Uillean Pipes And Concertina?

[Mark Evans]

I've certainly enjoyed all these comments.

 

Pelham came back to session last night. He has decieded to join us as a regular.

 

He sat down beside me and we had a great time. We explored drones and for the first time in my playing life wished I had a baritone EC to add a few lower notes to the mix. He's quite the whistle player and takes out the bones to add yet another deminsion.

 

A nice suprise was the arrival of another lad Aaron, who I spotted at NEFFA last time 'round. He plays a Stagi Haydn like a demon possesed. Interesting in light of another thread about Stagi. It did stick on a couple of notes, but on he cranked with a toothy grin. He did some beautiful backing with chords only a Haydn can make and I added figured bass-like runs. I hope he will also join us regularly.

 

As is the practice, Aaron was asked to play us a set of tunes and off he went. That Haydn was walkin' the dog. Some sounds coming out of that beast just floored me. Even the likes of Simon Thromire would have to stop and take notice of Aaron's articulation. I truely enjoyed session members whispering to one another and exchanging grins as he took that Stagi to places it had no business going.

 

Fun evening, stayed up way too late and sang way too much (still saying goodbye to my first touchstone Pavarotti).

Edited September 12, 2007 by Mark Evans

[Mark Evans]

One of our session members has a great website, Greg Bacon. Feller can sure play the wooden flute, sing and is a true wizzard in DAGAD tuning on guitar.

 

Week before last he slipped in as I was setting sail for home and recorded our piper Pelham. He treated the members to some of the regulators attached to the pipes. At times they can sound like a Model A Ford. Funky, but fun.

 

On Greg's site just scroll down to "Pipe Traffic." You might just enjoy poking around a bit for Greg has written some very nice tunes indeed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.baconworks.com/

Edited September 27, 2007 by Mark Evans

[fidjit]

Hi

concertina works pretty well with Northumbrian pipes and fiddle. Saw Jody Kruskal with piper and fiddler at Whitby this year-very nice blend-hope it's repeated .

 

chris

 

Hi Chris. Yup, that was Andrew and Margaret Watchorn from Alnwick, Northumberland. I had been squeezing with squeezers all day at the Royal in Bradfield and we were a bit weary and bleary with squeezing and beer when Margaret and Andrew got there with their fiddle and pipes. What fun! The three of us played a few sets of American tunes they knew and eyes popped with the refreshing sound after five hours of free reeds. They asked me to join them at their concert set that evening to great effect.

 

Later at Whitby, I called them up and the Washorns drove down on Friday to join me for my concert sets. We had a great rehearsal for a few hours before performing. Recordings were made and I plan to put some of those files on my web site “Tune of the Month” blog page when I get a chance.

 

Andrew has the more common F/C as well as higher G/D pipes. I did not bring my Bb/F concertina and so we stuck with the G/D pipes for our sets. I was playing my G/D Dipper Anglo which has a very rich low baritone sound. It worked very well with the pipes and fiddle allowing me to really define the harmony as we played. Intonation was not perfect between the concertina the pipes but close enough that it did not detract from the exciting sound and may have even added to the shimmer of our trio.

 

Hi Jody.

 

Heard that Andy and Margaret had bumped into this crazy american, though the grapevine in Scandinavia. Thought it might have been you, as I knew you were to be over at about that time. My source couldn't remember the name. They probably told you that they had been to Sweden just prior to Whitby. We had them here in my home town music thingy in early August. They often visit friends here. Andy bought his Swedish pipes from the local maker Alban Faust.

I think they have the music you made together on their website.

 

Chas

[Jody Kruskal]

Hi Jody.

 

Heard that Andy and Margaret had bumped into this crazy american, though the grapevine in Scandinavia. Thought it might have been you, as I knew you were to be over at about that time. My source couldn't remember the name. They probably told you that they had been to Sweden just prior to Whitby. We had them here in my home town music thingy in early August. They often visit friends here. Andy bought his Swedish pipes from the local maker Alban Faust.

I think they have the music you made together on their website.

 

Chas

 

Hi Chas,

 

Yes, I heard that they put up a tune on their site, aptly named: http://www.pipesandfiddle.co.uk/

 

If you want to hear more you can go to my August Tune of the Month entry.

 

Unfortunately, we were so busy playing Northumbrian and American tunes that we didn’t really delve into their Swedish stuff. That would have been fun. What’s your festival like? Do you get many folks from out of town?