Popped in on Mole tonight and persuaded her to play me eight bars of rolling banjo, a bar a piece of Am then G etc, played her on the tack piano ukulele what I was planning and she looked up and said youll have to play faster for me. Blimey perhaps I will, work in progress. Meanwhile Ratty is immersed in a wonderful book of Irish Folk tunes by Colin Tribe and playing a real slowed down version so it sounds like a lilting air of the jaunty Carolans Concerto. Turlough Carolan the blind harper was challenged to match the playing of an Italian virtuoso at a house of the landed gentry in 18th century Ireland. Turlough said hed not only match the playing but hed play a voluntary that the Italian wouldnt be able to follow. Turlough won his bet. Me Im just happy to play these gorgeous melodies on a baritone uke and reminds me of the time I went into a Galway bar with Mole where each local had a clutch of rhubarb on the bar alongside their Guinness and I watched her eyes light up when she sipped her first Guinness in Galway. And the fellah next to us explained the Claddagh ring and said that they called Guinness the blonde in the black dress. youtube/watch?v=LgZuF3tswFg
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:28:13 +0000
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