Help! Need Irish songs!

[Robert]

Myra and I and our new drummer landed a St Patty's gig at local Irish pub (the one qw practiced at a few weeks ago). But I need your help. We need to play some traditional music for the occasion, which is completely new to us. R

So, any ideas? All we know so far is "What should we do with the drunken sailor" and "Whiskey in the jar".

 

[Tone2TheBone]

How about "Danny Boy"?

 

[SuperSwede]

"Scarborough Fair" ?

 

[warren0728]

irish i could help you....but i don't know any

ww

 

[Tone2TheBone]

irish i could help you....but i don't know any

ww

*laughs* Classic......

 

[Lev]

I knew I'd come in useful here someday. This site has plenty of chords and lyrics.

http://www.socc.ie/~midiclass/newpage1.htm

For a female vocalist, something like She Moves Through the Fair would work well.

Also, have a search on youtube for the band 'The Dubliners', they're probably the biggest Irish band for singing traditional ballads.

 

[Ro3b]

Albums by the Pogues, the Dubliners, and the Clancy Brothers are good source material for pub songs. The Pogues especially did some great songs that are worth knowing in their own right, not just for St. P.'s Day.

And have you heard Flogging Molly? I've had their song "Drunken Lullabies" playing in my head these last few days.

 

[t_ross33]

Albums by the Pogues, the Dubliners, and the Clancy Brothers are good source material for pub songs. The Pogues especially did some great songs that are worth knowing in their own right, not just for St. P.'s Day.

And have you heard Flogging Molly? I've had their song "Drunken Lullabies" playing in my head these last few days.

Oh yeah! The Pogues "Drink and Fight" would be classic Kiss me, I'm (part) Irish! Good Luck on St. Paddy's!

Trev

 

[sunvalleylaw]

There are many fun ways to play "Amazing Grace", the melody of which is Irish (or maybe Scottish) in origin. According to Wiki, it is pentatonic, which could lend itself to a really cool blues rendition. A creative, bluesy rendition could be really cool!

 

[marnold]

"Jump Around," naturally.

 

[Justaguyin_nc]

The tune Barbara Allen... with an Irish accent would be cool.. hey, if its good enough for Bob Dylan... And John Travolta in the movie Bobby Long... well..

 

[SuperSwede]

There are many fun ways to play "Amazing Grace", the melody of which is Irish (or maybe Scottish) in origin. According to Wiki, it is pentatonic, which could lend itself to a really cool blues rendition. A creative, bluesy rendition could be really cool!

I really like Warrens version of Amazing Graze (posted a while ago).

 

[Tim]

I knew I'd come in useful here someday. This site has plenty of chords and lyrics.

http://www.socc.ie/~midiclass/newpage1.htm

For a female vocalist, something like She Moves Through the Fair would work well.

Also, have a search on youtube for the band 'The Dubliners', they're probably the biggest Irish band for singing traditional ballads.

Thanks Lev,

Very nice website. Has anybody payed attention to the scrolling window at the top of the page? There is very good information on MIDI.

 

[warren0728]

I really like Warrens version of Amazing Graze (posted a while ago).

thanks swede...i've always questioned your taste in music

well here it is....not very irishy.....slide played on my electric resonator, tuned to open g, recorded with the condenser mic on my powerbook....

ww

 

[Tone2TheBone]

thanks swede...i've always questioned your taste in music

well here it is....not very irishy.....slide played on my electric resonator, tuned to open g, recorded with the condenser mic on my powerbook....

ww

Hey that sound took me back to the 1930s man! Visions in Sepia and hellhounds on my trail! R

 

[SuperSwede]

thanks swede...i've always questioned your taste in music

well here it is....not very irishy.....slide played on my electric resonator, tuned to open g, recorded with the condenser mic on my powerbook....

ww

I think that you nailed that old resonator sound! I have it in my iTunes playlist

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I think that you nailed that old resonator sound! I have it in my iTunes playlist

I now do too!! Added to my "The Fret" playlist.

 

[Robert]

Lev, that site isn't loading for me.

 

[Lev]

Lev, that site isn't loading for me.

Doh!! It was working a couple of days ago. Anyway I've found another site here: http://www.thebards.net/music/

Check out the Jedi Drinking Song!!!

Many of these I've not heard before but here's a list of the ones that you should definitely think about including in your set (the one's that people will sing along to)

Black Velvet Band
Danny Boy
Gypsy Rover
Wild Rover
Whiskey in the Jar

Others not listed on this site

The Irish Rover - The Pogues/Dubliners
She moved through the fair
Dublin in the Rare Old Times
40 Shades of Green
The Town I loved so well
Dirty Old Town
Molly Malone

You'll also find many tunes by searching for the Dubliners or the Pogues on Rabioblog

http://www.radioblogclub.com


Hope this helps!

 

[Robert]

Thanks Lev! We practiced Irish Rover, Whiskey In The Jar and Danny Boy yesterday.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Lev, thanks for that! On another note, an LA based band, "The Young Dubliners" come into town this Friday to deliver some Celtic flavored rock. Alas, my wife will be out of town and I will be at home with the kids.

http://youngdubliners.com/