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Blind Summat!

About Me

Eclectic Folk & Roots from North Yorkshire. Three talented musicians/ songwriters and a banjo player came together with a mission to cheer up the Folk Scene. The Result is...... Blind Summat!
The Talented Musicians are:
Wendy Arrowsmith. Wendy is establishing a name for herself on the Northeast Folk scene as a fine singer of traditional songs (Scottish, Irish, English & American) and as writer of folky style songs with a real sense of place and history. She says she mainly joined Blind Summat to laugh at the banjo player!
Joolz Cavell is also well known on the North Yorkshire Folk Scene as a writer of fine contemporary folk songs, a talented percussionist and for her solid guitar style. She says she joined Blind Summat to pass the time between real gigs.
Rebekah Findlay is another fine singer & musician and burgeoning songwriter. She says she joined Blind Summat to keep the old folks happy (i.e. the rest of the band).
Paul Arrowsmith is the banjo player. He joined Blind Summat as it was the only gig he could get.
Unaccompanied & folky!
Laid back Old Time Country Vibe: Wagon Wheel

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/09/2007
Band Website: blindsummat.net/
Band Members: Wendy Arrowsmith: Voice, Guitar, Accordion, Whistles, Mandolin, and occasional bodhran/ percussion

Joolz Cavell: Voice, Guitar, Cajon, Congas & lots of percussion, bit of banjo.

Rebekah Findlay: Voice, Fiddle, Guitar, Whistles, Accordion.

Paul Arrowsmith: Banjo, Banjola and Voice

Vincent Black Lightning (1952) from KFFC
Influences: Paul: Banjos, American Old Time Music, Trad Folk, Motorhead, Bluegrass, Dub Reggae, Neil Young, Townes Van Zandt, Punk, Bill Bragg, Steve Earle

Wendy: Scotland, Scottish Folk, Haggis, Porridge, Kilts

Joolz:I have a wide and varied taste in music. What ever makes me sing along, makes me tap my feet, or makes my skin tingle I usually like. Anything from Classical, folk, rock, R n B, jazz and blues. The list goes on.

Rebekah:Ric Saunders, Gordon Giltrapp, Ron Angel, Peatbog Faeries, Burach,Ray Lamontagne, Damien Rice, Guillimots (the band not the birds), Angus & Julia Stone, The Waifs, Martha Wainright, Regina Spektor, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds, Dave Matthews Band, The Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, Rory Gallagher, G Love and Special Sauce, Ginger Beer

A little Bluegrassy thing: The Boy Who Touched The Sea

Sounds Like: 3 Great singers/musicians and a banjo player!Funky Cruel Mother!Crooked JackOld Old Timey Tunes:
Record Label:
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Ingleton Folk Festival Fund Raiser: Another good review.

Ingleton Folk Festival Fund Raiser: Reveiwed by Terry FerdinandEveryone I saw performed with the expected skill,professionalism and humour, we sat opened mouthed at the sheer volumeof songs, eleven se...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:20:00 GMT

A good review for Blind Summat!! (Our friend Barbara Helen's CD launch)

Blind SummatNextup we had Blind Summat. As I mentioned above, this group is made up ofthe finest acts in the area, possibly better known for their soloperformances. Wendy and Paul Arrowsmith play host...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:12:00 GMT

Blind Summat! review from The Woodlark Folk Club,Nottinghamshire

Thanks Tina, what she didn't mention was that the car broke down on our way back.... we got home at 3.45am! (this was Jan 5th.... temperature hit -8.5C that morning)."So, the first guest night of 2009...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:46:00 GMT

Blind Summat! Studio Recordings (at last!)

We spent the day in the studi..o in Darlington yesterday tryin..g to get some decen..t quali..ty Blind Summat!  recordings...We got 3 track..s down with 2 fully mixed. These are definitely the more ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:18:00 GMT

How are we doing?

It's been a while since our last blog, so I thought I'd see where we are at. We've done half a dozen or so gigs now and the sound is getting tighter and I think we are starting to understand each othe...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:43:00 GMT

The Birth of Blind Summat!

........and then there were 4! Joolz, Wendy and Paul have been informally playing together for some time and have done some gigs to some acclaim (in our minds at least!).......but there was something...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:42:00 GMT