# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Library Lecture: Vic Gammon - The Catterwauling Scrapes of Thrashing Fidlers
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+00:00)
- **Event Description**: ‘The Catterwauling Scrapes of Thrashing Fidlers’: Explorations in the history of English Vernacular Fiddle Players, 1600-1900
This presentation will focus on English fiddle players from the 17th to the 19th century, their position and role in society, the quality of their performances, and social attitudes to fiddle players. The talk will finish with some thoughts on the decline of vernacular fiddle playing in the period. The talk will be illustrated by fiddle tunes and source material.

Vic Gammon, with Sheila Gammon (Reader) and Bridget Enever (Fiddler)

Vic Gammon is a singer and instrumentalist (playing mainly the tenor banjo, anglo-concertina and melodeons) originally from the south he now lives in Hexham, Northumberland. He retired from his job at Newcastle University in 2010, but remains a Research Associate of the University. He performs English traditional songs and instrumental music and his own compositions. He is also a writer, researcher and podcaster and served on the Editorial Board of the Folk Music Journal for 37 years. He has composed and provided music for stage and radio plays. He has been a member of various groups including The Etchingham Steam Band with Shirley Collins in the 1970s, and Dearman, Gammon and Harrison from the 1990s until 2017. He has performed on a number of commercial recordings, and his classic anthology album ‘The Tale of Ale’ has been continuously available since its release in 1977. Archives of some of his various audio recordings (music and speech) and writings are freely available at https://archive.org/ and https://newcastle.academia.edu/

Online event starts at 7.30pm

Book tickets for all four  Library Lectures for £15, a saving of £5.

Image: James Stuart - aka Jimmy Strength (1728-1844) - pictured aged 115 - died in Berwick.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london-united-kingdom/library-lecture-vic-gammon-the-catterwauling-scrapes-of-thrashing-fidlers/200029479509304
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, art, literary-art, nonprofit, virtual
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

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## Event venue details

- **city**: London, United Kingdom
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 2 Regents Park Road, London, NW1 7AY, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom

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- **Q**: When and where is Library Lecture: Vic Gammon - The Catterwauling Scrapes of Thrashing Fidlers being held?
  - **A:** Library Lecture: Vic Gammon - The Catterwauling Scrapes of Thrashing Fidlers takes place on Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Online event, 2 Regents Park Road, London, NW1 7AY, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom.
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