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Graham Lees
Australia
Приєднався 10 жов 2008
King River Hall Folk and Shanty Club
A few of the acts from Friday, July 26, 2024. Graham "Lizard" Lees, The Offsiders and Jan Cook.
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Albany International Folk'n'Shanty Festival
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Here are some more performances from the Albany International Folk'n'Shanty Festival held on the weekend of 5 to 7 July, 2024. The video comprises footage of Adam Grok and Dave Gale, the Castaway Shantymen, Sunset Coast Shanty Crew and Lotti's Potion.
The Offsiders at the Historic Whaling Station
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This exciting group of sisters and their mother entertained a very responsive audience on the Cheynes IV whaler, at the old Whaling Station at Frenchman's Bat near Albany in Friday 5 July, 2024. I believe most of the songs they sung were originals, written by Tiff, Gemma and Shanaya Stewart.
Salt Lake Shantymen
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In the Earl of Spencer on the evening of Friday, July 5, 2024, The Salt Lake Shantymen from Kalgoorlie gave a brilliant performance to an appreciative, if rather noisy audience, at the Albany International Folk'n'Shanty Festival.
Waralakin
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Waralakin plays Western Australian Country/Folk songs at the Premier Hotel in Albany, as pert of the Albany International Folk 'n' Shanty Festival, July 6, 2024
The Albany Shantymen and the Inadequates
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On Thursday, July 4, 2024, the Albany Shantymen and the Inadequates, a trio from Queensland, entertained an audience in the Albany Town Hall as part of the Albany International Folk 'n' Shanty Festival.
The Backlot Trio
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The Backlot Trio sang at the Albany Town Hall as part of the Albany International Folk 'n' Shanty Festival on Thursday, July 4, 2024. Unfortunately one of the Trio had to leave the Festival early and so a replacement was used in the last song on this video, from the Albany Club on Saturday.
The Dun Bay Wailers
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This Shanty Group from Dunsborough were in Albany for the Albany International Folk 'n' Shanty Festival over the weekend of 5 to 7 July 2024. Here they give a performance at the Historic Whaling Station in Frenchmans Bay. groups/921611665263262/about
Lee Shore Songs
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Popular Western Australia Folk and Shanty singer Bill Shaw sings at the Albany International Folk 'n' Shanty Festival, 2024.
Graham Lees at the AIFNSF
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The Albany International Folk 'n' Shanty Festival was held on July 5, 6 and 7 in 2024. I performed at the Premier Hotel on Suturday 6.
Bunbury Sea Shanty Festival
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This is a selection of songs performed at the inaugural Bunbury Sea Shanty Festival over the weekend of 28, 29 and 30 June, 2024, in the City of Bunbury, Western Australia
Seamus the Leprechaun | Graham Lees
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Keith Potger from the legendary Australian folk singing group, The Seekers wrote this little ditty which I found most amusing so I asked his permission to use it in my own act.
Second Cup of Coffee | Graham Lees
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The gentle Gordon Lightfoot song. This has been one of my favourite songs since the mid seventies. The backing is a baritone ukulele.
Round and Round in Space Graham Lees
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I wrote this song back in 1971. It meant something to me at the time. A couple of years later I payed it to a friend in London who changed it slightly to suit him and he kept it in his repertoire for years. I am surprised it hasn't aged! It's still as awful as when I wrote it.
Sunset Coast Shanty Crew | Part 2
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The second part of the Crew's performance at the Galway Hooker, 17 April, 2024
The Sunset Coast Shanty Crew | First half
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The Sunset Coast Shanty Crew | First half
Rock'n'Roll and Grog and Chicks | Graham Lees
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Rock'n'Roll and Grog and Chicks | Graham Lees
The Annual Sunday School Picnic | Graham Lees
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The Annual Sunday School Picnic | Graham Lees
Round the Bay of Mexico | Graham Lees
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Round the Bay of Mexico | Graham Lees
The Song of the Wandering Aengus | Graham Lees
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The Song of the Wandering Aengus | Graham Lees
Very nice!
Great work Lizard, very entertaining. Got some good laughs, particularly during your funny poems and when you said "This next song is not one of my favourites"! Are you trying to play an F during Biminy? One of the notes in the chord doesn't sound right, or it is being muted perhaps? A few songs might work well with a capo - changing the key slightly (a lot of your songs are in C) and also changing the tone of your ukulele.
@@3rdalbum Thanks for your comments. Yes, the string did get muted occasionally. I was used to playing it on a tenor and have trouble squeezing my fingers together on the baritone. I heeded what you said and capoed on the 5th fret and it rang clear. And brings it into the tonal range of the tenor, as well as the fingering. Your comments have helped and I appreciate them.
Viking’s Wind is pronounced with a long i as it refers to a Viking blowing a horn
Thank you.
Both my grandfathers came to Fremantle from Ireland in 1853 on the Phoebe Dunbar
I have see grass grow quicker.
Watching this is like waiting for paint to dry.
Glad to see my dads trams still going well.
Are you Gerry's son? I heard he'd gone back to the UK.
Wrong tune!!
They forgot to ad bicycling to the first transport options.
So why did Melbourne keep the trams , and not Sydney
The best rappers have been real silent after this
But jokes aside this was very sad
The left dog has a factory error singing the right dogs song once.
That’s actually how it was programmed 😂
Какая бл, ска, ценность этого ролика? Ты,что блин му.ак, уеби.ный, хотел этим показат.? Нах.я Это все?
Skeleton Groom and Bride
Интересно, а троллейбус по магнитной дороге едет? За счёт чего он поворачивает в нужных местах?
Nice video, Like
This is great, been looking for it for ages!
It’s a classic 😅
Possibly 1 of the greatest stuff ups of all time getting rid of trams
What people failed to realise is that cars need to be parked. Narrow streets meant that trams occupied road space but parked cars occupy MORE road space. Leading to a great increase in congestion. All very well when only the rich had cars but once everyone had cars this unforeseen problem meant that the promise of car travel became a lie.
Studiously avoids mentioning Melbourne.
Choo choo! I'm a train and I approve this video.
If you have nothing to say, then shut up.
Fun fact The tram lines in Sydney and Brisbane are mostly still there, they were just paved over. I worked on the new Gorge st line and we cut through the buried lines a few times while cutting trenches for services.
I think one or two trams from Australia now are at MOTAT museum in Auckland and still run at times, one is a Kitson steam tram, would be good on a Cold winters day, toasty warm with the boiler nearby.
Trams making a comeback in Sydney.
Gawd . Why do presenters have to be so dumb ? Big put off .
And return nuclear power stations for clean, affordable energy for centuries. The nuclear waste? No problem. Dig deep trenches in inner-city, gentrified dumps like Erskinville and PeterSham. Only Marxists and lesbian feminists dwell there so who cares!
Brilliant work!
Petroleum,
bruh just seeing this now haha
Now it's about trackless trams
Where was that steam tram going please?
kogarah
@@kevinwheatley6342 Thanks - I'd quite forgotten that line.
They disappeared because of the Cahill Government and the fucking NRMA >:(
Thank christ they disappeared. The NRMA did a good job.
at full capacity it was something like over 500km
Rules to live by ❤️
This is very moving 💔
Thank you for this Graham , my Dad would've been on that train ( in the 3rd carriage from the front ) & I remember that day well , thankfully Dad managed to get the earlier train that morning & he arrived just minutes before his normal train arrived in Parramatta so when he arrived at work in Sydney - everyone was amazed that he'd survived his trip to work that day ; I'm so glad that we didn't lose him that day.
Nice video.
Fantastic stuff. What would Make you excited for your day, everyday? I would love to Be friends xD
Nice video. I share the fascination of trams and love the hobby. Thanks for sharing.
Has the Australian government invested development of future trams ?Or in Building Trams in Australia ? With the disappearance of the Australian built Car.
Cool layout! :)
Hi Graham , I suppose that this corona virus has caused you to loos your mind??? , let me know if you ever find it again. :-)
Anorak comes from the fact the popular stereotype of a trainspotter is an anorak, thermos and notepad.
Trainspotters used to dress like Queens Park Rangers fans. Duffel coats, lace up boots and fishing hats. Still, that was 50 or so years back now! Yes, and thermos, sandwiches and notepad.
Well done Graham. I've said for as long as I can remember "our hobby is often as, and in many cases, more interesting than the topic". Most enthusiasts are focus solely on the trams and very few take an interest in its people. Trams create passion and many people are entirely devoted to them. "Life Is About One Thing and One Thing Only" is a common philosophy throughout the hobby. Yes; "gunzel" is a term of endearment for all those interested in trams (and other forms of transport). Once it was more of a put down (a bit like the term "anorak") but that's changed over the years into a general term of endearment. "Anorak" is more of a UK term. The equivalent in the USA is "foamer". Keep up the good work!
Thank you Graham ( Uncle Fester ) for sharing your latest video , it was very interesting to watch , keep in contact if you can.
Great poems Lizard!
I do hope the lion enjoyed devouring young Albert. All that kerfuffle over a grisly little lad.
Nice info, thanks for posting! Thumbs up. Have a wonderful day!
Good one Graham got the story down to a tea. I went to try and shop the other day but missed out so I ordered online got what I wanted. You tell it like it is and what we all think
Hey Graham, good one ! I like that ! Rob H
Good One Graham , I think that Slim Dusty would be proud of your take on his song "Pub With No Beer" as I'm sure that he would've done the same sort of thing too. :-) , my Mum's brother used to sing with "Slim" back in the day when he was known as John Kirkpatrick but that was so many years ago now.
TramPainter Shenandoah was a chief of the Iroquois people, the Oneida from Canada and New York state. He fought for the American colonists in the Revolutionary war, although most Native Americans fought for the British. He led between 250 and 300 men into battle and would be at least a short colonel these days. After the war, President Jackson exiled all Native Americans westward to Kansas and Oklahoma, regardless of their loyalties. This included the Oneida and their six foot six tall chief. The Treaty of Fort Stanwyx decreed they all go, no exceptions. A French fur trapper wrote this song after being separated from one of the daughters of the tribe. Because of the way the French had previously treated his nation in Canada, he was reluctant to sanctify their union. Shenandoah lived until the nineteenth century, to the age of 106. The song gained popularity among river boat men and then sea going sailors. It is a terrible indictment on racist white men in USA, Canada, Australia and many other English speaking nations, yet remains one of the most beautiful melodies and lyrics ever.