'Library' plays at folk club

The Troubadour Folk Club will present "The New York Public Library" on Friday, February 13, at 8pm at the CWA Hall, Woy Woy.

The New York Public Library is a bluegrass, Irish and country music band, which features close three-part harmonies with five-string banjo, mandolin, guitar and double bass.

They play songs of John Denver, Kingston Trio and Dixie Chicks.

They even do songs like Back in Nagasaki ("where the fellers chew tobaccy").

They do original songs as well - ones that have a high comedy content to them such as The Ballad of Dirt McGraw, the sad story of a big man who was finally defeated by a small septic system.

There is also the tale of O'Grady, the Bareknuckle Bullfighter, about an undefeated pub fighter in Bourke who, unable to find human opponents, turned to bullfighting with tragic results.

They do a heavily revised version of the Hawaiian War Chant.

The Windsors, is a song about a scurrilous anthem of disloyalty to the Royal Family, which was featured on Mike Carlton's radio program during the last royal visit.

The New York Public Library comprises John Flanagan playing mandolin and guitar, Warren Boyd playing banjo, guitar and double bass and Isabelle Fogarty playing double bass and ukulele.

Tickets are $9, $8 concession, $6 for members at the door, and include supper.

Press release, February 2