CD of songs from Dare Devil Rides To Jarama by Neil Gore

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Songs from the production 'Dare Devil Rides To Jarama' by Neil Gore

1. Salud! By Anon
(music trad Galician: Teno un Amor Na Montana)

2. Riding in the Speedway Races
(based on ‘Riding in the TT Races’ by Harry Gifford and Fred E Cliffe; sung by George Formby)

3.Manchester YCL
(words: Ewan MacColl/new tune by John Kirkpatrick)

4. Dare Devil Beckett
(based on ‘Dare Devil Dick’ by Harry Gifford and Fred E Cliffe; sung by George Formby)

5. The Manchester Rambler
(words and music: Ewan MacColl)

6. He was a very Handsome Young Biker
(based on ‘He was a very Handsome Young Soldier’ sung by Billy Cotton)

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Speedway star and daring Wall of Death motorcycle rider Clem "Dare Devil" Beckett felt his place was with Spanish people defending freedom and democracy against Franco's rising fascist armies.

Commissioned by the International Brigades Memorial Trust, this play tells his extraordinary story as part of the 80th Anniversary in 2016 of the Spanish Civil War and the formation of the International Brigades.

1.Opening tune (trad Galician: Teno un Amor Na Montana)
Poem - Salud! By Anon
2.Riding in the Speedway Races (based on ‘Riding in the TT Races’ by 3.Harry Gifford and Fred E Cliffe; sung by George Formby)
4. Manchester YCL (words: Ewan MacColl/new tune by John Kirkpatrick)
5. Dare Devil Beckett (based on ‘Dare Devil Dick’ by Harry Gifford and Fred E Cliffe; sung by George Formby)
6. The Manchester Rambler (words and music: Ewan MacColl)
7. He was a very Handsome Young Biker (based on ‘He was a very Handsome Young Soldier’ sung by Billy Cotton)
8. The Lancashire Lads (tune: trad new words by John Kirkpatrick)
9. Poem: On Guard For Spain! By Jack Lindsay

credits

released September 11, 2020

Produced by Townsend Theatre Productions and Hollow Moon Media

For Townsend Theatre Productions (www.townsendproductions.org.uk):

Louise Townsend (Producer & Director)
Neil Gore (Writer, Actor & Musician – banjo uke, guitar and mandolin)
David Heywood (Actor & Musician - oboe and guitar)
John Kirkpatrick (Musical Director)
Daniella Beattie (Production Lighting Designer)

Recorded by Tim Vickerstaffe and Daniella Beattie for Hollow Moon Media in Leek, Staffs, in 2017, and edited by Daniella Beattie in 2020.

Special thanks to Marlene Sidaway, Jim Jump, Meirian Jump and Charles Jepson of
The International Brigades Memorial Trust, Tosh McDonald and Unite the Union.

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Townsend Theatre Productions Bedford, UK

Formed in 2011 and with eight plays and seven national tours to its growing name, it has played over 600 venues to a collective audience of 60,000. The company is especially well-placed to deliver impact innovation being centrally concerned with widening access to culture, taking 'theatre to non-theatre venues for audiences that find access theatre centres a challenge' ... more