An Original Irish Reel - Rock Style

Whisky will do that to ya.

 

Great job. It was the Dropkick Murphy’s first, followed by Flogging Molly that lead me to appreciating and liking Irish music. There is something about it all that makes it hard to sit still.

 

I've been listening to The O'Riellys and the Paddyhats and other new Irish groups lately. The traditional Irish tunes are fun as well. It's the kind of music where, if you're foot isn't tapping after 30 seconds, it's a pretty good indication that you're dead.

 

Better Bach than rap.

 

50% Irish, 50% Dutch. Blond hair and blue eyed, but my beard is red ( or was...in the past few years it grows white). I have two cousins that are red-heads, and that is on the Dutch side. I blame the Vikings.
Anyways, my point-
On my usual Sunday morning music fest, listening to streaming radio, the Celtic stations are among the top 3 I listen to. It is hard to not become a toe-tapper when you listen to this music. Something 'cozy' about it, like you really want to be sitting in a pub with a pint and good friends. I have been known on more than one occasion to request my bar-maid brew up an Irish coffee for me, even as early as 10:00 (Don't be alarmed- by my internal clock it's the afternoon- I work graveyard shift). We both enjoy listening to it.
Nicely done!

 

Very fine. Thanks for sharing and welcome to G-T!

 

There is nothing, I repeat, NOTHING on earth like Father Ted!






Welcome to G-T.
I've been playing in a Celtic/Americana band for almost 30 years now. Like most bands in our genre, we mix trad tunes with originals-- a little bit of Irish, Scottish, miscellaneous pub songs and Americana all mixed together in a bucket and thrown at the audience.
Musically, I like the cut of your jib.

 

You should check out The Pogues and Blood or Whiskey

 

I enjoyed that, is there more...

As I was reading your intro post this morning, my partner was playing songs from the Christy Moore songbook on Ukelele. And I was reminded of the time in 78 when I used to frequent the Two Brewers in Wandsworth on on Sunday lunchtime to have a pint or two and watch an Irish folk band, Chanter. I was engulfed in wave of nostalgia and on the the spur of the moment I looked for their LP 'Suburban Ethnia' on Ebay and scored myself a copy. So, thank you for getting that wave rolling.

Now I'm going to listen to your Reels again... hey ho I've just found the other tunes.. cheers ...

 

I know where you're coming from in your statement.

 

I really enjoyed that, thanks for sharing!


cheers

 

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