Vin Garbutt - Tossin' A Wobbler

Back in Birmingham, I used to live a short walk from one of the best folk clubs in Britain. It wasn’t until I had a bit of an English folk awakening in the early 00’s that I realised what I’d been missing and started going. Although, unfortunately, I never went to see Vin Garbutt on any of the many occasions he played there.

Then, a decade later, across the other side of the planet, in a proper old junk shop in the Riverland town of Renmark, I find a copy of this LP for a dollar.

I think Garbutt was quite popular in Australia – it seems he used to tour here quite regularly, and this album has a South Australian distributor’s sticker on the back. And I recently saw a copy of this album in the record shop near my house.

The album is a mix of songs, both pre and post- industrial revolution, and reels. It’s very good. Wish I’d gone to see him live.

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