It’s nice to hear
the old songs,
sung the good old
way…


It’s nice to hear the old songs,
sung the good old way…

Welcome to
Openhouse Studio
Folk Music Legacy

Created by Brian Jones, with daughter; Samantha, this website is a legacy project designed to bring ‘folk up to date.’

Explore the website, listen to the music and read the stories starting from the 60’s revival through to present day.

Welcome to
Openhouse Studio
Folk Music Legacy

Created by Brian Jones, with daughter; Samantha, this website is a legacy project designed to bring ‘folk up to date.’

Explore the website, listen to the music and read the stories starting from the 60’s revival through to present day.

KEEP FOLK TALKING

PODCAST

KEEP FOLK TALKING

PODCAST

We want to ‘keep folk talking’ in our NEW Openhouse Studio Podcast with a new special guest for every episode including stories and songs from past to present.

READY TO TELL YOUR story

We would love to hear and share your stories from the folk scene,
get in touch to feature on our next podcast.

The Resident

He’s always there week after week he puts up with a lot
He does what’s known within the trade as ‘The Kamikaze Spot’
He’s there to warm you buggers up and try to make you sing
But the highlight of the evening is when he breaks a string!
Folk don’t always listen they’re busy at the bar
Or chatting to each other and drowning his guitar
Sometimes he thinks he’s cracked it
When some open mouths he’ll see
But it’s only some old friends he’s brought
And they came in for free!
Why do we do it? I don’t know, we masochistic band
Maybe one day we’ll find that never, Neverland
Where an audience has ears and sings just like a choir
When you ask them to join in they raise their voices higher
Like some Eisteddfod winners far removed from any pub
Why then I’ll know I’ve really died and hosting Heaven’s Folk Club.

OUR song OF THE MONTH

Colin Henderson: “I wrote ‘One More For The Road’ number of years ago as a nod to a great singer and guitarist named Jack Hudson who I met when I was performing with The Tom Topping Band.

Jack became a good friend of ours and we performed at the same gigs on many occasions. Jack often performed a song called ‘Geronimo’s Cadillac’ (written by Charles John Quarto and Michael Martin Murphey) the chorus of which says ‘Hey boys, take me back. I want to ride in Geronimo’s Cadillac’. The Tom Topping Band ‘stole’ the song from Jack and we performed it often, too.  When I first met Jack I was an aspiring song writer and he encouraged me with the words “Don’t let it die, if there’s a song to sing you have to try. If you’ve got something to say, stand up there and play”

As ‘One More For The Road’ was written for Jack, references to the Cadillac and to his inspiring words inevitably found their way into the song. Jack, sadly, passed away in 2022 and it seemed appropriate to re-record One More For The Road.”

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