John and Global, on thinking about the showband scene, I realise that it was after my time. My experiences of the 'music scene' were in the mid fifties really, though I followed the showbands in the sixties from a distance. I did have some contact with The Capitol Showband when I played in a quartet in a holiday hotel for some seasons, and, if you have time, the following video sums up very well my feeling for the phenomenon and its relation to the general social history of a good part of my own life.
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Today being St Patrick's Day I went out for dinner; we were invited to a friend's house. On arrival what greeted us was the voice of John McCormack singing all the usual old favourites which lasted all through the evening. One song in particular - Love Thee Dearest - reminded me of the Showbands topic discussed recently, since it was a song I had heard Brendan Bower of the Royal Showband perform to great acclaim in his time. Brendan was a great singer of pop and rock songs in the showband style, but he found out that there was an audience for Irish ballads, and he obviously enjoyed singing them. When I found it on you tube I had to post it. Here is Love Thee Dearest a la Royal Showband with Brendan Bowyer.
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Quality, Padraig! Thanks. I spent the 17th in an Irish Bar on the Southside of Glasgow - right cheery it was!Originally posted by Padraig View PostComment
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John, I hope the Southside is the sort of area where they appreciate the words of songs. They don't in parts of Ireland! I mean, what part of 'No' does Big Brendan not understand? Here's the master:Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
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Sounded like a tough life on the road...the BBC doc was really interesting, I thought, and Father Dougal did a fine job. Incredible to think that at their height there were 650 showbands on the go in Ireland, crossing the cultural divides. The killing of the Miami Showband members was so horrendous, and sadly seems to have put an end to it.Originally posted by Padraig View Post
And it did show that there was a time when Ireland was a really swinging place.
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This is a trailer from a trio of films on Irish Music, this particular one about Seán Nos ...singing starts about 1 min 30s. With subtitles
More info here
Where you’ll find a clip from the first of trio of films - some musicians familiar to us playing and chattingLast edited by Globaltruth; 22-03-19, 08:08.Comment
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Could be a Rocky Road to Dublin from here on in, folks - Chance McCoy and The Appalachian String Band
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Beer Belly Dancing, anyone?Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
I miss Bob Brozman...he was great!Comment
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Re recent discussion of Irish Showbands here is one from the Capitol with Butch Moore - yes, a pop number, and with a story of its own.
The song was originally composed for a Rag Day Hop in Belfast in 1960/1, appropriately called Foolin' Time. The composer, pianist Phil Coulter later played in a group during the summer holidays and met up with the Capitol Showband when they visited the resort for a gig. They discussed musical arrangements etc and invitations were offered for a commission, which was duly completed by Phil, and which led to a successful temporary partnership and later for a permanent change of career which lasts to this day. One of the commissions was this version of Foolin' Time (where the pianist is Phil Coulter whose style I would know anywhere).
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A song of regret at leaving... Europe? ... Earth as we know it?
Farewell to the Maigh - Slan le Maigh.Comment
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As reported elsewhere it's Pete Seeger's 100th today, so he can give us an Irish Friday this week.
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I think Pete, as a Global Treasure, qualifies for a Happy Centennial wish.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostAs reported elsewhere it's Pete Seeger's 100th today, so he can give us an Irish Friday this week.
From one fighting Irish song to another, here's a favourite one disguised as a love song.
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I am learning the Irish language via the internet. The course I am using seems obsessed with a feller named Pol and a woman named Máire.Originally posted by Padraig View PostI think Pete, as a Global Treasure, qualifies for a Happy Centennial wish.
From one fighting Irish song to another, here's a favourite one disguised as a love song.
https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation...t_Waken_Me_(2)
They spend a lot of time eating (mainly arán), drinking (mainly uisce) and reading newspapers (that's frankly unlikely nowadays).
At my present rate of progress I think I will need longer than I've probably got, but it is a very pleasant process and a little demystification goes a long way. so, obviously:
Go raibh maith agat
Therefore I really enjoyeded the phonetic "Tommy McCullagh made boots for me" in your tunearch piece.Comment
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Good for you , G. I have given up attending classes, but I'm still beavering away on books and paper.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
Your diet of aran and uisce is not very exciting, but I have a solution for you below.
Yes G, it's great to uncover some of the mysteries - and there are many! An bhfuil se deacair? Ta se iontach deacair!
And the response to Go raibh maith agat, is, Go ndeana se maith duit . go nyana shay maih ditch ( May it do you good ).
Apologies for lack of accents - there should be a fada on the first a of ndeana, and on the e of each se. And on the a of Slainte below.
Tommy McCullagh was OK, but 'made boots for me' was hilarious.
Finally, that diet. You possibly need to add bainne na mbo ( o fada ) for nourishment, but as that is what calves have, a little extra is called for.
Cheers - I mean Slainte!
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Ó níl! obair bhaile!
"bainne na mbó ar na gamhna" - I'll take that advice thanks. leis an breise
Explained by The Dubliners:
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