Random Thoughts

Yeah, I would probably enjoy a concert by them, too.

My husband's favourite music was Country and Western, especially the older stuff.

We used to dance in the kitchen to Ray Price's "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You."

 
After he got his diagnosis, but before he lost his legs, he said, "We have to dance every day, for as long as we can."

I guess a good marriage is what happens when there's two very lucky people.

Cajun/zydeco/bluegrass brought me right back 'round to a better appreciation of trad Irish, helped no end by the emergence of unique talents whose focus was musical expression over adherence to tradition.
 
A lot of that stuff is as alien to me as it's likely to be to the rest of ye. Such as:
But then there's the great singers such as Luke Kelly (RIP) with Kavanagh's Raglan Road amongst his highlights. You could also check out Mary Black, Fureys, Clancy Brothers, Dolores Keane and Sinead O'Connor has a Sean Nós album to her credit. The Chieftains breached mainstream as well.
Then there's Sharon Shannon, hugely influential who dragged trad out of borderline cult/moralisitc purity where it languished for years. She's from Clare, out of the Burren or thereabouts,
 
I love it!

I think it's pretty clear that the story-telling aspect of Country and Western music can be traced back to the Irish tradition.

Here's two performers we saw when we were in Nova Scotia.

 
Another difference between a fiddler and a violinist - the foot-stomping.
 
This is one of my favourite songs of all time and this is an enchanting version of it!

Orange Blossom Special

(You have to click to watch it on YouTube)

 
Last edited:
I'm too tempted to keep posting songs I like, but there's already the music thread going.

I will say that much in my life will have fallen nicely into place if I ever get to wear one those hats and carry it off.
 
Did Black Sabbath invent Heavy Metal? Here they are in 1970

Depends on who you talk to and how you define heavy metal. Zepplin tends to get more credit, probably due to their greater popularity, but you could make a case for Sabbath. I'd give maybe 10% more credit to Zepplin because their rhythms point more toward where heavy music would end up in later years. Sabbath was a bit more jazzy in the beginning, rhythm-wise. Everyone was a jazz drummer in the 1960s because there was no other style of drumming yet. John Bonham was bit further ahead of the curve than Bill Ward in bringing the rhythm around.
 
Back
Top