On Sunday November 17, Eric Bogle will bring his original music to
the Cherry Tree Music Co-op. The show starts at 7:30 in the Parish
Hall of St. Mary's Church, 3916 Locust Walk, on the University of
Pennsylvania campus. Tickets are $15 in advance; $18 at the door, and
discounts are available for members of the Philadelphia Folksong
Society and for students with valid ID.
Eric is an internationally known folksinger, originally from Peebles,
Scotland. Born in 1944, he spent his first twenty five years in
Scotland. In 1969 he emigrated to Australia first settling in
Canberra. He eventually trained and worked as an accountant, then in
1980 became a full time folk singer. Eric currently lives near
Adelaide, South Australia. A gentle man, he's also one of the most
straight forward and nicest people you could ever hope to meet.
He is best known for is the award winning "And The Band Played
Waltzing Matilda." It was first recorded by June Tabor, and has been
recorded by many other artists since. Other songs he's written
include "No Man's Land (The Green Fields Of France)," "Leaving
Nancy," "Nobody's Moggy Now," and "Little Gomez." His most recent
release is "Endangered Species" on the ACMEC label. His new
album, "The Colour of Dreams," is in production.
Perhaps the best way to get a sense of who Eric Bogle is, is to read
about, and hear from him in his own words. He had an extensive
interview with Robert Childs, the president of SC ALA in 1989. That
interview was serialized in their magazine, and part of it is
available on the Web, "An Interview With Eric Bogle." Also, at the
1997 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival he gave an interview, with
samples of his music, to KRCB FM, a Northern California radio
station. It can be heard in Real Audio format at KRCB FM's website
Roots Interviews. (Photographs of Eric and other performers at that
event can be found at John Morehead's Kate Wolf Festival Photographs
Collection.) A short excerpt from an interview Eric gave while on the
English leg of his 2000 overseas tour can be found at Folks Wagon in
their Special Features section. Links for all of these sites, along
with lots of other information and song samples from Eric, can be
found at http://www.windbourne.com/ebogle/
Advance tickets are available from House of Our Own Books at 3920
Spruce Street; Rustic Music at 333 S. 13th Street; and Mads Records
in Ardmore. Cherry Tree concerts are supported in part by a grant from
the Philadelphia Folksong Society. For more information, call the
Cherry Tree at 215-386-1640 or visit our website at http://
www.cherrytree.org
