2000-04
2000-04 began when Ray celebrated 30 years of Mungo Jerry with a return to Newcastle Under-Lyme, the scene of the Hollywood Music Festival in 1970.
Ray and Derek Wadeson, of fan club fame, helped organise a special event in the area over the weekend of the 1st of July.
Special guest for the weekend was the guy who started up the band in the 60’s with him – Joe Rush. What a start for 2000-04!
2000
| 2nd February | Pforzheim, Germany |
| 3rd February | Stuttgart, Germany |
| 4th February | Buchs, Switzerland |
| 5th February | Mehrzweckalle, Switzerland |
| 3rd March | Niddhall Hotel, Harrogate |
| 28th March | The Springhead, Hull (with The Dog House Skiffle Group) |
THE SPRINGHEAD, HULL : 28th March, 2000.
Once again, Ray teamed up with new friends, The Dog House Skiffle Group at The Springhead in Hull, a really good music pub and very much the home ground for the guys.
Together, they played out another great jug/skiffle gig with some of the old Mungo hits thrown in to the obvious delight of the locals.
SET LIST:
Putting On The Style/Bring a Little Water Sylvie/Stackolee/Dusty Road/San Francisco Bay Blues/Ain’t You Glad/Jean Harlow/Keep Your Hands Off/The Sun Is Shining/Ten Little Women/Dust Pneumonia Blues/Lady Rose/Feels Like I’m In Love/He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands/Jesse James/Alright Alright Alright/Red Leather & Chrome/Baby Jump/In The Summertime/Mighty Man/Goodnight Irene/That Old Dust Storm.
| 29th April | Kolding, Denmark |
| 6th May | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 13th May | Aalborg, Denmark |
| 20th May | Odense, Denmark |
| 27th May | Esbjerg Festival, Denmark |
| 3rd June | Skien Festival, Norway |
| 23rd June | Leuna, Germany |
| 24th June | Molkau, Germany |
| 1st July | Hollywood Festival Revisited, Newcastle Under-Lyme – More info |
HOLLYWOOD REVISITED : 1st July, 2000
| 28th July | Sylt Festival |
| 5th – 6th August | Whitchurch Festival  |
THE WHITCHURCH FESTIVAL : 5th August, 2000.
Held in Whitchurch, Hampshire on August 5th, the band made two appearances over the weekend. At their first, on Saturday afternoon, they were introduced as The Ray Dorset Skiffle Band although nobody seemed to know why. It was a great and unusual set as none of the hits were played with the band, all sitting down, reeled off an hour of jug band, skiffle and blues. Guitarist Tim Green wondered why they hadn’t recorded the gig as it sounded, “really good from where he was”, and he was right!
SET LIST:
Somebody Stole My Wife/Keep Your Hands Off/San Francisco Bay Blues/Dust Pneumonia Blues/The Sun Is Shining/Jean Harlow/We Shall Be Free/Rock Island Line/Going Down Slow/Ten Little Women/On The Road Again/He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands/Mighty Man (Encore).
| 11th August | Flugplatz Heringsdorf, Seebad Heringsdorf, Germany |
| 5th September | Processed Pea Folk Club, Etton (with The Dog House Skiffle Group) |
| 3rd November | Libro Music Hall, Vienna, Austria |
| 4th November | Boschhalle, Wels, Austria |
| 25th November | Zwickau, Germany |
| 9th December | Antwerp, Belgium |
| 12th December | Sinah Warren, Hayling Island |
| 17th December | City Hall, Hull (with The Dog House Skiffle Band and The Searchers) |
2001
| 3rd February | Olympijskly Stadium, Moscow, Russia |
| 4th February | SK Yubileyny, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 31st March | Freiberg, Nr; Dresden |
| 7th April | Bodelwyn Castle, North Wales |
| 28th April | Butlins, Bognor Regis |
| 12th May | Horst, Nr; Venio, Holland |
| 19th May | Esbjerg Festival, Denmark |
| 26th May | Kolding Festival, Denmark |
| 30th June | NDR Radio |
| 7th July | Hamburg Football Stadium |
| 14th July | NDR Radio |
| 21st July | NDR Radio |
| 2nd August | Scharbeutz/Ostee, Nr; Lubeck (Open air) |
| 11th August | NDR Radio |
| 1st September | NDR Radio |
| 10th November | Malmarkthalle, Mannheim, Germany |
| 17th November | Sportpaleis, Merksem, Belgium |
| 15th December | Grugahalle, Essen, Germany |
2002
| 26th January | Stadtpark/Schutzenhoff, Herford, Germany |
| 16th February | Sinah Warren, Hayling Island |
| 24th February | Butlins, Minehead |
| 17th March | Biker Festival, Lille, France |
| 11th May | Esbjerg Festival, Denmark |
| 22nd June | Cricket St.Thomas |
| 7th July | Losheim am see, Germany |
| 10th August | Eschweiler, Germany |
| 11th August | Free Feesten Festival, Brakel, Belgium |
| 1st September | Vlotho, Germany |
| 5th September | Processed Pea Folk Club, Etton  |
| 21st September | Hurth, Germany |
2003
| 25th May | Olympia Record Fair, London |
| 26th May |  Town Square (Afternoon) & The Rigger (Evening), Newcastle Under-Lyme |
| 7th July | Losheim Am See, Germany |
| 18th July | Lot-Et-Garonne, Agen, France |
| 2nd August | Winnenden, Germany |
| 10th August | Eschweiler, Germany |
| 11th August | Brakel, Belgium |
| 17th August | Bilzen, Belgium |
| 25th August | Sankt Goarhausen |
| 1st September | Vlotho, Germany |
| 3rd September | Processed Pea Folk Club, Etton |
PROCESSED PEA FOLK CLUB : 3rd September, 2003
SET LIST:
Take Me Back/Gamblin’ Man/No More Woman Blues/With a Girl Like You/Make Me Happy/Shadow Of The Trees/Mornin’ Dew/Meeting At The Buliding/Lady Rose/Bring a Little Water Sylvie/Ting-a-Ling/He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands/Keep Your Hands Off/C’mon Little Schoolgirl/O’Reilly/Dust Pneumonia Blues/San Francisco Bay Blues/We Shall Be Free/Alright Alright Alright/Rock Island Line/In The Summertime/Baby Jump/Feels Like I’m In Love/Thank You Very Much/Mighty Man/Mama Won’t Allow No Washboard Played In Here/Let’s Work Together.
BRITISH LEGENDS OF R & B
(with LONG JOHN BALDRY, ZOOT MONEY, COLIN HODGKINSON)
| 3rd September | Motherwell Concert Hall |
| 4th September | Gala Theatre, Durham |
| 5th September | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline |
| 6th September | Waterfront Hall, Belfast |
| 7th September | Renfrew Ferry, Glasgow |
| 10th September | Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne |
| 11th September | Theatr Brycheinlog |
| 12th September | Coliseum Theatre |
| 13th September | Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl |
| 14th September | Fairfields Halls, Croydon |
| 15th September | De Montfort Hall, Leicester |
| 16th September | Orchard Theatre, Dartford |
| 17th September | Harlequin Theatre, Redhill |
| 18th September | Forum 28, Barrow |
| 19th September | The Dome, Morecambe |
| 20th September | Beacon, Cricklewood |
| 24th September | Town Hall, Cheltenham |
| 26th September | Assembly Rooms, Tamworth |
| 27th September | The Stables, Wavendon |
| 29th September | St. David’s Hall, Cardiff |
| 1st October | The Playhouse, Weston Super-Mare |
| 2nd October | Ollie’s Bar, Ascot |
| 3rd October | Palace Theatre, Paignton |
| 4th October | The Rum Store, Liskeard |
| 5th October | The Anvil, Basingstoke |
| 6th October | City Hall, Newcastle – CANCELLED |
| 8th October | Albert Halls, Bolton |
| 9th October | Usher Theatre, Edinburgh |
| 10th October | Penningtons, Bradford |
| 11th October | Arts Centre, Aberystwyth |
| 12th October | Wimbledon Theatre |
| 13th October | Civic Hall, Guildford |
| 14th October | Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill |
| 15th October | Huntingdon Hall, Worcester |
| 24th October | Wiener Stadthalle, Halle D, Vienna, Austria |
| 20th December | Herford, Germany |
2004
| 13th May | The Borderline, London (Adults Only launch) |
| 11th June | Lakewood Theater, Dallas, Texas (For the Rodinia Foundation benefit for South Africa) |
| 12th June | The Continental, Austin, Texas |
| 13th June | The Continental, Houston, Texas |
| 14th June | New York City apperances |
| 15th June | B.B King Blues Club, New York |
| 16th June | Club Helsinki, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
| 17th June | Scheduled arranged for Washington DC appearances |
| 18th June | Harley Davidson HOG, Downtown Newark, Delaware |
| 14th August | Denmark |
| 21st August | Solo – Tapestry Festival, Newquay |
| 29th August | Friends Of Poole Park, Poole (see photos HERE) |
| 25th September | Stemwede, Germany |
| 3rd October | Potters Bar (Venue not known) |
| 6th November | Holme Lacey, Hereford |
| 14th November | LSA, Skegness |
| 19th November | Pontins, Brean Sands, Burnham |
| 27th November | Mr. Kyp’s, Poole |
| 4th December | Golden Music Event, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 9th December | Movie Club, Bielefeld, Germany |
“The Rigger was fun, crazy stuff going on but nothing sinister, I know that some of the fans were a little phased though.
The lead track (and Feels Like I’m In Love) were featured in the Robert Carlyle and Kathy Burke movie, Once Upon a Time In The Midlands.
