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 sound 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 September;
see the gig guide for the full listings
 Tuesday
31st August to Saturday 4th September The
Wurzels, The New Forest Plonkers
and others at Great Dorset Steam Fair,
Blandford Forum, Dorset
Saturday
4th September - Jethro at Babbacombe
Theatre, Torquay
Sunday 5th September - The
New Forest Plonkers at Dorset
County Show, Dorchester
Thursday
9th to Sunday 12th September -
Countryside Alliance Crew at Bestival
2010 at Robin Hill Adventure Park,
Newport, Isle Of Wight
Thursday
9th September - The Yetties at The
Bluebell Railway, Sheffield Park Station, East
Sussex
Saturday
11th September - The
Mangledwurzels at 133rd
Frome Cheese Show at West Woodlands
Showground, Frome, Somerset
Sunday 12th September - The
Mangledwurzels at Frampton Country
Fair at Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire
Friday
17th September - Somerset Paddies at
Moto X Weekend at Farley Castle
The
Mangledwurzels (1pm) at Cider &
Sausage Festival at Blue
Mountain Golf & Conference Centre, Bracknell,
Berkshire
Sunday 26th September - Somerset Paddies
at Cider Sunday at Fleece
& Firkin, Bristol
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What's
New
Here
are the latest updates to the Scrumpy & Western website:
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Sep - New Gigs added
for The Mangledwurzels (Chichester, Bath,
Bristol)- 2
Sep - New Gigs added
for The Cornish Wurzells (St Neot, Penhallow,
Kilkhampton, Breage, Newlyn, Perranporth, Redruth)
- 1
Sep - New Band page
and Gigs added for
Skimmity Hitchers (Bridport, Frome)
- 1
Sep - New Gigs added
for The Plonkers Agricultural Orchestra (Blandford
Forum, Swanage)
 31
Aug - New Gigs added
for The Yetties (Dorchester, Swanage, Sheffield
Park, Cattistock, Witchampton, Milton Abbas, Appleton, Sway,
Weymouth, Barrow, Shifnall, Bognor Regis, Puddletown, Corfe
Mullen)- 1
Sep - New Gigs added
for The
New Forest Plonkers (Milford on Sea, Evershot,
Sherfield
English, Ringwood)
 30
Aug - New Gigs added
for The Wurzels (Brokenborough,
Abergavenny, Gordano, Wraxall, Weston Super Mare, Congresbury,
Dursley, Bristol, Bridport) 29
Aug - Top Gigs added for September- 28
Aug - New Gigs added
for Acker Bilk (Doncaster, Hereford, Bristol,
Tamworth, Windsor, Cobham, Marsden, Minehead, Blackburn,
Tunbridge Wells, Crewe, Gateshead, Westerham, Chemnitz,
Magdeburg, Bielefeld, Wimborne, Croydon, Manchester, Liverpool)
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