[scots-l] JP Alert!

2003-01-31 Thread George Seto
For those who haven't seen this yet: JP Cormier is playing at the Old Triangle Pub from WEdnesday Feb 5th through the Saturday 8th. This is the week PRIOR to the ECMAs. It'll be a grand week! I plan to be there for Wednesday evening. Perhaps others as well, we'll have to see. For others during

Re: [scots-l] Celtic Connections

2003-01-31 Thread Cynthia Cathcart
At 07:11 AM 1/31/03 -0900, you wrote: Scottish music would be so dull if everyone played exactly how people played hundreds of years ago. Yes, it would be dull if everyone played exactly the same thing. But old Scottish music is not dull. I know that's not precisely what you said, Cheyenne,

RE: [scots-l] We're No Awa Tae Bide Awa

2003-01-31 Thread Ted Hastings
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nigel Gatherer Sent: 31 January 2003 17:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scots-l] We're No Awa Tae Bide Awa Nigel said: We're No Awa Tae Bide Awa: Ted said: There's a version from

Re: [scots-l] Celtic Connections/SHSA Comps/fusions/the whole nine yards

2003-01-31 Thread Matt Seattle
Sensible words from Cheyenne. I would only add by way of reinforcement that historical authenticity is never a sound way to judge traditional music - you could easily say that the violin is a new import from Italy which only came into Scotland in the late 1600s, and traditional musicians should

Re: [scots-l] Celtic Connections/SHSA Comps/fusions/the whole nine yards

2003-01-31 Thread Toby Rider
It seems to me that practically all these groups who are doing interesting things with Scottish music could be called fusions. They are all bringing in influences and ideas from different places and adding them to the tradition. Same as people did long ago. The tradition is built up

[scots-l] Jesse Rae

2003-01-31 Thread Jonathan Hill
Fusion? That reminds me, whatever happened to Jesse Rae? ( For the benefit of younger lurkers, think of a cross between Wham and Groundskeeper Willie!) If he's Left the Building can I have his stage gear? Jonathan Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To

[scots-l] Jesse Rae

2003-01-31 Thread Jonathan Hill
Fusion? That reminds me, whatever happened to Jesse Rae? ( For the benefit of younger lurkers, think of a cross between Wham and Groundskeeper Willie!) If he's Left the Building can I have his stage gear? Jonathan Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To

Re: [scots-l] Jesse Rae

2003-01-31 Thread David Kilpatrick
Jonathan Hill wrote: Fusion? That reminds me, whatever happened to Jesse Rae? ( For the benefit of younger lurkers, think of a cross between Wham and Groundskeeper Willie!) If he's Left the Building can I have his stage gear? Jesse is alive and well, living in St Boswells or its environs,

Re: [scots-l] Re: ABC question

2003-01-31 Thread Jack Campin
Toby wrote: I've long since given up on getting precise accuracy out of abc's. It's a pleasant surprise when they're dead on, and you always know who's abcs will usually be perfect. Usually Jack's are spot-on, because precision seems to be an important element of his personality. If Nigel was

Re: [scots-l] Celtic Connections/SHSA Comps/fusions/the whole nine yards

2003-01-31 Thread Toby Rider
As either Nigel or Derek alluded to a while back, the Hawaiian guitar never quite made the grade. Mr Darwin sorts out *some* innovations. The particular kind of fusion I was grumbling misanthropically about a week or two back was Gaelic lounge-lizard jazz; I had a specific performer in