Harvey Andrews July 2010 Gigs
July 15th 2010 15:22
Harvey Andrews wrote and sang the british soldier song in the 1970s and its all about a British soldier who gave his life to save innocent people from getting killed by a bomb thrown through a window of Springfields Station West Belfast back in the day.
His album (pictured) was an education for me when a cousin from the UK sent it out to Australia years ago. We in Australia had been quite distant and distracted from such episodes of hatred.
The lyrics are in the video. This song was banned by the BBC.
From 1964, Andrews supported his nascent career as a singer/songwriter by working as a schoolteacher, before becoming a full-time professional musician in 1966.
Harvey Andrews has produced 17 successful albums singing his own songs, many of which have also been recorded by other artists.
His emotive Soldier transmits the same quiet desperation of a soldier about to die "in conflict" as Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est, though in a very different setting. In fact, the contrast of a battlefield to a commonplace urban setting and the proximity of children makes the situation even more poignant and the waste of a young life even more tragic.
Harvey John Andrews (born 7 May 1943 in Stechford, Birmingham) is an English singer, songwriter, and poet.
Harvey Andrews
Harvey is a singer/guitarist/writer who has been performing professionally for 43 years. He has recorded 15 albums of his own songs with the help of , among others, Ralph McTell, Richard Thompson, Dave Pegg, Martin Carthy, Mike Silver, John Kirkpatrick, and Rick Wakeman. He has appeared at many festivals including Tonder in Denmark, Lunenburg and Regina in Canada, and five Cambridge Folk Festivals in the U.K, as well as touring in 16 countries. Television appearances include "The Old Grey Whistle Test", and over 50 other shows. He has made two BBC TV specials featuring his songs. Two further specials were produced in Holland and Ireland. He has hosted BBC Radio Two's "Folk on Two" and a Radio Four "Kaleidoscope" arts special was devoted to his work.
The lyric of one of his songs was used in course work for the national G.C.S.E. English language examination. Another lyric was included in the Oxford University Book of English Traditional Verse. In 1996 he was voted International Artiste of the Year in the Canadian Porcupine Awards for Folk music.
Feedback from Harvey's website, 2007
"Definitely the best Harvey evening we've ever had in terms of true entertainment – just the man and his guitar, heard as nature intended, and a wonderful interchange with the audience. All in all, a truly exceptional gig that will be, as confirmed by every attendee we spoke to, remembered and treasured for a very, very long time, especially by the teenage members of the audience."
Hey Sandy on the album Writer of Songs is another description of the senseless loss of a young life in conflict. It is based on the death of a female student, Sandra Scheuer, who was shot by the Ohio National Guard at the Kent State University in the U.S. anti Vietnam War demonstration of 1970, although, unlike the Sandy of Andrews' song, the real student was not directly involved in the demonstration.
The album version of the song is an unusual, but powerful, arrangement, in which the first verse is sung to the accompaniment of a solo double bass, played by Danny Thompson. The recording was never issued in the USA until Kent State University's commemorative CD was released in 2005. It reached number 2 in the New Zealand chart in November 1972. In stark contrast, his Boothferry Bridge (mp3 clip) and Gift of a Brand New day (mp3 clip) reflect the contentment of the simple pleasures of everyday life.
He collaborated on a successful musical depicting life growing up in Birmingham in the forties and fifties. "Go Play Up Your Own End" has been well received across the Midlands, especially in its latest production in 2006 featuring Jasper Carrot in a major role, but has yet to make the transfer to London. The musical has played at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Birmingham Hippodrome and the Alexandra Theatre, thus setting a record of having been staged at every one of the second city’s major theatres.
In 2007 he published a musical memoir "Gold star to the Ozarks". He continues to write and perform.
- wikipedia.org
CURRENT GIG DATES
22 April – Brook Theatre
Chatham, Kent
28 April – The Musician
Clyde Street, Leicester LE1 2DE
1 May – Faldingworth Memorial Hall
CANCELLED due to circumstances beyond the control of the organiser.
8 May – Hope Village Hall
Hope, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Call 01743 891 412 or email yvonne@gleanings.co.uk for ticket info
21 May – Sandbach Town Hall
High Street, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 1AX
Call 07971 663 778 for ticket info
22 May – The Davy Lamp Folk Club
Washington Arts centre, Biddick Lane, Fatfielld, Tyne and Wear NE38 8AB
29 May – Red Lion Folk Club
Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7LY
30 May – Hitchin, Folk Club
The Sun Hotel, Sun Street, Hitchin, Herts. SG5 1AF
3 June – The Spa
Bridlington, East Yorkshire
19 June – Tutbury Castle w/ Gary and Vera Aspey
Tutbury, Staffordshire
Call 01942 671 995 or email info@garyandveraaspey.com
9 and 10 July – Ely Folk Festival
16 July – Woodman Folk Club
The Social club, Ashwood Marina, Ashwood Lower Lane, Kingswinford DY6 0AQ
18 July – Folk on the Moor
The Westward Inn, Lee Mill, Plymouth PL21 9EE
call 01752 881 638
29 July – Biddulph Town Hall
Biddulph, Stoke on Trent
For bookings Harvey Andrews is represented by Sue at Routes MusicYour text goes here.
phone: 01905 611 323
fax: 01905 721 880
email: sue@speakingvolumes.co.uk
His album (pictured) was an education for me when a cousin from the UK sent it out to Australia years ago. We in Australia had been quite distant and distracted from such episodes of hatred.
From 1964, Andrews supported his nascent career as a singer/songwriter by working as a schoolteacher, before becoming a full-time professional musician in 1966.
Harvey Andrews has produced 17 successful albums singing his own songs, many of which have also been recorded by other artists.
His emotive Soldier transmits the same quiet desperation of a soldier about to die "in conflict" as Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est, though in a very different setting. In fact, the contrast of a battlefield to a commonplace urban setting and the proximity of children makes the situation even more poignant and the waste of a young life even more tragic.
Harvey John Andrews (born 7 May 1943 in Stechford, Birmingham) is an English singer, songwriter, and poet.
Harvey Andrews
Harvey is a singer/guitarist/writer who has been performing professionally for 43 years. He has recorded 15 albums of his own songs with the help of , among others, Ralph McTell, Richard Thompson, Dave Pegg, Martin Carthy, Mike Silver, John Kirkpatrick, and Rick Wakeman. He has appeared at many festivals including Tonder in Denmark, Lunenburg and Regina in Canada, and five Cambridge Folk Festivals in the U.K, as well as touring in 16 countries. Television appearances include "The Old Grey Whistle Test", and over 50 other shows. He has made two BBC TV specials featuring his songs. Two further specials were produced in Holland and Ireland. He has hosted BBC Radio Two's "Folk on Two" and a Radio Four "Kaleidoscope" arts special was devoted to his work.
The lyric of one of his songs was used in course work for the national G.C.S.E. English language examination. Another lyric was included in the Oxford University Book of English Traditional Verse. In 1996 he was voted International Artiste of the Year in the Canadian Porcupine Awards for Folk music.
Feedback from Harvey's website, 2007
"Definitely the best Harvey evening we've ever had in terms of true entertainment – just the man and his guitar, heard as nature intended, and a wonderful interchange with the audience. All in all, a truly exceptional gig that will be, as confirmed by every attendee we spoke to, remembered and treasured for a very, very long time, especially by the teenage members of the audience."
Hey Sandy on the album Writer of Songs is another description of the senseless loss of a young life in conflict. It is based on the death of a female student, Sandra Scheuer, who was shot by the Ohio National Guard at the Kent State University in the U.S. anti Vietnam War demonstration of 1970, although, unlike the Sandy of Andrews' song, the real student was not directly involved in the demonstration.
The album version of the song is an unusual, but powerful, arrangement, in which the first verse is sung to the accompaniment of a solo double bass, played by Danny Thompson. The recording was never issued in the USA until Kent State University's commemorative CD was released in 2005. It reached number 2 in the New Zealand chart in November 1972. In stark contrast, his Boothferry Bridge (mp3 clip) and Gift of a Brand New day (mp3 clip) reflect the contentment of the simple pleasures of everyday life.
He collaborated on a successful musical depicting life growing up in Birmingham in the forties and fifties. "Go Play Up Your Own End" has been well received across the Midlands, especially in its latest production in 2006 featuring Jasper Carrot in a major role, but has yet to make the transfer to London. The musical has played at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Birmingham Hippodrome and the Alexandra Theatre, thus setting a record of having been staged at every one of the second city’s major theatres.
In 2007 he published a musical memoir "Gold star to the Ozarks". He continues to write and perform.
- wikipedia.org
CURRENT GIG DATES
22 April – Brook Theatre
Chatham, Kent
28 April – The Musician
Clyde Street, Leicester LE1 2DE
1 May – Faldingworth Memorial Hall
CANCELLED due to circumstances beyond the control of the organiser.
8 May – Hope Village Hall
Hope, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Call 01743 891 412 or email yvonne@gleanings.co.uk for ticket info
21 May – Sandbach Town Hall
High Street, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 1AX
Call 07971 663 778 for ticket info
22 May – The Davy Lamp Folk Club
Washington Arts centre, Biddick Lane, Fatfielld, Tyne and Wear NE38 8AB
29 May – Red Lion Folk Club
Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7LY
30 May – Hitchin, Folk Club
The Sun Hotel, Sun Street, Hitchin, Herts. SG5 1AF
3 June – The Spa
Bridlington, East Yorkshire
19 June – Tutbury Castle w/ Gary and Vera Aspey
Tutbury, Staffordshire
Call 01942 671 995 or email info@garyandveraaspey.com
9 and 10 July – Ely Folk Festival
16 July – Woodman Folk Club
The Social club, Ashwood Marina, Ashwood Lower Lane, Kingswinford DY6 0AQ
18 July – Folk on the Moor
The Westward Inn, Lee Mill, Plymouth PL21 9EE
call 01752 881 638
29 July – Biddulph Town Hall
Biddulph, Stoke on Trent
For bookings Harvey Andrews is represented by Sue at Routes MusicYour text goes here.
phone: 01905 611 323
fax: 01905 721 880
email: sue@speakingvolumes.co.uk
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