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Maybe Someday, 2008

January 2008

9th: Robin Williamson - Storytelling "Flying Donkey", Derby.

17th: Robin Williamson - Green Note, Camden Town.

March 2008

12th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Blackwood Miners Institute.

14th: Robin Williamson - The Plough, Walthamstow.

29th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Westcott, Barton, Barnstaple.

April 2008

Mike Heron - Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Edinburgh. (with Georgia)

Tracks played included:

Baby Goodnight.

Maker of Islands.

The Hedgehog Song.

Bright Morning Stars.

Log Cabin Home in the Sky.

Everything's Fine Right Now

10th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Half Moon, Putney, London

Set list: (from Steve Pilley)

Just Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes
Great Dreams
Wang Dang Doodle
The Snows
The Butcher Boy
Love Letter To My Wife Bina
South Wind w/ Blarney Pilgrim
Buckets Of Rain

Interval

Absolutely Sweet Marie
Just Like The River
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Going Down Slow
Blarney Roses
61 Highway
For Three Of Us
Further On Up The Road
Lights Of Sweet St Annes
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Don't take Everyone To Be Your Friend

11th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Fresh Water Bay, Farringford, Isle of Wight

12th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Barringford, Hover Hill Arts Centre, near Cambridge

13th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Centre Stage, Bournemouth

Set list: (from Phil Lord)

I Just Can't Keep From Crying
Great Dreams From Heaven
I Just Can't Keep
From Crying and Wang Dang Doodle
Wang Dang Doodle
The Snow It Melts The Soonest
The Bonny Bunch Of Roses
Love Letter To My Wife Bina
Buckets Of Rain
Peacock Rag
Two O' Carolan Tunes
Absolutely Sweet Marie
The South Wind/The Blarney Pilgrim
Just Like The River
Going Down Slow
The Blarney Roses
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
What A Friend We Have In Jesus/Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend

They also performed:

For Three Of Us
Blues Run The Game
Painting Box (solo performance by Robin; `I'll do any Incredible String Band song I'm requested to, as long as they don't involve small furry animals or worse still caterpillars')

15th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, The Point, Cardiff

16th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Fisher Theatre, Bungay

17th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, The Croft, Bristol

18th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Moseley All Services Club

19th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, The Junction, Cambridge

20th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham

21st: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Crawley

22nd: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, City Varieties, Leeds

23rd: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh

24th: Robin Williamson & John Renbourn, Queen's Hall, Hexham

May 2008

3rd: Robin & Bina Williamson - Coleford.

7th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Nottingham Royal.

7th: Malcolm LeMaistre - The Star, London

9th: Robin Wiliamson - Kalamazoo Club, Kings Head, Crouch End.

11th: Malcolm LeMaistre - Old Blue, London.

12th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Wombourne Library, Wolverhampton.

14th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Foley Arms Hotel, Malvern.

16th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Foowey Town Hall.

18th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Partington Theatre, Glossop.

19th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Boat Inn, Cromford, Derbyshire.

20th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Central Library, Sandwell.

21st: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Kitchen Gate Cafe, Kings Heath, Birmingham.

23rd: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Chapter Arts, Cardiff.

24th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Brew House Arts, Burton.

24th: Clive Palmer - 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, London.

26th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Fishguard Library, Pembrokeshire.

29th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Woodborough Hall, Woodbury near Lowdham.

30th: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Stubbing Wharf, Hebden Bridge.

31st: Robin Williamson - Bardic storytelling, Richard Atinbough Centre, Leicester.

June 2008

4th: Robin Williamson Bardic storytelling, Hastings Arms, Gillingham, Kent

5th: Robin Williamson Bardic storytelling, Solihull Arts Complex, Solihull.

6th: Robin Williamson Bardic storytelling, Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle.

7th: Robin Williamson Bardic storytelling, Village Hall, Wass, Yorkshire

10th: Robin Williamson Bardic storytelling, Royal College of Music, Manchester.

11th: Robin Williamson Bardic storytelling, Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham.

13th: Robin Williamson Bardic storytelling, Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith.

13th: Mike Heron - Milngavie (with Georgia)

18th: Malcolm LeMaistre - Dunfermline Folk Club, Dunfermline.

20th: Mike Heron - Arts Centre, Southport (with Georgia)

21st: Robin Williamson Scoriton, near Buckfastleigh, Devon.

28th: Robin Williamson Glastonbury (private function)

29th: Mike Heron - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles with The Album Leaf, Devendra Banhart and
Gilberto Gil.

July 2008

2nd: Robin Williamson - Ashbourne.

11th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Rondo Theatre, Bath.

12th: Clive Palmer - The Tabernacl, Machynlleth.

13th: Clive Palmer - Cae Pigyn, Machynlleth.

19th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Rondo Theatre Bath.

26th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Hillesley, Old Chapel.

August 2008

9th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Holmfirth.

15th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Llandegley.

16th; Robin & Bina Williamson - Mid Wales (Private function)

16th: Mike Heron - Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick.

26th: Robin Williamson - Rhonda.

31st: Robin Williamson, Greennote, London

September 2008

6th: Robin Williamson - West Country Story Telling Festival

13th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Chapter Arts Festival, Cardiff.

16th: Clive Palmer - St Ives Literary Festival (supporting Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy)

20th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Westcott Barton, near Barnstable.

23rd: Robin & Bina Williamson - Pensley near Cardiff. Festival of Water, Wood & Fire.

October 2008

10th: Mike Heron - Kalamazoo Club, King's Head, Crouch End Hill, London.

25th: Robin Williamson - Bardic Workshop, Lewes.

November 2008

1st: Robin & Bina Williamson - All Hallows concert, Irish cultural Centre, Hammersmith.

5th: Robin Williamson - Victoria Theatre, Halifax.

6th: Robin Williamson - St Leonard's Mission, Chesterfield.

7th: Robin Williamson - Durham Town Hall.

8th: Robin Williamson - Milngavie.

15th: Mike Heron & Clive Palmer - Chorlton, Manchester.

28th-30th; Robin Williamson - Workshop, Hazelwood.

29th: Robin & Bina Williamson, Hazelwood (Evening)

30th: Mike Heron & Georgina Seddon - Latest Music Bar, Brighton.

December 2008

1st: Mike Heron & Georgina Seddon - The Bell, Bath.

6th: Robin & Bina Williamson - Nypmsfield.

9th: Robin Williamson - Dulcimer, Chorlton, Manchester.

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