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Mick Stuart playing at the Pitts Head in late 1970’s |
I used to watch and enjoy Mick Stuart play in Coventry folk clubs in the 70’s. I first saw him at Rod Felton’s Rude Bare folk club at the Boatyard, Gosford Green. A recent enquiry by Andrew Clark which I fielded to to folk singer and Coventry Telegraph folk columnist – Pete Willow resulted is some further information and a link to some videos of Mick Stuart.
Pete Willow’s update suggests that –
“Mick Stuart, who was very active on the Coventry
folk scene for many years played a mixture of classic blues songs (with impressive guitar arrangements), including ‘Nobody Knows You When You’re
Down and Out’ and his own songs (including ‘Sweet Young and Lovely’ if I remember the title correctly).
Mick moved away from Coventry for a few years to live
” Mick Stuart is another friend of mine from the Tuesday Coventry folk night at the Freemasons Tavern in Harnal Lane, where Jan Budd used to run it. It was a great night out there with the Marston Pedergre. Martin Jenkins played every week there with a band…. Roddy Felton was always there holding the bar up.
More recently Marko Krnjulac has put some videos of Mick Stuart on YouTube.
NEW VIDEO HERE
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Marko Krnjulac Taken in 1994 when we played at the Coombe Abbey Folk Festival, Prince (the real star) with Mick and me. We went out as ‘Final Fling‘ at that time and this was the Coombe Abbey programme write up we had.
From Folks magazine
Thanks to Rebecca Ward for alerting me to an album that Mick Stuart made of his own compositions called Ghosts and released in 2001. Rebecca has supplied a photo of the front and back covers.
Rebecca Ward asks – if you can put a note on asking if anyone has a good copy of it, can they make me a new one from it please. …Thank you so much for your help
Mick not sure where you are now. I will always remember you, great guy and a wonderful musician.
You inspired me to pick up a guitar many years ago, and I have never stopped playing
Paul Cooper
last time I heard mick was living in lynmouth devon
I'm still looking for a playable copy of Ghosts… I don't mind paying for it… 💙💙 I just want to hear Fibromyalgia Shuffle… Im a fellow sufferer and really think it should be shared as so many people will relate to it… Mick, your music and attitude has kept me pushing through the pain days…if anyone has a copy email me please… Thank you