We ended April with a gig in the Dubliner. Not our best. We started and finished strongly, but we were patchy in the middle. The pace of life, distances, crap public transport, the impossibility of parking in the city, and family commitments can all get in the way of practice. Our lack of practice – and maybe the reluctance to be seen with a music stand in front of you – both contributed to cock-ups. Anyway, as I have just said, we finished strongly and, for the second successive gig, we got an encore. We also received several requests for songs. In that regard, we have put together a list of songs that we should be able to add to our repertoire.
Here they are with YouTube clips.
Black Velvet Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef4lPUtoNwE
Courting in the Kitchen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX7-jrZt3Bk
Danny Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3E7kIYtR0
Fiddler’s Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQEGdxpjE0A
Fields of Athenry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NlrsmEvv1Q
Fisherman’s Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4UQJwd3awQ
Galway Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf-fUexiQ8o
Holy Ground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJszVqhzgFk
Home Boys Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9gwzFwYvY8
I’m a Rover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMrUwVnMmIw
Irish Rover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J96htpki1NA
Leaving of Liverpool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ZmvPux8ZI
Parting Glass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfi_xwOvlKY
Rattling Bog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QO8bWGNPyo
Spanish Lady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3whUH-e6ee0
Whiskey in the Jar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYGyERe2Vbw
Wild Colonial Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3MjmiyftAQ
Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNJAWt54erI
Finally, I have to report, regrettably, that I’m not getting anywhere with regard to establishing a session network of players from Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia. I noticed that on www.thesession.org someone mentioned my name to a ‘sessioneer’ in Serbia, but he hasn’t contacted me. It looks as if I am going to have to phone Irish bars in Sofia, Bucharest, Belgrade and further afield.
Orthodox Easter is on May 5th, so Happy Easter to our Orthodox friends.