Jim Besser Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m4fFy1zgHw My band Frog Hammer at last week's dance. It was a night of contras, but we snuck in this lively ceilidh tune with a song tacked on. With a little James Bond thrown in for good measure. The jig is Jiggery Pokerwork, by the great English player John Spiers. It's a set his band Bellowhead does. Edited September 30, 2014 by Jim Besser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Dudgeon Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Great fun! Looks like you keep your dancers - audiences very happy. Thanks for posting this, it made my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Wow, what a treat, Jim! Loved the moment when the camera is swinging to all these dancers! And even throwing in a true Sea Shanty! Thanks for posting, always loved your Frog Hammer stuff, but this is in fact special... Best wishes - Wolf Edited October 1, 2014 by blue eyed sailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Wow, what a treat, Jim! Loved the moment when the camera is swinging to all these dancers! And even throwing in a true Sea Shanty! Thanks for posting, always loved your Frog Hammer stuff, but this is in fact special... Best wishes - Wolf Thanks. We had a great time, even though our 'zouk player was sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayman Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Great stuff! But I'm really confused by Glyn's UK fanaticism there at the end -- I thought he was Welsh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Great stuff! But I'm really confused by Glyn's UK fanaticism there at the end -- I thought he was Welsh! Part Welsh, I think. He had a great time with that flag, even tho he was sick and had to leave at the break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayman Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Great stuff! But I'm really confused by Glyn's UK fanaticism there at the end -- I thought he was Welsh! Part Welsh, I think. He had a great time with that flag, even tho he was sick and had to leave at the break. Does Glyn ever not have a great time? Well, aside from when he's sick. Still, someone's got to get him a Welsh dragon for next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Great stuff! But I'm really confused by Glyn's UK fanaticism there at the end -- I thought he was Welsh! Maybe he was celebrating the outcome of the Scotland referendum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayman Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Great stuff! But I'm really confused by Glyn's UK fanaticism there at the end -- I thought he was Welsh! Maybe he was celebrating the outcome of the Scotland referendum... Given the date of the gig, I wondered ... especially as that direction of celebration would express the polar opposite of the sentiments of every Welsh person I know. Not that my friends speak for the entirity of Wales by any stretch (they're hardly a random sample of the Welsh population!), but there is something of a solidarity among the eight Celtic nations which is what made this more surprising to me. Still, it's a contra dance with a rockin' rollickin' awesome ceili band in America, singing a sea shanty ... and there's nothing wrong with being over-the-top British, especially in that context at that moment! And it's not like the Welsh have a long-established reputation for being one of the greatest sea-faring nations, after all Glyn did a fine thing, and was an even more amazing musician for pulling off that performance while sick as a dog. And lest this thread get totally derailed by my vexilogical vexation, Frog Hammer as a whole gave an amazing performance, our squeezer Jim among them I look forward to seeing you guys in-person someday (and to another party in a snug somewhere like some of us had in June!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Great stuff! But I'm really confused by Glyn's UK fanaticism there at the end -- I thought he was Welsh! Maybe he was celebrating the outcome of the Scotland referendum... Given the date of the gig, I wondered ... especially as that direction of celebration would express the polar opposite of the sentiments of every Welsh person I know. Not that my friends speak for the entirity of Wales by any stretch (they're hardly a random sample of the Welsh population!), but there is something of a solidarity among the eight Celtic nations which is what made this more surprising to me. Still, it's a contra dance with a rockin' rollickin' awesome ceili band in America, singing a sea shanty ... and there's nothing wrong with being over-the-top British, especially in that context at that moment! And it's not like the Welsh have a long-established reputation for being one of the greatest sea-faring nations, after all Glyn did a fine thing, and was an even more amazing musician for pulling off that performance while sick as a dog. And lest this thread get totally derailed by my vexilogical vexation, Frog Hammer as a whole gave an amazing performance, our squeezer Jim among them I look forward to seeing you guys in-person someday (and to another party in a snug somewhere like some of us had in June!). Hope you can get to one of our gigs! I want FH to get up to NEFFA, but it can't be in 2015 - my daughter's getting married that weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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