The Ram Club
BBC Radio 2 'Folk Club of the Year' 2007
Welcome to the web site for the Ram Club, one of the finest venues in the South of England for folk, acoustic and roots music.
Our aim is to create a relaxed and intimate atmosphere to allow you to enjoy the finest in music to the fullest. Located in the garden room of the Foley Arms in Claygate, Esher, Surrey, we have been running since 1983. We strive to bring you top artistes from the UK and beyond to perform to you from a distance of 0-20 paces in the convivial surroundings of this fine pub.
In 2007 we were proud and delighted to receive the 'Folk Club of the Year' award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Click here to read about it.
Friday night is Ram Club night, so come along to enjoy a great night out. Everyone is welcome.
Thirty five years of playing has made PETE a dazzling and extremely versatile musician. Jazz, Blues, Ragtime, Folk, Calypso, Baroque and Bluegrass all get treated to his blistering technique and become playgrounds for his lightening improvisational skills. Rated as one of the UK`s finest guitarists, he is also a demonstrator for Taylor Guitars & has gained a reputation not only as a phenomenal player but as a tutor and a very funny story teller. Regularly receiving standing ovations at top international Music Festivals, few musicians appeal to such a wide audience, which is testament not only to his outstanding talent but also for being genuinely entertaining. Pete did a stunning gig last time here with John Buckley, so prepare to be amazed!
http://www.petesmithguitarist.com£7 members/£8 non-members
It is a great pleasure to welcome this legendary band back to our humble croft after their first visit in '05. Truly the Led Zep of Folk, the TANNAHILLS have an unerring ability to switch seamlessly between beautiful, evocative slow airs, ballads and topical songs with rich vocal harmonies, to out-and-out hell-for-leather tune sets led by Highland pipes, fiddle, whistles & flute with a rock-solid rhythm underneath. One of the all time great Scottish bands, they have a pedigree as long as a caber and toss the whole caboodle of the Scots folk cannon into a simmering pot of musical broth. Babes won't sleep, but this lot are AWESOME!
http://www.tannahillweavers.com£9 members/£11 non-members
Everyone knows TONY. He hangs around the local clubs, gets on the stage and within minutes you feel so much happier - pain in the belly aside. If Del Boy Trotter had a folk-singing brother Tony would be him, standing on a street corner with a suitcase full of CDs, all of them his, and he'll flog you one. 'You won't regret it mate'. Born and bred on a building site, he's the geezer with the pencil behind his ear, poised to pen another street classic about or with the next character he crosses paths with, each one an antidote to the massed ranks of mournful merchants who ply their gloom and angst. There's Fiona the fast food floozy, Mickey The Brickie with the wicked broken nose, Sheila with the C sharp harp and the one women he'll never forget - known only as Salt Of The Earth - to name a few. There should be a law to put him on after Eastenders - it would cut the suicide rate and remind viewers that there is a bright side. Highly-rated by Chas and Dave, he's just back from a stint supporting the BLOCKHEADS on their 30th anniversary tour.
http://www.tonycarling.co.uk/£6 members/£7 non-members
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