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Post by deleuran on Feb 4, 2008 9:05:28 GMT
Yes, Dick. I know it's on the list. Just saw it again last night, and it moves me every time, so I just wanted to express that to someone who might care to listen
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Post by dulcimike on Feb 4, 2008 22:04:50 GMT
I'm exited, because today I recieved three DVD's that I had ordered at Stephan Grossman's guitarworkshop department in UK. ...SNIP... And there is lots of other good stuff. For instance: ...SNIP... "Norman and Nancy Blake: The Video Collection" Good stuff! Turns out Norman and Nancy Blake will be at the Barking Legs Theater here in Chattanooga on 22 February along with James Bryan and his daughter Rachel. I have one James Bryan CD. It will be interesting to see what else they have, but I think this will be a great concert! This is a relatively small venue, but that means we get to see & hear them up close. Never have heard any of them live.
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Post by deleuran on Feb 5, 2008 11:47:10 GMT
Mike. you're a lucky son of a gun I guess I'll never get to hear them live. I don't think they have ever been in Copenhagen. Not to my knowledge anyway. But I listen to everything I can get my hands on, on CD's and DVD's. I ordered the above mentioned DVD with Norman and Nancy, and it was a wonderful experience. He is a master on the guitar, and he plays very good on both mandolin and fiddle too. And Nancy plays guitar, mandolin and cello. It must be happy marriage They can't have time to argue, and can spend their evenings playing music instead of wasting time on the television ;D One of their latest recordings with the two together: Norman & Nancy. Back Home in Sulphur Spring, can be recommended. Some good back porch singing and strumming. And for those who want to learn a little mandolin in good company, I can recommend a fine educational DVD from Homespun Tapes: www.homespuntapes.com/prodpg/prodpg.asp?prodID=403&prodType=It's also with both of them. I have learned a couple of tunes from that one myself.
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Post by dulcimike on Feb 5, 2008 15:12:44 GMT
It is nice that there are venues getting people like this in here. That's one of the things we like about Chattanooga. I'm especially interested in hearing James and Rachel Bryan. Rachel is James's daughter who also plays fiddle. I first heard of James Bryan (who is from Alabama, I believe) when I got one of his CDs. I am doing some research on Old-Time tunes with some connection to Ulster, and one tune I ran into in this (though its connection to Ulster might be slim) is "The First of May", which is part of "The Four Provinces" set. It seems there are Scottish and Irish versions, and the Irish version is an interesting "slinky" jig, while the Old-Time Version is a straight-ahead breakdown, but really just a squared-out version of the jig. If anyone is interested, the James Bryan CD is entitled "The First of May" from Rounder Records, and maybe other places. But you can see on that page he has a few CDs out. Interestingly, he also has a tune on "The First of May" CD called "The Mountain Hornpipe". John Rea, the Irish dulcimer player from Co. Antrim, played a tune by this name, and the one James plays sounds vaguely familiar in the last phrase of the tune, but that may just be because it's a hornpipe, and not because they are really related. Still looking at that one. Cheers.
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Post by deleuran on Feb 5, 2008 17:46:18 GMT
I didn't know James Bryan. I just heard some of the small "tastes" on Rounder Records. It sounds really good. And so another day went where I learned something new
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Post by deleuran on Feb 5, 2008 17:53:04 GMT
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Post by dulcimike on Feb 5, 2008 21:59:24 GMT
Go for it!! But remember. Don't miss Norman & Nancy in Chattanooga ! No, we won't. In fact I just bought the tickets this afternoon, so we're in the door! We're both looking forward to it. We've had a lot of Irish music in our lives since we moved here, and it will be nice to hear some good Old-Time!
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Post by dulcimike on Feb 26, 2008 4:14:42 GMT
Well, we did go see & here the Blakes & Bryans last Friday night. I'm glad we went, and now know I don't have to go again - unless it's just the Bryans playing - maybe that would be different. It wasn't that they were bad or anything, just not terribly inspiring. When the Bryans played fiddle tunes, they also had some fellow from Nashville playing with them, so there were 3 fiddles. And their phrasing and intonation were very together, but it sounded more like a violin section than three fiddles playing Old-Time. And the other thing that disappointed me was that the tunes just didn't have any energy in them. As I said, nothing inspiring. It was disappointing because the CD I have of James Bryan, "The First of May", was pretty good. The playing was good, but the passion wasn't there.
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Post by deleuran on Feb 26, 2008 11:59:21 GMT
How about Nancy & Norman. Were they any good? Or not inspiring as well?
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