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We Remember A Lancashire Hero
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preston brindle gregson lane hoghton
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Songs from Trouble at' Mill + other regulars at Gregson Lane Folk Club
TROUBLE at' MILL are a popular folk band who hail from the village of Gregson Lane which lies between Preston & Blackburn. The band consists of husband and wife team - Graham & Bernadette Dixon, for larger gigs we use a bass player and second guitarist The fact that Graham & Bernadette have, for the past 20 years, been organisers of the very popular GREGSON LANE FOLK CLUB is testament to their dedication & enthusiasm in both performing and promoting folk music. The band are very busy and always have a full diary with gigs in theatres, village halls, pubs, clubs and even shopping centres. These activities quite often involve giving 'Joe Public' his first taste of live Folk Music and consequently explaining about the delights of going to a Folk Club to see more of the same. Unashamedly concentrating on the 'popular' folk songs, TROUBLE at' MILL always place the emphasis on entertainment and make a point of not taking themselves too seriously. Their goal is to send the audience home with both, a smile on its face and an urge to seek out more live folk music.
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Charts
Peak #69
Peak in subgenre #18
Author
Dixon/Cruickshank
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Trouble at' Mill
Uploaded
January 16, 2008
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MP3 4.6 MB 128 kbps 5:02
Story behind the song
Inspired by a headline in The Lancashire Evening Post. A young guy from Lelyland had been killed in Iraq. We performed this on BBC1s - The Politics Show
Lyrics
We remember a Lancashire Hero and we'll all raise a glass in his name. Now he lies 'neath the clay in a land far away. And a single red rose marks his grave It was not for his queen or his country Not for his loved ones back home It was all about oil on some Middle East soil We remember a Lancashire hero Young Daniel McCoy was a likeable boy Lancashire through to the core He couldn't get a trade so he joined the brigade With the promise of adventure in store
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