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Subject: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: Chris Amos Date: 05 Feb 03 - 02:05 PM Hi, I find that I will be in Bilbao, with the day job, in the last week of Feb. and the first week of March, Can anyone point me in the right direction for the local music dives. Chris |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: Amos Date: 05 Feb 03 - 02:29 PM Chris: I won't be there, but I'd kinda give my eye teeth TO be!! Sorry I can't help. A |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: p.j. Date: 05 Feb 03 - 03:14 PM Chris, I'm afraid I'm no use to you either, but if you find a 'catter there, please let me know-- I'll be in Spain this fall. Have fun in Bilbao, there's LOTS of great music there! pj |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: weepiper Date: 05 Feb 03 - 03:14 PM Rats! I could tell you where to go in Gasteiz (Vittoria) which is the main town in the south of the Basque Country, but I don't know anything about Bilbao. I will see if I can find out for you though. |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: Strupag Date: 05 Feb 03 - 06:51 PM I got a CD of a tremendous Basque singer, called Emanol. He is worth looking out for. I can't read the sleve notes as they are in Basque. I was down in the Basque country in summer and the first band I saw was Cliar from my home island of Skye. They were playing in Leketio. All these wee towns and villages are beautiful and the people extremely friendly. It's also worth learning to say, "Escairy Glassgo" which is phonetically close to Basque for "Thank you" |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: p.j. Date: 05 Feb 03 - 08:47 PM weepiper, tell us where to go in Gasteiz, I'll be there in Sept... pj |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: weepiper Date: 06 Feb 03 - 10:30 AM The name of the bar in Gasteiz is Bar Segundo. I'm racking my brain for the name of the street but I can't remember... it's about two streets away from the cathedral. They have a reasonably regular session on a Monday night. We had a great time last time we were there - there was me (pipes) Mr weepiper (fiddle) our friends Mikel (guitar, voice) Bingen (fiddle) Alex (alboka, mouth organ) Julen (tambourine) and a txistu player whose name I forget but he was bloody good. And there was lots of dancing too including the one where a guy dances around a full tumbler of wine... the crowd lays bets on whether he'll pull it off or not, and put their paper money under the glass... at the hit point of the tune, he jumps up, lands both feet on the glass and jumps off again. If he doesn't spill any wine, he keeps the money. Julen did it twice, it's pretty impressive. By about 2 a.m. the session had got to the point of all the men standing in a circle singing the traditional harmony songs, it was great. Anyway I'm awaiting a return e-mail from my Basque pal, hopefully he'll be able to tell us the name of the street for that bar and maybe some Bibao info. Strupag is almost right - eskerrik asko 'thank you' is pronounced like 'eshkerrrrick ashko' - really roll those r's. |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: Strupag Date: 06 Feb 03 - 10:38 AM I thought my attempt sounded a wee bit too much like "Scarey Glasgow" weepiper. |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: Chris Amos Date: 06 Feb 03 - 01:21 PM Thanks for your trouble, this sounds great, I'm looking forward to going. Chris |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: Kenny B (inactive) Date: 06 Feb 03 - 05:45 PM Try This site, from previous experience it's not always up to date but worth a tryIrish Pubs Worldwide |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: Chris Amos Date: 21 Feb 03 - 02:09 PM Would anyone mond if I refreshed this one? I'm off on Monday. Regards Chris |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: Chris Amos Date: 21 Feb 03 - 02:11 PM That should read "Would anyone Mind..." not mond (that would make no sense) CA |
Subject: RE: Any 'catters in Bilbao Spain From: Strupag Date: 21 Feb 03 - 07:59 PM Hi Chris, just before you go! get up to Guernica and see the old tree that grows to show that the Basque people are a nation. From the hill look around and you will see a new towm - one that was re-built after being complete bombed just before WW1 We owe it to the Basque people to learn and remember what happened to them - not just listen to their music. |
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