A Celebration of the Guitar

A Benefit concert in aid of the Alzheimers Society

FEATURING JONATHAN COUDRILLE, DUO VINGT-QUATRE, MALCOLM STAR, LYNN FLORKIEWICZ AND THE PRAA SANDS GUITAR CLUB

A treat for all lovers of the guitar, all performers have kindly donated their services.

Malcolm Star (in his own words)
I learned to sing in Chapel and the biggest lesson was to put my whole heart into it. I started with hymns, moved on to folk, blues, soul, rock and then jazz. Core lesson: music is music.
My most recent lessons have revolved around work. The harder you work at music, the better you become. Simple really but it’s taken me an age to learn that work can be fun. I still play 2-chord wonders but now I play all the other chords as well. My influences, down the years, are Miss Jenkins (Chapel), Muddy Waters, Steve Marriott, Marvin Gaye and Van Morrison.
The one constant throughout these years is that I love to play with, to and for other people. Please join me.

Lynn Florkiewicz
Lynn began playing the guitar aged ten and began singing in folk clubs at the age of fifteen. She’s very influenced by Don McLean, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell etc; however, she grew up in a home where every genre of music was played so she is often heard playing/singing a variety of styles when performing.
Lynn, in 1981, was one of five women who appeared on Stefan Grossman’s ‘Women’s Guitar Workshop’ album and the Melody Maker cited her as one of the best female guitarists in the UK at the time. In Sussex, Lynn joined forces with her schoolfriend, Joy Cross, to form the duo, Old Friends, and they sang together for several decades. Since moving to Penzance, Lynn sings mainly solo but has begun to collaborate with others.
She has two albums, is currently working on releasing a CD, gigged at numerous folk clubs and festivals here and in New England and has supported Rambling Jack Elliott and Richard Digance.
https://www.facebook.com/lynn.florkiewicz/videos

Jonathon Xavier Coudrille
Coudrille is a talented muti-instrumentalist, playing banjo, guitar, balalaika, piano and trumpet. He first became known for his songs of political satire on the Jack deManio Today programme and for recording (with Prog Rock personnel) the title music for Jack Hargreaves Out of Town series on TV. Since then he has played solo and in the Alexeyev orchestra, with continental gypsy bands, toured the world with Kazatka Kossacks, worked as musical director for Southern TV and premiered his guitar suite at the Festival Hall. He is writer for and part of the eclectic ensemble Gwelhellin, with Tony Apple, (guitar) David Painter (drums) and Dickie Neville (Double bass, now retired) and they have released three albums. Coudrille is NOT retired:
Awards: Melody Maker top folk-rock soloist 1974, Children’s Book of the Year 1976 for “Farmer Fisher”. Other books include “Love, Death and, Bad Behaviour”, “The Vulgar Frog Revisited” and “A Beastlyn Collection” now much collected. Wearing the art-hat, he is Academician and past trustee of the South West Academy. He comes from Landewednack. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jonathon+coudeille

Praa Sands Guitar Club
The Praa Sands Guitar Club was founded by Steve Bussey (now moved on to pastures new in Somerset)and Tony Apple, when as chairman and vice-chairman of the Praa Sands and District Community Centre,they discovered their mutual love of guitars.The club meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday in the Community centre, the 1st is an acoustic night and the 3rd electric, There is a regular attendance of about 12 members. New members always welcome, but they cannot accept absolute beginners. New material is selected by the members and the full repetoire can be seen on the website. https://www.praasandsguitarclub.co.uk/

Duo Vignt-Quatre
Trisha Budd and Ken Reynolds first met many years ago at the Spanish Guitar Centre, which Trisha and her late husband Peter, a flamenco guitarist and composer, created. Having performed solo, including support sets at Hellys International Guitar Festival, and in various configurations with two, three, or more guitars, they formed Duo Vingt-Quatre (24) last year, with the express aim of keeping Peter’s music alive through his compositions and arrangements.
The 24, by the way, refers to the number of the Dordogne department in France, where Marazion-born Ken has lived for some time, and where the Duo have spent several months developing their current repertoire. Trisha specialises in playing and composing music for the classical guitar, while Ken is more focused on flamenco and la chanson française.

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All: £10
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