Phil Beer

Hi all, a couple more dates for the diary for you:

28 February 2010: A special benefit solo gig at the Topsham Folk Club.  The gig raises money to enable the Topsham Folk Club to book young acts in the following year. Phil plays, you pay, the folk club benefits - its that easy! www.topshamfolkclub.co.uk

6 March 2010: A benefit gig for The Folk Arts Development Organisation for the South West of England - an excellent and hardworking organisation dedicated to the folk arts, and invaluable in its work with schools and education.  They have recently had their arts council funding withdrawn and deserve support.  The gig will be an entirely acoustic church gig.  Details to follow!

 

 

 

Phil Beer will be your host for the evening at 'The Cream of Devon', a benefit gig for Amnesty International on the 7th November. 

The evening features Paul Downes, Jackie Oates and other artists from Devon, including dancers and storytellers. Cream teas, local beers and cider will be available and the evening will finished with a 40 minute set from Show of Hands, all at Teign Valley Community Centre in Christow, Teign Valley near Dunsford EX6 7NA (south west of Exeter, just off the B3193).

Doors open at 7pm, and the event starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £9.00/ Concessions £6.00

For tickets call 07791 527768

 

 

Its nearly here!!! Promise!!! Watch this space.......

Phil Beer's 2010 dates are now live on site - see the 'Live Dates' area for Phil Beer Band dates, Solo dates and the Feast of Fiddles Spring Tour. Keep checking www.philbeer.co.uk for updates. Thanks!

Taken from www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news from August 25th 2009

A BOAT crewed by musician Phil Beer has beaten more than 100 vessels to come second in an international race.

The 56-year-old multi-instrumentalist from Topsham, one half of folk duo Show of Hands, was a crew member on the rigged wooden cutter The Pegasus in the annual Tall Ships Race.

In the first race, from Gydnia in Poland to St Petersburg in Russia, equipment broke and the crew had to retire. But, in the second race the ship was the fastest in its class, taking four days to race across the Baltic Sea from Turku in Finland to Klaipeda in Lithuania, which saw it finishing second fastest overall.

Every year, anything from 80 to more than 100 vessels crewed by thousands of people from up to 30 countries take part.

The boats were divided into four classes and The Pegasus, a sail training boat built in Bristol, was in Class B, for traditional style boats. Phil was joined on board by skipper Diggory Rose and shipmate Amy Ferguson, both from Exeter, and Vanessa Whipp from North Devon. The ship is owned by the Exeter charity Island Trust, which promotes sailing opportunities for disadvantaged young people. Also on board were seven youngsters from Liverpool, all of whom were part of the youth charity Prince's Trust.

By taking part in the race, Phil fulfilled a lifelong dream.  He said: It was absolutely fantastic. It was the experience of a lifetime. I can't think of anything else I have done that has been more exciting or more exhilarating. Everyone has a cherished dream and it is very nice to have got the opportunity to have followed it.

It was a fantastic opportunity for the young people on board.

The nine-week expedition took Phil to 12 countries, covering 4,500 nautical miles. The Pegasus travelled 1,000 miles from Gosport to Gydnia for the start of the race.

Phil said: Once it starts getting rough and the wind gets up, it's very hard work.

It was a traditional sailing craft. It is physically very demanding, but very satisfying.

The Pegasus travelled back to Gosport via Denmark, Germany and Holland.

See 'Tall Ships' section for latest info on Phils exploits at sea!

For those you of you waiting patiently for the box set - it will be available when Phil gets back from his seafaring - promise!

Been looking for a fundraising idea for the Tall Ships race this year. The object is to try and fund two of the berths for the whole of the race. I've just come across the perfect thing. My mother used to make various items of food from her mothers recipes. By the time it occurred to me to get hold of these recipes, my mother was suffering from alzeimers disease and was unable to impart this information. My sisters have just found my grandmothers hand written recipes and I have set in motion a little cookbook entitled, 'Grandma Tonkins Cornish Cook Book'. I should have this available by the start of the SOH shows. It will cost about £1.50 per unit to manufacture. I will sell it for a fiver and put the entire profits to the aforementioned activity. Just testing the potato cake now. Brilliant!! Bon Apetite.

Hi Folks

Nice to see so many of you on the gigs. Important update.

Phil Beer
plus Bisiker and Romanov (support)

5th March 2009
Upstairs at The Maudslay (with an 'A'!)
Allesley Old Road
Coventry
CV5 8GJ

£10 on the door or £9 in advance 
Call Lucy on 07535 130975 for tickets

Or email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

See you there. 

Made it to West Chiltington without mishap and back again. Good to see so many of you there. Thanks Jerry, John and Steve. Thanks also to Lynne (in absentia) Hope the video comes out alright.

Ok Folks

Gig update. Apologies for my non appearance at the Ram Club last night. By the the time I was able to escape fom Exeter, the M4/M5 interchange was completely unnavigable due to the bridges being closed. My attempts to get across from south of Bristol to Bath also met with gridlock and there was a point at which I had to give up. The gig will be rescheduled asap. Thanks bob and Maggie for your efforts in contacting people.

It looks OK for West chiltington tonight. We'll do the coast route which is clear. See you there.

The sunday band show is definately rescheduled to  sunday 14th April. In addition to people calling us to say they might not be able to get in, a section of roof (over the bar) collapsed under the weight of the snow. All in all the fates have been conspiring against us.