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GUEST,Marymac90 essential irish pub songs (27) RE: essential irish pub songs 27 Jul 08


Since TIA identifies himself as American, and the gig is on
St. Patrick's Day, imho we can assume that this is for a
typical American crowd out on St. Patrick's Day. The crowd
is really just looking for an excuse to imbibe as much as
possible, and may be drinking far more watery green "beer"
than Guiness.

What they will expect will be "Irish" music, not American
country-western hits, popular as they may actually be in
Ireland. In my grandparents' day, you would have had to
include the well-known "Irish" songs like McNamara's Band,
Same old Shilaleagh, H-a-double-r-i, etc, but modern young
bar-goer's probably don't remember those (thank goodness!).

A fair bit of "Irish" music has been heard on movie
soundtracks in recent years, such as Titanic. Much of
this is the kind of ambient music that won't provide much
of a backdrop for drinking and partying. You want to be
at least as loud as they are part of the time, or they'll
ignore you altogether!

Probably some rebel songs, drinking songs, and some Clancy
Brothers type material will fill the bill. Danny Boy will
surely ring some bells. A more folk-aware crowd might
appreciate There Were Roses and Kilkelly, Ireland. Indie-
rockers might appreciate some of the material by Black 47.

Good luck with it, and let us know how it goes!

Marymac


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