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Post by Marshall on Feb 7, 2023 19:44:38 GMT -5
I saw this couple is playing tonight at HEY NONNY and decided to go see them.
Though I really don't like the nose piercing. In cold season (and in general) my sinuses are always running away with me. I can't see blowing around a hunk of metal.
But what do I know.
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Post by epaul on Feb 7, 2023 20:12:36 GMT -5
That's a crazy long scale length on that guitar. What you think, Marty, 42" neck?
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Post by RickW on Feb 7, 2023 20:36:11 GMT -5
That's a crazy long scale length on that guitar. What you think, Marty, 42" neck? Might be a baritone. Would fit nicely between the bass and banjo, except he’s capoed way up. Banjo is pretty long scale too. |
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 7, 2023 20:59:45 GMT -5
I love the fact that they're bringing old time banjo and folk music back to the music scene. The very nature of a folk song means it is subject to change, and I'm good with that. But this folk song was too morphed for my taste. Pretty Polly wasn't Pretty Polly at all; what they really were morphing is Woody Guthrie's Pastures of Plenty. Her voice is that nasally way too relaxed coffee shop sound that drives me nuts. But all of that aside, if they gather a following and people like them and their gig calendar is full, good for them. They might not be my taste but kudos to them for branching out and doing something different in the folk music scene.
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Post by Dub on Feb 7, 2023 22:45:10 GMT -5
Wow! That is terrific! Those people are flat out good. Maybe especially the bassist.
These people know what they’re doing. I loved the natural way they put those songs together and loved their sound too. They draw on all this stuff but I’ll bet there’s a wide range to their music, both in arrangements and sources. It will be fun to watch them.
The videography is good too.
And I love that their coming album is called Lady Mondegreen.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 7, 2023 23:01:16 GMT -5
 Sipping some Lagavulin 16 at home after the show. I thoroughly enjoyed their show. Talked to them afterwards. They are story tellers. One of their songs they wrote about their old neighbor who lived next door to their old house. 92 year old guy who rode his John Deere riding mower every day. And at the end of the route, he'd have a dram of Lagavulin 16. Every day. Ian, (the male singer), never really talked to his former neighbor until the day before they were moving. And then he sat on the lawn and had a couple drams of Lagavulin with the guy. And later Ian wrote a song about "Don." I bought the CD with the Lagavulin song. They have traveled to Scotland many times. Their music is very evocative of Scottish Folk Music. They are a charming couple. AND, they are touring out east next week and will be in Brookland on Saturday Feb 17th. Howard ? ? ? I'll buy you and Ian a Lagavulin at the bar if you find yourself available and interested.  |
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Post by Marshall on Feb 7, 2023 23:13:11 GMT -5
And I love that their coming album is called Lady Mondegreen. I don't know if it's Lady Mondegreen, but they do a song they learned in Scotland that was sung by a woman there acapella. And the Duo plays it a lot and finally recorded it. But they had to hunt down the Scottish woman, because they hadn't asked for permission to do her song. Took some doing to find her. She said it was OK. The last trip they took to Scotland they found her and gave her a wad of money for the song. (Her words). And when they played the song tonight (last song) they started by playing a cell-phone recording into the microphone of the original Scottish woman singing it. Then Dani, (female singer) sings harmony over the cell-phone recording. Then Ian joins in and finally the duo sings the song without the recording. Very nice and touching. |
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Post by Marty on Feb 7, 2023 23:18:56 GMT -5
It is a baritone, probably 28" scale. They made them in D and J sizes but not sure when. A baritone is a nice addition to a B word and bass. Capo at the 5th and you have a guitar. I'll have to do a bit more searching but not tonight, bedtime.
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Post by Marty on Feb 7, 2023 23:21:22 GMT -5
That's a crazy long scale length on that guitar. What you think, Marty, 42" neck? That would be a contra bass, or damn near. Longest baritone I've seen was 30" |
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Post by TKennedy on Feb 7, 2023 23:24:46 GMT -5
They are great! They appear young enough for their mothers to have been frightened by Gillian and David.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 7, 2023 23:41:55 GMT -5
I love the fact that they're bringing old time banjo and folk music back to the music scene. The very nature of a folk song means it is subject to change, and I'm good with that. But this folk song was too morphed for my taste. Pretty Polly wasn't Pretty Polly at all; what they really were morphing is Woody Guthrie's Pastures of Plenty. Her voice is that nasally way too relaxed coffee shop sound that drives me nuts. But all of that aside, if they gather a following and people like them and their gig calendar is full, good for them. They might not be my taste but kudos to them for branching out and doing something different in the folk music scene. She talked about the song. The original "Pretty Polly" is a morbid tune. Polly is jilted, and everyone dies. Woody Guthrie had flipped the lyrics on the melody to be a workers song about farmers in the field. She morphed the two lyric threads together. (So she said). And nobody dies. Oh, I like her voice. Nasally? (Get off my lawn !) I think her delivery is very un-adorned with little affectation. She doesn't enunciate well enough for me, though. I don't really understand the lyrics she's singing. That does bother me. That is a style I have trouble with, I'll grant you. It's sort of a cross between Appalachian and Scottish to my ears. It's hard to understand, but I like the tone and emotion of her voice. |
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Post by Marshall on Feb 7, 2023 23:46:03 GMT -5
That's a crazy long scale length on that guitar. What you think, Marty, 42" neck? That would be a contra bass, or damn near. Longest baritone I've seen was 30" Interesting. I was sitting on a side of the room where I couldn't see his guitar flush on. So, I assumed it was a normal Martin. Had I seen it better I would have asked him about it. |
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Post by Dub on Feb 7, 2023 23:51:03 GMT -5
And I love that their coming album is called Lady Mondegreen. I don't know if it's Lady Mondegreen, but they do a song they learned in Scotland that was sung by a woman there acapella. And the Duo plays it a lot and finally recorded it. But they had to hunt down the Scottish woman, because they hadn't asked for permission to do her song. Took some doing to find her. She said it was OK. The last trip they took to Scotland they found her and gave her a wad of money for the song. (Her words). And when they played the song tonight (last song) they started by playing a cell-phone recording into the microphone of the original Scottish woman singing it. Then Dani, (female singer) sings harmony over the cell-phone recording. Then Ian joins in and finally the duo sings the song without the recording. Very nice and touching. As I’m sure you know, a mondegreen is a mishearing of a phrase, often in songs or poetry. From WordOrigins.org |
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Post by Dub on Feb 7, 2023 23:54:39 GMT -5
In the video, he’s playing what seems to be a (very exciting) standard Martin D-18 and the singer is playing a standard open-back 5-string banjo. The visual impression that these are long-necked or otherwise unusual is just due to the camera work.
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Post by John B on Feb 8, 2023 1:56:39 GMT -5
They are great! They appear young enough for their mothers to have been frightened by Gillian and David. I also noticed a pretty heavy Welch/Rawlings influence, in a good way. |
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Post by millring on Feb 8, 2023 4:58:33 GMT -5
The music is great but I couldn't understand a single word she sang except "Pretty Polly".
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Post by howard lee on Feb 8, 2023 7:10:05 GMT -5
[...] They have traveled to Scotland many times. Their music is very evocative of Scottish Folk Music. They are a charming couple. AND, they are touring out east next week and will be in Brookland on Saturday Feb 17th. Howard ? ? ? I'll buy you and Ian a Lagavulin at the bar if you find yourself available and interested.
1. February 17 will be on a Friday. 2. February 17 will be my daughter's 16th birthday. 3. If I can get over there, I will, but the odds aren't good.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 8, 2023 7:22:40 GMT -5
The music is great but I couldn't understand a single word she sang except "Pretty Polly". Yeah, I get that. And I agree. I much prefer understanding the words. And I don't understand hers. But that's the same for me with Appalachian and Scottish ballads. |
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Post by Marshall on Feb 8, 2023 7:23:35 GMT -5
1. February 17 will be on a Friday. 2. February 17 will be my daughter's 16th birthday. 3. If I can get over there, I will, but the odds aren't good.
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Post by howard lee on Feb 8, 2023 7:24:46 GMT -5
In the video, he’s playing what seems to be a (very exciting) standard Martin D-18 and the singer is playing a standard open-back 5-string banjo. The visual impression that these are long-necked or otherwise unusual is just due to the camera work.
A wide-angle lens up close will do that.
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