The Following was posted on the BBC Folk Forum by folk boyband heart-throb Jim Causley the day after the first date of the Under One Sky’ tour…
Jim Causley - In Trouble With The Folk Police! Pic by David Angel
Ooh what a busy boy I am! After a month of Mawkin and living on Dave Delarre’s sofa during touring/recording new album in October, I was blessed with a couple of weeks at home in surprisingly sunny Devon and then off on a Flybe from Exeter to Glasgow (I sat next to the rear gunner) for Under One Sky.
So here I am in chilly Scotland. We had two days of rehearsing and then the full on show last night in Ye Olde Fruity Market. It’s so good to be with all these guys again, I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since we were last up here together, nobody looks a day older than they already look! I’ve met some new groovy people this time around, namely Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub (nee Folkclub) and Roy Dodds from Eddi Reader’s band. So we’re all having a lovely time in this happening city. I must confess, I find it a bit too big for my liking and managed to get myself lost yesterday but eventually found my way back to the hotel by following the crumbs from my Greggs Sausage & Bean Bake!
Man, I love those. I also love Christina Aguilera who has played a vital part in keeping me sane during these full on folky times. Everybody needs an antidote! Anyhoo, we’re all off to the Highlands tomorrow which I’m very excited about as apparently the tour bus has reclining seats, a DVD player and a toilet so if you see me on the motorway watching Bridget Jones on a reclining toilet, give me a wave.
Sightings of Mr Causley reclining were unreported at the time of press. The following was posted mid way through said tour…
So this is all very exciting for me. The best bit for me is that I’m getting the opportunity to work with musicians who I wouldn’t normally get that chance to. Especially the Scottish half of Under One Sky, why isn’t this sort of collaboration done more? (Because it’s expensive?)
Do be quiet Sensible Jim!
Next we shall have to do a Welsh Under One Sky and an Irish Under One Sky and to think of it why is the Transatlantic Sessions just Celtic artists on this side of the pond? Let’s open that one up too! And then there’s the pop stars. Mr Tams and myself were jesting that in rehearsals they get to swan in, do their bit and toddle off again and then with that Mr McCusker informed us that we were no longer needed that day so we joyfully popped back to the hotel and discussed Percy Grainger’s life over a bottle of Semilion, what a life!
Jim Causley
Hear a track from Under One Sky on the Mike Harding Show this coming Wednesday, 3 December from 7pm.
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