With Christmas upon us, it may have escaped your attention that this year is the 40th Anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster. Our bass player, Simon Wrench, has written a song to commemorate this event and with a little tweak…
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We are delighted to announce a special memorial concert to honour our good friend Bob Johns who succumbed to cancer almost exactly a year ago. Bob Johns MBE will be remembered by most as a determined fundraiser for his charity,…
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It has always been possible to download or stream the individual tracks on our initial album, Trees On The Hill, through the usual platforms. We’ve even released a series of four-track EPs as the recordings have become available under the…
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The Countrymen have a string of concert dates this weekend on the 10th to the 12th September. They are at St Austell, Bude and over the border in Tavistock (which raised a few eyebrows). We’re also excited to be announcing…
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The response on social media for The Countrymens forthcoming open air performance on Looe Seafront has been very encouraging. It will be the bands first return to Looe since their fee-free performance at Looe Saves The Day in 2018 when…
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Our efforts to try and create even just a few Covid-friendly social distanced gigs with limited numbers has been in vain. Sadly all possible bookings up to the beginning of June have now been cancelled or postponed and whilst it’s…
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Well we’d never have thought “The Countrymen” and “TikTok” would have been used in the same sentence but these are strange times and seeing as Shantymania has hit social media but in particular TikTok, we thought we ought to get…
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It is with immense sorrow that we must announce the passing of our good friend Bob Johns MBE, founder of our chosen charity, The Robert Johns Leukaemia Fund. More often than not, he would turn up to our live performances…
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Simon (bass guitar / vocals) has just set up our very own YouTube channel. With live entertainment still relatively hard to come by, you might want to spend a moment and take a look. It’s called… The Countrymen Official To…
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