From my main current musical endeavours with the Irish pub
band kiss the blarneyand the
traditional barn dance and ceilidh Lifeboat
Band, all the way back to the start of the whole thing singing solo round
the folk clubs with a guitar, via the odd sidestep into cajun with Sack the
Fiddler, zydeco with Swamp Feverand a
whole stack of dance bands from the original Fiddle
Band and the much celebrated Titanic
Disaster Band...
Here they all are, together with a few musical snippets. Just
click on the "Rest of the Music" link and Bob's your uncle.
Somebody's, anyway. For kiss the blarney or the
Lifeboat Band, hit the buttons on the left!
Most weekends I'm out with kiss the blarney. playing
fiddle, mandolin, sax, melodeon and flute (plus a bit of guitar and the odd
song) - all the old Irish chorus songs and some of the cracking new songs that
have started appearing from bands such as the Waterboys and the Saw
Doctors. And one or two of mine. The second CD comes out something
later this year (which, in case I never get round to updating the site again, is
2011!).
Occasionally I can be found shouting at people who want to
dance, calling and playing melodeon for the three piece Lifeboat Band which was
designed for small spaces and for parties, church do's and so on. I got
bored with playing for people who didn't want to dance at weddings, and decided
to have more fun and earn less...
Latest songs are usually on YouTube or on the solo page here
if you can find it. The whole site is turning into a gigantic sprawl and
really should be tidied up, but I can't be bothered. But this is a new
one, written as an elegy for a way of life and freedom of movement that is under threat
in this country, and especially for the evictions proposed for the Dale Farm traveler camp.
I can be contacted at arthur@barndancer.co.uk
if you are interested in any of the various musical wotsits mentioned here or
elsewhere on the site.
