 Gunnersbury Ave., London, W5 3QL. Nearest underground Ealing Common, District & Piccadilly lines. Saturday, 5th February. Concert begins at 7pm sharp and finishes at 10pm. Featured artists will be Ian Martin, Andy Roberts, Smolowik, Smolen (with P. Smolen and A Kotowicz).

4 Seasons Folk Club

So the soundtrack on the podcast features six songs, all written by Andy Roberts and played on the siz string Ibanez acoustic guitar, this time tuned to concert pitch which made for some different interpretatios of the songs. Some are played with a capo on the fifth fret, others open.

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Podcast Episode 32 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Andy Roberts Acoustic Guitar Podcast Episode 32:

Episode 32 Recorded live at 4 Seasons Folk Club on February 5st, published on February 8th 2011.

1) Cormorants

Words and Music by Andy Roberts

2) Yellow Boat

Words and Music by Andy Roberts

3) The Rowan Tree

Words and Music by Andy Roberts

4) The Last Nail

Words and Music by Andy Roberts

5) The Last Subway Home

Words and Music by Andy Roberts

6) The Wreckers Prayer

Words and Music by Andy Roberts

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Shownotes for podcast #25

1. Sitting On The Bank – Andy Roberts
2. Winter in Andalucia – Andy Roberts
3. Century – Andy Roberts
4. Colours – Donovan – arranged by AR
5. The Last Nail – Andy Roberts

I’ll be playing a guest spot myself at the Romford Folk Club in April next year, the 5th I think, but on Tuesday I played one Andy Roberts original song, The Last Nail.

The Romford Folk Club meets on Tuesdays at 8.00pm downstairs at the Sun, London Road, Romford RM7 9QA

The Last Nail Lyrics

Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill
That’s where they built the boatyard, and the structure stands there still.
Not much boat building happens now, just repairs and fitting out
but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can hear the old boatbuilders shout:
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

Our grandfathers put up the boatyard, to build the fishing fleet,
more than fifty boats in the harbour, and shops all down the main street
then the steam age brought  in the drifters,
boat builders became engineers
Now the wind blows straight through the boatyard,
there’ll be no more boat building here
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

With a keen eye for staying in business, they switched over to build leisure craft
And the weekend yachtsmen snapped them up, no expense spared fore or aft
Then wooden hulls went out of fashion, the order book emptied last year
So the bankers foreclosed on the boatyard,
and there’ll be no more boatbuilding here
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

Now the Vikings invented the clinker for both strength and shallow seas
and the herring boats followed the coastline, until the canning ships found the key
There’s a regatta here every August, and the whole village turns out again
But the Sea Queen’s no real competition, and it’s guaranteed to rain
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill
that’s where they built the boatyard, and the skeleton stands there still.
No more boat building happens now, not even fitting out
but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can still hear the old boys shout:
Will you pass the last nail over, we’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

The second song is a rare live rendition of “Gernika” which I’ve written about elsewhere, and is the title track to my album of songs all written during one week in Spain.

Then I attempt to lighten up with a little ditty from 2009, Yellow Boat.

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Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 13 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 13 broadcast on September 28th, published on September 30th 2010.

1) Change Is

Words and Music by Andy Roberts, from the album “The Last Nail”

2) Gernika

Words and Music by Andy Roberts, from the album “Gernika”

2) Yellow Boat

Words and Music by Andy Roberts, from the album “The Last Nail”

The Tree of Gernika in 2003

I played my own song “The Last Nail” live at Havering folk club last week on the 12 string guitar. Here’s the video:

The Last Nail is also the name of the next Andy Roberts album

The Last Nail Lyrics

Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill
That’s where they built the boatyard, and the structure stands there still.
Not much boat building happens now, just repairs and fitting out
but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can hear the old boatbulders shout:
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

Our grandfathers put up the boatyard, to build the fishing fleet,
more than fifty boats in the harbour, and shops all down the main street
then the steam age brought in the drifters,
boat builders became engineers
Now the wind blows straight through the boatyard,
there’ll be no more boat building here
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

With a keen eye for staying in business, they switched over to build leisure craft
And the weekend yachtsmen snapped them up, no expense spared fore or aft
Then wooden hulls went out of fashion, the order book emptied last year
So the bankers foreclosed on the boatyard,
and there’ll be no more boatbuilding here
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

Now the Vikings invented the clinker for both strength and shallow seas
and the herring boats followed the coastline, until the canning ships found the key
There’s a regatta here every August, and the whole village turns out again
But the Sea Queen’s no real competition, and it’s guaranteed to rain
Will you pass the last nail over and I’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill
that’s where they built the boatyard, and the skeleton stands there still.
No more boat building happens now, not even fitting out
but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can still hear the old boys shout:
Will you pass the last nail over, we’ll knock it into place,
Then with four more coats of varnish, she’ll be ready for the race.

Wrecked Again

The second song is Michael Chapman‘s “Wrecked Again”

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Video Podcast Episode No 7

Podcast Episode 7 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 7 broadcast on August 17th, published on August 18th 2010.

All songs performed with the 12 string vintage Guild acoustic guitar except 06 on the Ibanez 6 string

Postcards from Scarborough – Michael Chapman

Postcards is probably Mike Chapman’s most frequently covered songs, and I enjoy playing it on the 12 string guitar, flat picking style.

The video below is from Havering Folk Club, January 2009 or possibly August 2008.

Shifting Sands – Andy Roberts

Here’s an old demo video of Shifting Sands which was the first song in a sequence which I now refer to as “the Spanish songs” or the album Gernika

Wild World – Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam

This is an old busking song which has some nice runs on the 12 string guitar.

The placeholder video is a six string version, which I’ll replace later.

The Last Nail – Andy Roberts

The Last Nail – info

I am The Way – Loudon Wainwright

From Attempted Moustache

The Loudon Wainwright Special was episode 4

Winter in Andalucia – Andy Roberts

Winter in Andalucia ( or Andalusia ) is one of the songs on my Sampler CD

I wonder if it might be good to have a simple index of which songs on each podcast somewhere, without the notes and videos etc. just for reference.

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Episode No 3 Video

Podcast Episode 3 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 3 published on July 20th 2010.

All songs were recorded using a 6 string acoustic Ibanez guitar

1) The Last Nail

Title: “The Last Nail”

Just a brief excerpt from the song, here played more slowly and in a higher key than the full song.

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

Title song for the forthcoming Album provisionally called “The Last Nail” as well.

2) Untitled 1

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

This song depicts a coastal path walk in Cornwall. There are some images to go with the song:

3) Untitled 2

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

Something about taking shelter from the rain in a wooden summer house.

4) Now That I’m Living Here

Title: “Now That I’m Living Here”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

First published on The Andy Roberts Tapes

5) Redemption Song

Music and Lyrics by Bob Marley

6) Puddles

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

First published on The Andy Roberts Tapes

7) When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease

Music and Lyrics by Roy Harper