1. Darling be home soon. 2. Walkin' back to Blueberry Hill. 3. Mr. Bojangles. 4. Crying in the Rain. 5. Dirty Life and times. 6. Happy Birthday Dad. 7. She belongs to me. 8. Roland the headless Thompson Gunner. 9. Primrose Hill. 10. May you never. 11. Born at the right time. 12. Secret Garden. 13. This Heart of mine. 14. Turning into Winter. 15. Old Peculiar Feeling. 16. Some of Shelley's Blues. 17. Unhappy Anniversary. 18. Wild World. 19. Can't do right for doing wrong.

Rockin’ Chair / The Gateshead Lass / Dance To Your Daddy / The Collier Laddies Wife / Born At The Right Time / Big River / The Pitman And The Blackin’ / The Galway Shawl / Where My Heart Lives / Sally Wheatley / The Devil’s Ground / The Rambling Rover / Meet Me On The Corner / Monday Monday

FIVE STAR B&B B&BCD01

Blimey these Geordie lads believe in working at break-neck speed! It was only in October 2006 that I was discussing with Billy and Bob that they should record an album together. Well, blow me down if they haven’t succeeded and, as you’d expect the quality is exceptional.
On the back of a twenty-date tour together pulling what should have been two separate performances culminating with the pair playing together for a 20 minuteset they were already joining each other on over 90% of the evening. Not bad going I think you’d agree.
Basically a ‘best of…’ this recording provides the listener with a veritable smorgasbord including ‘Rocking Chair’, ‘Dance To Your Daddy’ topped nicely with the tune ‘The Spanish Cloak’, Jimmy Nail’s tremendous nostalgic view of the Tyne ‘Big River’, ‘Sally Wheatley’ and Billy’s ‘The Devil’s Ground’. Billy and Bob’s vocal performances aren’t so much good as towering and while folk music has ambassadors like these let’s count ourselves lucky that they have decided to settle in our camp. A round of applause should also go to Ron Angus who captured that real essence of a ‘live’ performance.

1 Ee Aye Aa Cud Hew 2 Black Diamonds - Live 3 Guard Your Man Well 4 Birth Of The Lad - Live 5 Schooldays Over - Live 6 Oakeys Strike Evictions 7 Mr Roberts 8 Pitman and the Blackin' - Live 9 Trimdon Grange Explosion - Live 10 The Boys of Belly Row 11 Gresford/Geordieland68 12 The Last of the Widows - Live 13 Off to Kefalonia - Live 14 Coal Mountain - Live 15 Leather Cap and Trap Lad

1 These Coal Town Days 2 Devil's Ground 3 Stanley Market 4 The Row Between The Cages 5 Shiftin' To The Toon 6 The Pitman's Dream 7 South Medomsley Strike 8 Just One Spark 9 The Ex-Pitmen's Potholing Quiz Team 10 Blackleg Mining Man 11 The Collier Laddie's Wife 12 Sheel Raw Flood/Off To California 13 Wor Nanny's A Maizor 14 Judas Bus 15 Farewell Johnny Miner 16 The Miner's Lifeguard 17 The Pitmen Poets