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he festival returns after its inaugural appearance in the beautiful sunshine of last spring, with a very impressive line
up. The opening Friday evening will feature two popular attractions by way of American hillbilly rock with Hayseed Dixie, who started out as an Appalachi- an style tribute to AC/DC, playing traditional instru- ments such as fiddle, mandolin and banjo, and the beautiful Cerys Matthews who first achieved fame as lead singer of the group Catatonia. She had an equal- ly successful parallel solo career duetting with Tom Jones on the perennial classic Baby It‘s Cold Outside and with Space on The Ballad of Tom Jones, plus three critically acclaimed solo albums Cockahoop, Never Said Goodbye and Don‘t Look Down. Now out of The Jungle and with a weekly BBC radio program.
Headlining Saturday is Classic 70’s rock icon and ‚Cockney Rebel‘, Steve Harley playing his hits in- cluding Come Up and See me (Make me Smile), Mr Soft & Here Comes the Sun. His live gigs are a joyous
mix of the old and the new, always with musicians who are as accomplished as he. Other rock legends playing on Saturday are ex Marillion front man Fish, John Parr (St. Elmos Fire), The Quireboys and
Martin Turners’ Wishbone
Also playing on Saturday are Hazel O’Connor & The Bluja Project, Rory Mcleod and Aziz. Sunday has a folkier feel, with Fairport Convention, the band
Ash often credi-
ted with being the first English electric folk band, The Strawbs, who enjoyed major success on both sides of the Atlantic, and Quill who were playing their Celtic folk hued Fleetwood Mac-ish rock before
the Corrs were invented. LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for The Spinners
On Sunday, surviving members of The Spinners Hughie Jones, Mick Groves & Tony Davis will be joined by Cliff Halls son, Clifford Hall to receive a lifetimes achievement award from The Acoustic Festival, as well as singing songs from their 50 year career including Dirty Old Town, Black and White, Family of Man, Maggie May, Leaving of Liverpool, In my Liverpool Home etc.
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