Welcome to Hunsley Acoustic Music (HAM)  

         celebrating 27 years of staging live acoustic music concerts  in the East Yorkshire villages!

Organiser- Will Richardson

Contact  will@applepie.karoo.co.uk - 07814608131 - www.hamgigs.com

  To Book HAM Concerts at Croft Park Live Lounge on line -

visit - https://croftparkcafe.com/shop/

 Address of Venue

Croft Park 55 Rowley Road, Little Weighton, Near Cottingham, East Yorkshire. HU20 3XJ

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Friday 1 December Croft Park

 'The Silver Whisker Band' 

'Blako' is very well known figure in the live music scene around East Riding and beyond.

His musical talents on guitar and pedal steel are first class and he is also a highly respected sound

and lighting engineer at concert venues large and small.

Blako has played many HAM gigs over the years in bands including the popular 'Mean Eyed Cat'. In fact, 

whatever the line up, they always provides amazing musical entertainment.

For this event, 'Blako' is putting together a five piece band, The Silver Whisker Band featuring Lynn Blakeston, Anita,

Lee,Gary and Brian all of whom are top rate musicians. Their instruments include Guitars, percussion,

accordion, piano, pedal steel. banjo and mandolin.

Expect the music of  Crosby Still Nash,Gram Parson,Neil Young Gordon Lightfoot,Jackson Brown,

Gerry Rafferty Willy Nelson and The Desert Rose Band! 

 

Easton Guillory

Easton was born and raised in Newcastle but  moved to Leeds to pursue a career in music when he was 18.
Performing in bands from the age of 10 brought him to studying music in Gateshead college. 

He went on to study a BA Honours degree in popular music at Leeds Conservatoire, which is where he stayed on to

do a masters degree, specialising in composition and performance.
He has performed in some beautiful venues across the North East like Durham Cathedral, Newcastle City Hall

and The Sage Gateshead. 

Easton -'The guitar has always been my true passion. I have always gravitated  more towards the acoustic, focusing

a lot on the hybrid picking technique. I would say I have quite a modern playing style, originally being classically trained

but spending most  of my teenage years shredding the electric guitar (poorly) with lots of gruesome distortion

led to me forming a balance between the two. I'd say my music takes influence from quite a few genres,

forming the deranged but semi approachable offspring of prog rock, folk, neo-classical and jazz.'  

More details to follow!

Tickets £15 -  To Book HAM concerts on line 

Shop - Croft Park Café (croftparkcafe.com)

There is no booking fee!

 

Friday 19 January Croft Park

Ric Neale 

Support by Graham Hodge

You may recall Ric Neal appearing at Croft Park supporting Tom Townsend earlier this year.

He certainly made an impression with the audience many of whom requested a return booking.

RIC is a singer, songwriter and pianist whose honest, heartfelt songs about life, love,

parenting and adventure are beloved by his many followers. He has performed up and down

the country supporting his solo records, including 2021’s hugely popular album

Connected Disconnected which currently approaching 800,000 streams on Spotify.

       Ric has also written and performed in various musical theatre shows including the theatrical performance

       of his own song cycle about parenting ‘Lullabies For Parents’ as well as stints as musical director

          for UK Drag hero Divina De Campo. For the last five years he has run MONOCHROME, a monthly event

  showcasing some of the best songwriters around in his native Wakefield and has lectured

    on the art of songwriting in Seoul, South Korea and Rome, Italy. Ric’s live performances show off his

storytelling, his passionate piano playing and his 

Graham Hodge

A highly respected musician, Graham is a regular performer at HAM concerts.Admired by 

 audiences and musical peers, his own compositions are melodic and thoughtful and always well received.

     Graham tends to play cover versions of famous, and not so famous songwriters and plays a wide range of material

from Folk, Blues, Country style.

Tickets £15 -  To Book HAM concerts on line 

 

Shop - Croft Park Café (croftparkcafe.com)

There is no booking fee!

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Friday 23 February Croft Park Live Lounge

HALEY SISTERS

THE HALEY SISTERS Jo-Ann and Becky, were born and raised in the village of Harden, just out side

of Bingley, West Yorkshire. From a very early age they followed in their parents’ footsteps, 

showing a strong interest in music from all genres.

     The Haley Sisters first appeared professionally back in 1989, when they launched themselves into a successful singing career

Playing: Original, Americana, Country, Folk & any song from any genre that feels good…

Eclectic one would say, is an understatement.  Whatever is played, it’s 100% live! Good solid songs featuring a magical

blend of vocal harmonies and top notch musicianship are the trademarks of the band.

Support

Ellis Jones

Sam Ellis and Mike Jones are a pair of highly talented musicians who met at Hull University when performing as individual solo artists. Subsequently performing as a duo and and a trio with a female vocalist in various folk clubs in the East Yorkshire area.  In addition to the continuation of the folk clubs and writing their own material, they spent many years performing in working men's clubs across Yorkshire and also had a residency at the Nags Head near Beverley. They also performed as Salamander, a four piece folk rock band recording and EP at Fairview Studios in Willerby near Hull.

One track, Gentlemen of the Night, was featured on a Hull chart topping EP called Hessle Road by Pete Smith and Friends.

Other EPs released were Yorkshire Born and Proud Of It, another collaboration  with Pete Smith, as well as a

contribution to the EP featuring John Alderton's narration  for the opening of the Humber Bridge.

After a gap of a few years, Sam and Mike are back performing as an Acoustic duo featuring their

own material both old and new.

Tickets £15 -  To Book HAM concerts on line 

Shop - Croft Park Café (croftparkcafe.com)

There is no booking fee!

 

Saturday 23 March Croft Park  Live Lounge

Stony Jazz

Growing out of Stony, the long-established song-writing/performing duo of pianist Mark Gordon

and singer/guitarist Rich Adams, the band’s members need little introduction to regulars,

appearing at the club in various musical combinations. Together with Ben Beattie on alto sax, Bob Walker on

bass and Tom Townsend on drums, Stony Jazz form a formidable fivesome of Scarborough’s

most polished purveyors of songs from the Great American Songbook, from swing to blues to ballads to Latin.

Tickets £15 -  To Book HAM concerts on line 

Shop - Croft Park Café (croftparkcafe.com)

There is no booking fee!

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 'FIRE AND RAIN'  TOUR DATES

6 PIECE BAND PRESENTING AN EVENING OF THE MUSIC OF JAMES TAYLOR

CHECK VENUES FOR BOOKING TICKETS

​ 9 December - Seven Arts - Chapel Allerton Leeds - 0113 26 26 777

25 May 2024 - Melbourne Assembly Rooms - Derby - www.ticketsource.co.uk 

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