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 The
Horseshoe Inn, also known locally as The Bridges, is
situated at the base of the South Shropshire hill
range known as The Long Mynd.
Since 2004 the pub has held it's doors wide open and
welcomed countless musicians and music fans to share
in each others appreciation for every variety of
music imaginable. With it’s regular Monday evening
Open Mic' Session, plus a further three nights a
week of live music, it has provided the area with a
much needed, and dearly loved, opportunity for the
local community to enjoy live music in deliciously
welcoming surroundings.
The
Horseshoe Inn, perhaps more importantly, is also
home to Maureen & Bob MacCauley and it is only
through their generosity and love of music and
people alike that all of the above has been
possible.
As
many of us are already acutely aware these are
difficult times, financially speaking, that we are
living through and worse still, there seems to be no
relief in sight any time soon. Nationwide
communities are being robbed of their social hubs as
hundreds of pubs have been forced to close. Our aim
is to raise awareness of the great things that have
been happening at The Horseshoe Inn, so that they
may continue their work in supporting live, original
music.
To
date, The Horseshoe Inn has hosted two music festival
days, 'A Day At The Bridges', firstly in July of
2009 and again, in July this year, the event was
repeated to great success, accompanied by a second
day of folk music with it’s 'Folk Against Fascism'
event. These music festival days have introduced the
pub to an audience reaching far wider than it’s
Shropshire environs and it is with the support of
all these new friends that Maureen & Bob, in
conjunction with the ‘Shared’ organisation, hope to
raise the funds that will help see them through into
2011, where they will be able to continue the
wonderful job that they have been doing for the last
six years.
So
what, you may ask, has 'Shared' got to do with The
Horseshoe Inn? 'Shared' is an ongoing acoustic
project that was born out of Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls (The Wonder Stuff) attending The Horseshoe
Inn's Monday evening Open Mic’ Sessions. So
impressed were they by the local singers and
musicians that they invited a handful of them to
record for the first ‘Shared’ acoustic compilation
album (released worldwide on IRL in 2009) alongside
some more established artists, including Wayne
Hussey of The Mission. Hunt is currently in the
process of recording the second 'Shared' album, also
featuring artists local to the Shropshire area that
he has met at The Horseshoe Inn. We hope very much
that the success of The Horseshoe Inn’s previous
outdoor live events can be repeated, Maureen & Bob
have created such a wonderful environment during the
last six years, it would be a tragedy to see that
end.
Please show your support by attending what promises
to be a very special day. The day itself, Saturday
September 11th, will kick off at 3pm and will
feature the following artists:
 Miles
Hunt & Erica Nockalls (The Wonder Stuff)
Dirty
Ray (Immaculate Fools)
Ian
Prowse (Amsterdam/Pele)
Emma
& The Professor
Timothy
Parkes
The
Daughters
Rob
Dunsford
Brent
Lee
Smoke
Feathers
Matthew
Derrick
Dan
Donnelly.
Tickets available on the gate, priced at just £5.00.
For
more information on how to find the Horseshoe Inn,
including directions and contact telephone numbers,
click
here.
~~ SHARED - THE
ALBUM ~~
The debut album resulting from the Shared
collaborations was released in 2009 and features 18
tracks split between 6 artists and offers an
excellent insight into some of the music not only
coming out of the Shropshire area but also being
performed regularly at the Horseshoe Inn.
 The
full tracklisting for the album is as follows:
1. The Waiting Song
(performed by Dirty Ray)
2.
Dashboard Therapy
(performed by Rob Dunsford)
3.
Witchcraft
(performed by Timothy Parkes)
4. Oars
In The Water
(performed by Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls)
5. You're
My Heaven
(performed by Matthew Derrick)
6. Like A
Child Again
(performed by Wayne Hussey)
7. The
Rain Song
(performed by Dirty Ray)
8. Don't
Go To The Other Side Of The World
(performed by Rob Dunsford)
9. Looks
Like Rain
(performed by Timothy Parkes)
10. The
Sum Of Us
(performed by Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls)
11. Head
Up, Chin Down
(performed by Matthew Derrick)
12. Tower
Of Strength
(performed by Wayne Hussey)
13. The
Mermaid's Song
(performed by Dirty Ray)
14.
Millionaire
(performed by Rob Dunsford)
15. Holes
(performed by Timothy Parkes)
16. We
All Go Down Together
(performed by Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls)
17. Not
On My Cloud
(performed by Matthew Derrick)
18. Trail
Of Scarlett
(performed by Wayne Hussey)
Three samplers
featuring extracts from all tracks on the album can
be found on the 'Shared'
MySpace page.
Copies of the album are available priced at £12.99.
Keep your eyes on
the Shared website, and also on Shared's Facebook
page for more news of the forthcoming live show as
well as news on the release of the second Shared
album.
Reviews
Record Collector Magazine - Terry Staunton
Room 512 website - Rob Stokes
Shared album launch party -Bryan Taylor
Sunday Times article and interview
Rock and Reel (Radio 2) album review
Related Links
Facebook
MySpace
Media
Resources
Website links
Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls (The Wonder Stuff
website)
Wayne Hussey
Timothy Parkes
Independent Records
Miles Hunt
(Myspace page)
Erica Nockalls
(Myspace page)
Matthew Derrick
(Myspace page)
Wayne Hussey
(Myspace page)
Dirty Ray Weatherall
(Myspace page)
Hi-resolution
images
Artwork packshot
Dirty Ray
Rob Dunsford
Timothy Parkes
Miles and Erica
Matthew Derrick
Wayne Hussey
Flyer for September 11th concert
For further
information, contact Tom Haxell at Spirit Music and
Media on 0208 741 6020 or email
tom@spiritmm.com.
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