Welcome
to the Scrumpy & Western website
"The
ultimate website if you've even the vaguest interest in the West
Country's finest musical export. Incredibly detailed and written
with unexpected panache" - PC Format magazine
"We've had loads of Myspace hits since being included on
Scrumpy and Western! Great Stuff!" - Kev
of Who's Afear'd
This
website is dedicated to the memory of the forgotten pioneer of Scrumpy
& Western music Bob Barratt (19??-2004)
and to our founding webmaster Paul
'Zider Ed' Gunningham (1951-2007)
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Scrumpy
& Western music is the music of the West Country of England.
It is best known as being the music of Adge Cutler and the Wurzels,
but to connoisseurs of the genre, there is much, much more to Scrumpy
& Western music than just Drink Up Thy Cider or Combine
Harvester. This website lists well over 30 artists and bands
whose music falls into the genre, and there are undoubtedly many
others not listed, and more yet who have Scrumpy & Western songs
within their repertoire, but whose music fall mostly into other
genres. read more...
This
website was founded by Paul
Gunningham, aka Zider Ed in 1999. Sadly Paul died in 2007 as
a result of injuries sustained in a road traffic accident. Rather
than let his legacy fade, Frank Blades of Somersetmade Ltd took
over the running and continued development of this website in his
memory.
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A
selection of top Scrumpy & Western gigs for January and
February; see the gig guide for the
full listings
Thursday
4th February -
Acker
Bilk & The New Paramount Jazz Band at Millfield
Theatre, London
Saturday
6th February - Who's Afear'd at Dorchester
Beerex at Corn Exchange,
Dorchester
Wednesday
10th February - Acker Bilk & The New Paramount
Jazz Band at Solihull Arts Complex,
Birmingham
 Thursday
11th February
- The Wurzels
at The Palace Theatre, Bridgwater, Somerset
Friday
12th & Saturday 13th February - The Mangledwurzels
at 4th Bath Cider Festival at Bath Pavilion
Friday
12th February - The Wurzels and Who's
Afear'd at Cheese & Grain,
Frome, Somerset
Friday
12th February - The Cutlers Of Cornwall at
The Post Gala at Penstowe
Manor, Bude, Devon
Friday
19th February - The Wurzels at Twerton
Park, Bath
Friday
19th February - The
Mangledwurzels at The Grain Barge,
Bristol
Saturday
20th February - The
Cornish Wurzells at Townshend Village Hall,
Cornwall
Wednesday
24th February - Jethro
at Ferneham Hall, Fareham, Hampshire
Sunday
28th February - Fred
Wedlock at
Peewee's Real Ale Pub, Trowbridge
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What's
New
Here
are the latest updates to the Scrumpy & Western website:
- 1
Feb - New Gigs added
for The Mangledwurzels (South Petherton,
Shaftesbury)
- 21
Jan - New Gigs added
for The Mangledwurzels (Stoke St Gregory,
Minehead, Lyme Regis)
 20
Jan - New Gigs added
for The Yetties (Weymouth, Bristol, Dorchester,
Milborne St. Andrew, Taunton, Guildford, Sturminster Newton,
Bridport, Swanage, Farnham, Fordingbridge, Basingstoke,
Trowbridge, Priddy)- 20
Jan - New Gigs added
for The Plonkers Agricultural Orchestra
(Milford, Christchurch and Fordingbridge) and The
New Forest Plonkers (Beaulieu,
Sherborne,
Dorchester, Brockenhurst,
Ringwood,
Rudgwick, Blandford Forum, Christchurch)
 19
Jan - New Gigs added
for The Mangledwurzels (Shepton Mallet,
Bristol, Frome),
'Ere Whacks (Bath) and The
Shenanigans Banned! (Laxey, Douglas)- 18
Jan - New Gigs added
for Juz Greg (Camborne, St Day, Newlyn,
Hayle, St Ives, Praze an Beeble, Park
Bottom, St
Newlyn East, Falmouth)
and The Cutlers Of Cornwall (Camborne,
Bude)
 17
Jan -
New Gigs added for
The
Wurzels (Holsworthy, Weymouth, Congresbury,
Shepton Mallet, Milborne St Andrew, Portishead, Newton
Abbot, Bath,
Ilfracombe,
Blandford Forum,
Exmouth
and Barnstable)- 16
Jan - Top gigs added for February
 15
Jan - New Gigs added
for Acker Bilk & The New Paramount Jazz Band
(Birmingham, Grantham, Liverpool, Yeovil, Grassington, Morecambe,
Runcorn, Exmouth, Harrogate, Hay-on-Wye and Fareham)- 14
Jan - New Gigs added
for Who's Afear'd (Bristol, Dorcester)
and Surfin'
Turnips (Watchet)
- 13
Jan - New Gigs added
for The Cornish Wurzells (Townshend, Camelford,
Camborne, Redruth)
- 12
Jan - New Gig added
for The Mangledwurzels (Radstock)
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