"Why, when I am going to meet a man so high up in CAMRA, do I expect him to come Morris dancing into the room with hardly any teeth and a big beard, playing the hurdy-gurdy?"
It is actually pretty funny.
What is a hurdy-gurdy?
Celebrity brewer Neil 'Bob the Builder' Morrissey's comments to Mike Brenner (CAMRA's chief executive)
Feb 08, 2009
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Many of us do this, of course!
A nice video clearly showing a hurdy-gurdy being played can be found at
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-=# Amos E Wolfe #=-
I know some CAMRites who fit that description to a T.
I know some people who aren't members of Camra who fit that description to a T...
I used to go to a great weekly folk/blues session at a club in Canterbury (c.1992-5) & most weeks a local hurdy-gurdy player would get up & do a solo spot (he also regularly busked in town. He was/is an amazing player.
Happily the club also sold cask beer, but I had to leave, as I'd noticed that hair had begun to grow on my toes & I linked it to the folk/ale combination - I've since learnt it's known as Hobbito Syndrome. Now I listen to Smooth FM & drinker white wine spritzers & everything's right with the world.
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