Members msmooth Posted January 31, 2012 Members Share Posted January 31, 2012 Do any of you solos/duos play any traditional Irish music? If so, do they go over well and do you reccomend any specific song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomm Williams Posted January 31, 2012 Members Share Posted January 31, 2012 Not exactly an answer, just an observation. I did sound for a celtic festival last year, first time working with some of those instruments. Very well received, people enjoyed it a great deal. Can't really name the songs as they were playing some pretty old non-mainstream numbers I'd never heard in my life. It's a kick to work with acts other than the traditional pop-rock stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 1, 2012 Members Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'd say start with The Clancy Brothers [video=youtube;OFYOPyPru0Y] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dingoist Posted February 1, 2012 Members Share Posted February 1, 2012 +1 Find yourself "the irish songbook" of clancy bros with tommy makem and learn the whole thing That's a good base to start with. Good songs: Whiskey you're the devil Tim finnegan's wake Haul away joe The holy ground Rocky road to dublin Foggy dew On the softer side: The leaving of Liverpool The parting glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 1, 2012 Members Share Posted February 1, 2012 Rocky road to dublin This is a great tune and will also satisfy any requests for "play something in 9/8, will ya?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SiCkboy78 Posted February 1, 2012 Members Share Posted February 1, 2012 They go over very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miko Man Posted February 2, 2012 Members Share Posted February 2, 2012 This is a great tune and will also satisfy any requests for "play something in 9/8, will ya?" Sure. Gotta play 9/8 to dance a slip jig. (Opps! Time to go to Irish dance class.) Mark C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members souldonor Posted February 2, 2012 Members Share Posted February 2, 2012 Whiskey in a Jar{censored} you I'm DrunkIrish Drinkin' Song I don't think they are considered traditional, but songs by Buck O Nine, Flogging Molly, etc do well in many settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted February 2, 2012 Members Share Posted February 2, 2012 Do any of you solos/duos play any traditional Irish music? If so, do they go over well and do you reccomend any specific song? I work a few into most gigs, primarily humorous ones and "fiddle tunes" (on guitar or mandolin), and, naturally, a lot for St. Paddy Day gigs. Ones that you can't go wrong with are: The Minstrel Boy The Leperchaun's Fling (I do a PG-version, the original is a little "spicy" ) Silver Horn Drunk On Mondays (great sing-along tune) The Blackbird Star of the County Down Whiskey In The Jar Blackjack Davey Monkey Farts (a more modern Irish ditty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doezer Posted February 2, 2012 Members Share Posted February 2, 2012 hi there... go move shift as sung by Christy Moore is a good un.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tvRU9Rx3UY&feature=fvst theres Galway Girl (written by STeve Earle... very popular - althiough im utterly SICK of it!). Carrickfergus Dublin in the Rare Auld Times star of county down.. spancil hill boulavogue the auld triangle Arthur McBride follow me up to carlow - link here rocky road to dublin - link here cliffs of dooneen west coast of clare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dingoist Posted February 4, 2012 Members Share Posted February 4, 2012 I used to have Johnson's Motor Car, The Cobbler and Isn't it Grand Boys in my setlist when I did more folk. For modern celtic inspired, check out the Pogues, Great Big Sea, and Spirit of the West ("Home for a rest" being a crowd pleaser). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Boomer25 Posted February 4, 2012 Members Share Posted February 4, 2012 I do Whiskey in the Jar and The Hills of Connemara pretty frequently and they go over well. Going to add The Wild Rover soon. Haven't quite been happy with my rendition of Johnson's Motor Car yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deepflight Posted February 18, 2012 Members Share Posted February 18, 2012 Sea chanties (they not necessarily Irish, but people think they are) including "Haul Away Joe" mentioned above go over well if you can get people to sing along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted February 18, 2012 Members Share Posted February 18, 2012 I think it would depend on your market. People want to hear songs they recognize. You can sneak in a few that they don't recognize and that's OK, but if you play too many, you may lose them. When we do St Patty Parties, we play popular Irish-American songs like McNamara's Band, I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover, Harrigan, Too-ra-loo-ra, Irish Eyes, Wild Irish Rose, Danny Boy, etc. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDLMUSIC Posted February 19, 2012 Members Share Posted February 19, 2012 I usually throw in The Unicorn Song by the Irish Rovers. Sung with a thick Irish brogue, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 19, 2012 Members Share Posted February 19, 2012 How about Sinead, Van, Eric, Bono and all those other Irish folks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted February 19, 2012 Members Share Posted February 19, 2012 Van Morrison too, but they don't work for St Patty Parties. They work if the audience is familiar with the songs and is of the age to like their work. Most people don't want to hear a band play stuff they don't know all night. There are delightful exceptions. Even in the so called "Classical" genre. I love symphonic music, but there are a lot of great composers that never get played, because Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Mozart are what people want to hear. Not that these aren't great artists, but so are Suk, Ivanov, Amirov, de Falla, Kodaly, Respighi, and so many others. People want to hear memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Anybody know some old pop or big band "Irish" songs? Like Bing's various MacNamara's Band things or Maxine Sullivan doing Molly Malone. Just need a few to pick out and play at an 'old pop' gig on SPD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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