Wolf Molkentin Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 10 votes so far. If yours isn't one of them, do you have a preference? Up to 16 now and I suspect we have a winner already - unless there's a late surge! Surprise in the making... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Surprise in the making... Wow, it looks like a landslide. I never expected that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Mitchell Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 ...Bending the Ferret, written by Doug Eunson.... I'm a bit curious about the origin of the name here, since I've heard the concertina referred to as a/the "leather ferret", but I haven't heard or seen that name applied to other squeezeboxes. I see from Doug's Facebook page that he plays melodeon, but does he also play concertina? Doug doesn't play concertina. He's a master of melodeon and hurdy gurdy and has a fine voice. Someone referred to his melodeon playing, possibly for Stone Monkey Rapper as Bending the Ferret so he wrote a tune to match. I played with him in The Ram Company and continue to do so in The a Derbyshire Volunteers. He also has an occasional ceilidh band called Bending the Ferret of which I am an occasional member. Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 ...Bending the Ferret, written by Doug Eunson....I'm a bit curious about the origin of the name here, since I've heard the concertina referred to as a/the "leather ferret", but I haven't heard or seen that name applied to other squeezeboxes. I see from Doug's Facebook page that he plays melodeon, but does he also play concertina? Doug doesn't play concertina. He's a master of melodeon and hurdy gurdy and has a fine voice. Someone referred to his melodeon playing, possibly for Stone Monkey Rapper as Bending the Ferret so he wrote a tune to match. I played with him in The Ram Company and continue to do so in The a Derbyshire Volunteers. He also has an occasional ceilidh band called Bending the Ferret of which I am an occasional member. Mitch Cool. IT's a great tune. I learned it from a melodeon player from Toronto, where the tune is a regular at the local English session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Mitchell Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 ...Bending the Ferret, written by Doug Eunson.... I'm a bit curious about the origin of the name here, since I've heard the concertina referred to as a/the "leather ferret", but I haven't heard or seen that name applied to other squeezeboxes. I see from Doug's Facebook page that he plays melodeon, but does he also play concertina? Doug doesn't play concertina. He's a master of melodeon and hurdy gurdy and has a fine voice. Someone referred to his melodeon playing, possibly for Stone Monkey Rapper as Bending the Ferret so he wrote a tune to match. I played with him in The Ram Company and continue to do so in The a Derbyshire Volunteers. He also has an occasional ceilidh band called Bending the Ferret of which I am an occasional member. Mitch Cool. IT's a great tune. I learned it from a melodeon player from Toronto, where the tune is a regular at the local English session. Here's Doug with his wife Sarah on Fiddle and Ollie on soprano sax playing a medley contains Bending the Ferret. https://youtu.be/zdv43UDLczg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Here's Doug with his wife Sarah on Fiddle and Ollie on soprano sax playing a medley contains Bending the Ferret. Thanks for that; always great to hear a tune by its composer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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