Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:09 pm
Hahahaha, awesome.paul_ wrote:Yeah there was an old-school episode of Doug where Skeeter makes an ocarina out of a stale bread roll.
Hahahaha, awesome.paul_ wrote:Yeah there was an old-school episode of Doug where Skeeter makes an ocarina out of a stale bread roll.
BacchusPaul wrote:
The bouzouki is actually a Greek instrument Sn Irish folk musician whose name escapes me received on as a gift in the fifties, and subsequently recorded with it. I think he was a member of Planxty, an Irish traditional band. The guy actually hated the instrument, but the recording became popular, and consequently, so did the instrument.
That bouzouki looks lovely Ultra. I'd really, really like a bouzouki some day, but first I'd want a mondolin, and before that moar guitars. Can you play? We ought to do something for the Shortscale Compilation, with you on bouzouki, and me on erhu. I appreciate that the erhu isn't a Korean instrument, but then the bouzouki isn't really Irish, so I reckon we'd get away with it.
Yeah, that sounds good. I didn't realise you were a whistler/piper too. I play a bit of flute, but not so much these days. I used to play in a group that'd play sessions, but that was when I was a youngster, and I haven't really played in anger in a long time. It'd be cool if we could get someone to lay down a but of bodhran on it too.ultratwin wrote:BacchusPaul wrote:
The bouzouki is actually a Greek instrument Sn Irish folk musician whose name escapes me received on as a gift in the fifties, and subsequently recorded with it. I think he was a member of Planxty, an Irish traditional band. The guy actually hated the instrument, but the recording became popular, and consequently, so did the instrument.
That bouzouki looks lovely Ultra. I'd really, really like a bouzouki some day, but first I'd want a mondolin, and before that moar guitars. Can you play? We ought to do something for the Shortscale Compilation, with you on bouzouki, and me on erhu. I appreciate that the erhu isn't a Korean instrument, but then the bouzouki isn't really Irish, so I reckon we'd get away with it.
That's sounds like a great idea, how about a cover tune like the others in Chirish Irenese fashion? I'll lay down a bedtrack of Bouzouki/mandolin, letcha track Erhu/guitar etc, and I'll cap things off with tin whistle/uilleann pipes over here at the end. I'll be all over that.
By the way, I think you're talking about Paul Brady. I'm sure many would agree that his album with Andy Irvine is an absolute classic (Andy Irvine and Paul Brady: 1976) , and was one of my main influences while learning riffs on the pipes years back. Sweet melodies, chiming guitars and eight stringers galore.