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Article: Culture: Silent Fox covers the waterfront; Andy Farquarson hears how folk singer Bob Fox is no stranger to the region's canals.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2003
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Byline: Andy Farquarson
Singer and guitarist Bob Fox is no stranger to the West Midlands: in fact, the lead vocalist of folkrock outfit The Hush turns out to be a great fan of the area.
'Birmingham has a special place in the folk music pantheon,' he says. 'For a start, the city was home to the Jug Of Punch folk club where you could see legendary 60s acts like the Byrds, Joni Mitchell, Tom Rush, and Paul Simon. Then there's its homegrown talent: The Ian Campbell Folk Group, Dave Swarbrick, and Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg and Ric Sanders. Steve Gibbons is ...