Grayshott Folk Club                                                                                                                   

www.grayshottfolkclub.co.uk

Grayshott Village Hall, Headley Road, Grayshott,                                                    

Nr. HINDHEAD, Surrey GU26 6TZ

Grayshott Folk Club welcomes back:                                                                   

STEVE WICKHAM (THE WATERBOYS) + RAY COEN

Saturday 2nd August 2025 @ 7.30pm

"Fisherman's Blues": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4UQJwd3awQ            

Wickham Festival 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zEvq5wLHNw               

Steve and Ray have visited Grayshott Folk Club twice before; in November 2022 and again in May 2024. On both occasions, they played to spellbound full houses at Grayshott Village Hall so we couldn't wait to invite them back again. Living as they do in the far West of Ireland, it is essential they have plenty of work over here, in order to make their occasional visits worthwhile so we've had to wait a bit. Their visit this time, coincides with another headline appearance they are making at Wickham (yes, Wickham) Festival, near Fareham in Hampshire.

Steve is a masterful Fiddle player who has performed with the very best that music has to offer; Bob Dylan, U2, Sinead O'Connor and of course, The Waterboys for nigh on forty years. His influence on their hit albums "This Is The Sea", "Fisherman's Blues" and "Room To Roam" is easy to hear.             

In addition to the Fiddle, Steve also plays a wide range of other instruments and he has always maintained his own side projects. Over the years he has released two brilliant solo albums; "Geronimo" (2004) and "Beekeeper" (2017). Geronimo is actually the name of his treasured favourite Fiddle. "Beekeeper" is an album that is permanently on my turntable at home and is marked out by its variety and diverse styles of music. Steve was described by Mike Scott of The Waterboys, as "the world's greatest rock fiddle player" but nowadays, Steve is playing and promoting his own tunes and songs and is currently working towards his third solo album. During lockdown, he recorded the optimistic and beautiful song,     "All Will be Well": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvKyxcMNn-k

Ray Coen is a singer/song writer and guitarist from Sligo, who has been a band mate of Steve's for many years in their occasional, international band NoCrows. Together, they make beautiful sounds and their acoustic interpretation of "Fisherman's Blues" in November 2022, blew us all away. Music to die for..........

Tickets £20

Available from Grayshott Post Office (in person only, from 5th June 2025)       

Reservations by phone from: 01428 607096

Online from Ents 24 at:

https://www.ents24.com/hindhead-events/grayshott-village-hall/steve-wickham-the-waterboys/7292954