Deb McCaskey
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Too many books to read/write, too many tunes to learn, too many other things needing to be done and too little time.
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Hard to pick just one by these guys. They started out as pure traditional Québecois folk music (which I jokingly called “Irish, Scottish & Cajun music fused at the molecular-genetic level”)… then they they added a jazz horn section from Montréal. My old roommate called it “instant happy music.”
La chanson du quéteux
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September 29, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Hard to pick just one by these guys. They started out as pure traditional Québecois folk music (which I jokingly called “Irish, Scottish & Cajun music fused at the molecular-genetic level”)… then they they added a jazz horn section from Montréal. My old roommate called it “instant happy music.”
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Nothing deep: bagpipes were troop-signalling devices in war, so they're very, very loud. Some people hate that, but I have an affection for Scottish folk music.
Andy Stewart, of Silly Wizard, used to refer to bagpipes as "Scotland's answer to the cruise missile."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_M....
Andy Stewart, of Silly Wizard, used to refer to bagpipes as "Scotland's answer to the cruise missile."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_M....
Andy M. Stewart - Wikipedia
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December 31, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Nothing deep: bagpipes were troop-signalling devices in war, so they're very, very loud. Some people hate that, but I have an affection for Scottish folk music.
Andy Stewart, of Silly Wizard, used to refer to bagpipes as "Scotland's answer to the cruise missile."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_M....
Andy Stewart, of Silly Wizard, used to refer to bagpipes as "Scotland's answer to the cruise missile."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_M....
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Dave Swarbrick, English folk musician and singer-songwriter, member of Fairport Convention 1969-1979, was born on Apr. 5, 1941 (d. 2016). #DaveSwarbrick
Fairport Convention - "Tam Lin" (Traditional, arr. by Dave Swarbrick) (1969)
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Fairport Convention - "Tam Lin" (Traditional, arr. by Dave Swarbrick) (1969)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47z5...
Tam Lin
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April 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Dave Swarbrick, English folk musician and singer-songwriter, member of Fairport Convention 1969-1979, was born on Apr. 5, 1941 (d. 2016). #DaveSwarbrick
Fairport Convention - "Tam Lin" (Traditional, arr. by Dave Swarbrick) (1969)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47z5...
Fairport Convention - "Tam Lin" (Traditional, arr. by Dave Swarbrick) (1969)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47z5...
Yeah, I didn’t get that either.
February 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Yeah, I didn’t get that either.