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Bonus episode - a session in the Turks Head, Alston


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Come on down and enjoy the rowdy atmosphere of a session at the Turks Head pub in Alston!

The Turks Head is a pub in Alston, Cumbria, in the upper South Tyne valley (https://www.facebook.com/Turksheadalston). Run by Tom and Lesley Mearns, it is a friendly, traditional pub that is popular with visitors and locals alike. Informal music sessions happen in the bar on Sunday afternoons on a semi-regular basis – check on the Facebook page for information.

On the day 3tynespodcast visited, four musicians arrived to entertain the customers: Paul Frear (Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/737797032914454), Fred Sherrif, Norm Everson and Steve Sherris. There was a great atmosphere in the bar as they ran through an impromptu set of self-penned songs and covers on acoustic guitars with Steve adding fills on his Stratocaster.

The songs featured in this episode are 50% Of Something, Losing and Men of Steel by Fred Sheriff, Miles and Miles by Paul Frear, and Dancing in the Sun by Norm Everson.



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