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On 11/8/2022 at 8:00 PM, ALBIONSAINT said:

Anyone know where the Attic folk club was in Paisley? 

 

Like Alan Mitchell (quoted above) I’m pretty sure it was Abbey Street.  Up a close on the left, just off Thread Street.  Top floor.

first time I encountered The Incredible String Band was up there.  Not impressed.  Like B.Dylan they did their own (personally written) “modern” songs that we couldnae join in the choruses of…

It was interesting, but it wisnae “folk”…

 

saw B Connolly down at the Rockfield and recognised him as a v. Ordinary punter from the Scotia bar.  Again - wisnae impressed by his lack of songs and plenitude of patter.  He was no Danny Kyle and…

it wisnae “folk”…  :rolleyes:

 

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I remember going to the folk club run by Danny Kyle at the Rockfield.

I remember in those days the bar closed at 10.00pm, but the acts went on a bit longer. People bought a couple of screwtops just before the bar closed and hid them for them to magically re-appear once the bar staff had gone.

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