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Thursday 21 December 7.30 p.m.
Second Chance Christmas Special
Thursday 15 December 2022

Songs performed.

Second Chance:

Fairytale of New York
Mistletoe and wine
Winter Wonderland
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
White Christmas


Also, Mike Braccia read a ghost story,  'She blames me', from his short story collection, 'Banfield Tales'.


David Hickman:
Happy Christmas (War is over)
As tears go by
Hallelujah
Anna, my love
Memories (Leonard Cohen)



Thursday 19 January 2023

Songs performed by Second Chance:
Just the way you are

You've got a friend

Can't fight this feeling

Amazed 

Don't Know Why

Something about the way you look tonight

A thousand years

Without you

 

 

Thursday 16 February 2023

 

Songs performed by Second Chance:

Woman

Against all odds

Yesterday

Ready for the storm

The Raven's Sun

Starman

Maggie May

Turning Away   (Dougie MacLean)

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Thursday 16 March 2023

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Songs performed by Second Chance:

Tears in heaven

Yesterday once more

Absent friends

Stuck on you

Feel like home

Shouting at the dark   (written by Tony Gillam)

Down where the drunkards roll

Love at the five and dime

Now and then

I'll stand by you

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Thursday 20 April 2023

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Bridge over troubled water

The closest thing to crazy

You don't bring me flowers

All I have

Supermarket flowers

Diary

When I fall in love

From a distance

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Thursday 18 May 2023

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Mandy

Babe

I will

Will you still love me tomorrow

I wish it would rain

Last thing on my mind

Father and son

Visiting Hours (Ed Sheeran)

All my loving

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Thursday 15 June 2023

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All my loving

Let it be me

I wish it would rain

Baby / Freebird

Everything I don't

I don't want to talk about it

Daydream Believer

Meet me on the corner

Over my shoulder

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Thursday 20 July 2023

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Performed by Second Chance:

In the arms of an angel

Walk away Renee

Everything I own

My brother Jake

She makes my day

Angie

Boat on the river

And then the rains came

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Thursday 17 August 2023

Performed by Second Chance:

The Living Years

Lost without your love

Across the great divide

The night they drove old Dixie down

Wonderful tonight

Who knows where the time goes

May you never

The wind beneath my wings

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Friday 1 September 2023

Silence is golden

The air that I breathe

That ole devil called love

Wind beneath my wings

May you never

Farewell to the gold

The Boxer

The twelfth of never

Love me tender

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Second Chance Community
The 2nd Wednesday of every month   (£3 entrance)

A venture started by Second Chance in January 2023:

'Second Chance Community' is live at the Wordsley Community Centre .
The first performance was on 12th January 2023.
We will occasionally carry out interviews of musicians and singer-songwriters. Plus, plenty of music!

Entrance fee:    £3   -  in the main hall)
Time:  please arrive by 1.45 p.m. for a prompt start at 2 p.m.
Finish time:   4 p.m. 


Diary for 2023:

Next show:  Wednesday 13 December at 2 p.m.

Wordsley Community Centre   (main hall)
Wordsley Green
Wordsley
Stourbridge
DY8 5BN

Email for information:
michaelbraccia@hotmail.com

Thursday 12 January:

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Songs performed by Second Chance:

All my loving

Unchained Melody

Homeward Bound

When I fall in love

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Songs performed and all written by Tony Gillam:

Doing wrong

Without the drums

Instant Poet

Swiftness                             www.tonygillam.co.uk

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Collaboration:   Second Chance and Tony Gillam:

Meet me on the corner

I don't want to talk about it

Groovin'    (chosen by Tony)

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Thursday 9 February:

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Songs performed by Second Chance:

When you were sweet sixteen

Diary

The sound of silence

Did you think of me

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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:

Overwintering (Gillam)

Telstar (Meek)

Tidligere (Gillam)

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Collaboration:   Second Chance and Tony Gillam:

Handbags and gladrags

Desperado

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Thursday 9 March:

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See link:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/ViTZbcjeD4B19CHe7 

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Songs performed by Second Chance:

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Can you feel the love tonight

The joker and the queen

Amazed

Leave right now

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Songs performed by Julie Gorman (all self-penned):

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Angels without wings

Ice cream man

Waiting patiently

Black country roads

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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:

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What happened in between   (Gillam)

Flag of convenience  (Gillam)

Riding along  (Gillam)

Buckets of rain  (Bob Dylan)

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Collaboration:   Second Chance,

                             Tony Gillam and Julie Gorman:

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First cut is the deepest

Daydream believer

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See link:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/ViTZbcjeD4B19CHe7 

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Thursday 13 April

Songs performed by Second Chance:
Bridge over troubled water
You don't bring me flowers
Closest thing to crazy
Hello


Songs performed by Tony Gillam:
Can you eat pineapple sage  (Gillam)
Instant Poet  (Gillam)
I started a joke (Bee Gees)


Songs performed by Julie Gorman:
Castaway
It's all just talk
Cover of the Rolling Stone


Songs performed by Alan Warden:
It doesn't matter any more
Will you still love me tomorrow
If
Fly me to the moon


Songs before The Collaborators:

Make it with  you
Just the way you are


 

Thursday 11 May


Songs performed by Second Chance:


Feels like home
Turning Away

Dimming of the day

Windy Harbour

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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:

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Without the drums

Dead translator

If you could read my mind love

(Gordon LIghtfoot)

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Songs performed by Julie Gorman:

Children of the revolution

You know

Tide is turning

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Songs performed by Gary James:

Beverley Daydream

2AB

Brierley Hillbilly Boogie

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Songs performed by The Collaborators:

 

First cut is the deepest

Daydream Believer

Hot Love

 

Thursday 8 June


Songs performed by Second Chance:


Visiting Hours

Songbird

All I have

Let it be me

Tears in heaven

Here there and everywhere

Walk away Renee

Beeswing

Your Song

How long will I love you

 

Songs performed by Julie Gorman:

-  written by Julie unless specified.

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Have I the right (The Honeycombs)

Louie Louie (The Kingsmen)

Little castle on the hill

Mystical Julie

Standing outside (Garth Brooks)

The Red Strokes (Garth Brooks)

When I was young (The Animals)

Runaway (Del Shannon)

I love rock n roll (Jett)

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Thursday 13 July:

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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:

Can you eat pineapple sage

Overwintering

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Songs performed by Second Chance:

She makes my day

Maggie May

Something stupid

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Songs performed by Julie Gorman:

Too soon (Gorman)

Do you wanna dance?

Wild Thing

Baby I love you

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Songs performed

by John Mosedale:

Excess baggage

            Tommy Cooper:

Conspiracies

Twenty-seven

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Collaboration:

Be my baby

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Thursday 10 August:

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Songs performed by Second Chance:

Yesterday

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

Angie

The night they drove old Dixie down

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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:

Instant Poet

Places of interest

Swiftness

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Songs performed by Julie Gorman:

Crooked House

The one I love

Great balls of fire

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Songs performed

by Christopher Crompton:

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Life in the valley   (Crompton)

Clare to here (McTell)

Let the storms roll   (Crompton)

Hard Times   (Crompton)

Vincent 52 Black Lightning (Thompson)

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Thursday 14 September:

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Songs performed by Second Chance:

Candle in the wind

Supermarket flowers

When you say nothing at all

Unchained melody

You raise me up

Jessie

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Songs performed by Tony Gillam:

South wind / Pineapple Sage

Instant Poet

Tourdion

No plans

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Songs performed by Julie Gorman:

Will you?

Little castle on the street    (written by Julie)

It's a heartache

Stir it up

Ice cream man      (Julie)

Start again           (Julie)

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Songs performed by The Collaborators:

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Nights in white satin

Meet me on the corner​

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Wednesday 11 October 2023

Performed by Second Chance:

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Heaven

She

Homeward Bound

Everything I don't

Green green grass of home

Let it be me

Flying without wings

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Performed by Julie Gorman:

I'm on fire - Bruce Springsteen

This River - JJ Cale and MoFro

Someone you loved - Lewis Capaldi

Are we alright? - Show of hands 

Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett

My own way - mine

Desperado -  The Eagles

Lay down - The Strawbs

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Performed by Tony Gillam:

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WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN 
FLAG OF CONVENIENCE
CATCH THE WIND (Donovan)
(ISN’T IT) ABOUT TIME
SHOUTING AT THE DARK 

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Wednesday 8 November 2023

Performed by Second Chance:

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Can you feel the love tonight

In the arms of an angel

Baby can I hold you

Moon River

Thinking out loud

You  (written by Michael Braccia)

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Performed by Tony Gillam:

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Abnormal Load (Gillam)

Living in November (Gillam)

La Tendresse  (Brel)

Without the drums (Gillam)

The Letter (Carson)

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Performed by Julie Gorman:

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No goodbyes (Gorman)

Nightfall (Gorman)

Haunted (Shane McGowan)

Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)

Angel of the morning (Chip Taylor)

Amarillo

Runaround Sue / Teenager in love / Hound Dog

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