A gig for Pavane

Subject: A gig for Pavane
From: pavane
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 05:29 AM

Mrs Pavane had another pub gig on Sunday, at an Irish bar near Merthyr. We took along some instruments on the off-chance that they would like some folk as well as the pop.

We played a short set (15 minutes) of Welsh and Irish tunes, as well as an unaccompanied Danny Boy, and the landlord booked us to play a full set when he opens his new extension this summer. More details when we know when.

Subject: RE: A gig for Pavane
From: Mr Red
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 07:46 AM

If he's Irish a safe bet is Danny Boy or Galway Bay - preferrably both.

I heard one Black Country duo booked to an Irish wedding. They played their hearts-out to indifference till the break and one guest asked if Aunt Siobhan could do a song - she sang a couple of notso well known standards and brought the house down.

They played all their four Irish songs at different speeds for the rest of the night - to applause.

Subject: RE: A gig for Pavane
From: pavane
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 10:11 AM

The significance is that this is the FIRST time I have received a booking from someone after seeing a performance (Mrs Pavane gets this all the time)

PS
Danny Boy is English, of course, although the tune may have been derived from a Scottish original before being collected in Ireland.

Galway Bay is not folk song, being attributed to Arthur Colahan (or is it Colohan - sources vary). But the words recorded by Bing Crosby were not quite the original version.
See, for example Tain 16

Subject: RE: A gig for Pavane
From: Sarah the flute
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 12:45 PM

...and I always thought it was the fields of athenry that had that effect on audiences!

Subject: RE: A gig for Pavane
From: Mark Clark
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 04:52 PM

Congratulations, Neil. Wish I could be there to catch your performance.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: A gig for Pavane
From: pavane
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 02:06 AM

Thanks Mark,
I don't pretend to be any more than a Morris box squeezer though!
Neil