About This Show
Four champions of the North East s musical heritage celebrate the songs, triumphs, tragedy, humour and hard times of its coal mining tradition. Together on stage for the first time, Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham and Jez Lowe perform with a rare power and presence. Songs, stories and images from North East writers past and present are performed by this first class team
After their sell out UK tour of 2017 the four Pitmen Poets return for their final tour in 2019. Ex-Lindisfarne singer and songwriter Billy Mitchell, Warhorse Songman Bob Fox, leading exponent of Tyneside song Benny Graham, and much-covered Durham songwriter Jez Lowe individually and collectively celebrating the triumphs, tragedy, humour and hard times of North-East England’s coal mining tradition in an evening of music, song and spoken word.