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Due to a change of job and move
abroad Mike left the folk scene in the early 70’s, only returning on
odd occasions over the next 20 years.
In 1992 he returned to live in
his wife’s native Cornwall. With ex Drover's resident Mick Bramich he
formed Parsons Pleasure, a band using the Baring-Gould manuscripts for
material. The band gigged for a couple of years, played at the Sidmouth
Folk Festival then disbanded.
In 2003 Mike started gigging
again locally in Cornwall and was at the Plymouth folk Festival. His
most rewarding gig was at The Eden Project where they enjoyed it so much
they booked him back for another gig in 2004.
Mike works at The Eden Project,
which is where he got the inspiration to sing again. He is a
distance-learning student with Exeter University on a Cornish Studies
Degree Course, which is giving him immense background information on
understanding the songs of his adopted home of Cornwall.
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