Dave Prebble Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 There is a Scottish band called ' Ceilidh Minogue ' i believe dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 There is a Scottish band called ' Ceilidh Minogue ' i believe dave Hope they never tour Australia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laitch Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I knew a girl who started a celtic/klezmer band with four guys. She named it "Sheela na gig and the Stone Yonis." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellowbelle Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 (edited) Well, once I was sitting contemplatively in a bathroom somewhere and noticed an emptied cardboard toilet-paper tube, and came up with the band name 'The Unravelled Rollers.' (Uh, no...nothing at all to do with Maurice Ravel!) None of the named groups that I've been in have ever been called anything very amazing or funny. Aw, well. oops...edited to fix the typo. Edited May 24, 2006 by bellowbelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Yes they were called ed caines, rob neal ,derek simpson Ed plays with the Posh Band and Rob for Katie's Quartet (on cello - Katie won't let him play his concertina ). I bumped into Derek a year or so back, but he wasn't doing anything musical. Good to know two of them at least are still in top class English dance bands. Ticklers Jam, Ticklers JamI love Ticklers Jam Orange, lemon and apricot All wrapped together in a one pound pot When I'm lying home at bed, imagine if you can Me pushing the old girl out of bed for a jar of Ticklers Jam The words were something like that anyway. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart estell Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 My all time favourite rock bands were 'Half man, half biscuit' (amazing - 'Trumpton Riots' & 'All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit' the best Subbuteo song ever) Never thought I'd see HMHB alluded to in these hallowed portals. In fact Andy Kershaw had them in for a session around the time of their last-but-one LP and he introduced them as something like "possibly the most authentic British folk group since The Clash" which made me smile a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Reid Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 There's a Denver-area band called "Deb and the Pariahs." Deb plays fiddle. And the pariahs? Uilleann pipes, banjo, and piano accordion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 I dare not ever repeat what he told the class about Katherine the Great (of Russia) It's alright, she can't sue! No, but the horse might! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 There's a Denver-area band called "Deb and the Pariahs." Deb plays fiddle. And the pariahs? Uilleann pipes, banjo, and piano accordion. Currently auditioning for a bodhran player.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 There's a Denver-area band called "Deb and the Pariahs." Deb plays fiddle. And the pariahs? Uilleann pipes, banjo, and piano accordion.Currently auditioning for a bodhran player.... Oh no, here come the bodhran jokes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 Oh no, here come the bodhran jokes! Ian Goodier was telling me, years ago, that he walked into a pub at one festival, only to find twelve bodhran players waiting for a melody instrument. He turned round, and walked out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Oh no, here come the bodhran jokes! Isn't that redundant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 The thing is you don't have to be a Bodhran player. It's not one of those afflictions you're born with. You could just walk away and take up an instrument if you want to join in. They deserve all the stick going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 The thing is you don't have to be a Bodhran player. It's not one of those afflictions you're born with. You could just walk away and take up an instrument if you want to join in. They deserve all the stick going. Oh I don't know, I feel a need to be kind to Bodhran players. My wife is learning at the moment because she enjoys hitting things, & if it ain't the Bodhran it might be me - W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 I feel a need to be kind to Bodhran players. My wife is learning at the moment because she enjoys hitting things, & if it ain't the Bodhran it might be me If you're in the habit of making cracks like that, I'm surprised she bothers with the bodhran, at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Oh I don't know, I feel a need to be kind to Bodhran players. My wife is learning at the moment because she enjoys hitting things, & if it ain't the Bodhran it might be me Small, tentative suggestion (tentative because Malmsbury isn't far away and Mrs Woody is clearly not a person to get on the wrong side of). Get her to learn to play the snare drum. Much nicer with English music. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brook Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Oh no, here come the bodhran jokes! Ian Goodier was telling me, years ago, that he walked into a pub at one festival, only to find twelve bodhran players waiting for a melody instrument. He turned round, and walked out . that is one of the funniest (and most sensible) things I have seen written on these pages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 don't know how true this is but I recall someone saying that Seamus Ennis said that the best way to play bodhran was with a stanley knife. may be one of these apochryphal? tales tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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